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commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:45 pm
by bloke
I'm jazzing up the two 4x4 (address number/reflector) posts - down at the highway - with a pair of these:

Since peeps seem to like to bust and steal stuff, these were (offered on eBay - where I mostly shop) only $21/pr./shipped.


' might help you find the road into our place after dark...(??)



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Inconveniently, they fit a FULL 4 inches by a FULL 4 inches, but (conveniently) I saved a busted yardstick, so I can shim it out easily. :smilie8: :thumbsup:

One of the posts was busted underground, so Mrs. bloke and I dug out around the break, cleaned off the articulating surfaces (water/scrubbing) Gorilla-Glued them together, ran four or five 4-inch deck screws through the repair, and covered it back up. (This WORKS, and will be VERY strong. I've done this before, and results in a superb repair.)
...sharp-shooter shovel, milk jug of water, scrub brush, Gorilla Glue, 6-foot level, impact driver, deck screws, twenty minutes of time, neighbors driving by tooting their horns "hello"...
(This is an early 2000's treated post - so no rotting has occurred.)

Re: commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:31 pm
by bloke
...so the pair of lights arrived today.
Using a busted yardstick, I shimmed down their insertion areas from 4 inches to 3-1/2 inches, and installed them on the two posts at the bottom of our road in.

Check out the tremendous difference: :bugeyes:


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Re: commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:07 pm
by Three Valves
I was expecting…

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Re: commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:27 am
by bloke
I've walked under that... back during the era when I still visited cities.

Re: commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:12 pm
by MikeS
Given your upcoming symphony schedule, I was thinking:

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I suppose the drawback would be having to watch out for stray Russian cruise missiles.

Re: commuting to blokeplace? (new easier-to-find entrance) 😎

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:26 pm
by bloke
MikeS wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:12 pm Given your upcoming symphony schedule, I was thinking:

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I suppose the drawback would be having to watch out for stray Russian cruise missiles.
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