In article <QaCdnVTgKpc05ILVnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Dioclese" <NONE> wrote:
> "Omelet" <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:ompomelet-9F8C56.00481404052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > In article <MPG.2286b83d78af6be989815@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > phorbin <phorbin1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> In article <mu-dneRh2d_uF4HVnZ2dnUVZ_tKinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Dioclese"
> >> <NONE> says...
> >>
> >> > Poles have a black/brown appearance. To my knowledge, they were
laying
> >> > on
> >> > the ground for at least 15 years. Now, when I touch them, they
leave a
> >> > dirty black dusty material with a touch of greasy feel to it.
Washes
> >> > off
> >> > with soap and water. No, its not dirt.
> >>
> >> That sounds conclusive.
> >>
> >> If I had them and they weren't fit for anything, I'd probably use
them
> >> as edges for a wood chip path somewhere,
> >
> > I have some railroad ties every bit as old. I used them on the edges
of
> > my driveway. Stuff like that (poles and ties) are excellent to use as
> > retaining walls to shore up embankments since it will take a zillion
> > years to rot. Mom and dad used poles when I was a kid to build a
lovely
> > retaining wall at one side of the house since we lived on a sloped
hill.
>
>
> Dumb me. I went all over on my land to collect correct size rocks for a
> retaining wall. My front lawn runs downhill pretty radical. Now, its
not
> radical at all. Should have use those utility poles instead.
>
> Would have be easier to trim grass as well with a continuous run using a
> utility pole, instead of rocks with intermittent openings. Spank me.
You will remember next time. :-) Mom also did build one retaining wall
with rocks when she ran out of poles. She built a sloped in "Irish" wall
(or so she called it) without using any mortar. Sloped back slightly,
the dirt holds it in place.
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