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I am trying to come up with uses for telephone poles, when
the land lines they carry become obsolete.
Pole barn
http://prepper7.fil...rvival-woodland.jpg
Many people already use them for simple barns and sheds. [TomP, Mar 07 2013]
info on creosote and use of RR ties in landscaping
http://waterquality...ives/wq_faq_3.shtml
[xandram, Mar 07 2013]
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When you have an idea you should post it here, and delete
this in the meantime. |
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Well, I humbly suggest that they be left in place and used
to deliver electricity to our homes and business. Or you
could just chop them up and burn them I suppose; they're
a bitch to get going but they burn like stink once they're
lit, and lord knows we'll need the fires for light and heat
once the power goes out. |
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Disregard my psychotic ravings if you wish, [bigs], but
watch out or you'll be first in line when we put up the
wicker man. |
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I'm sorry, that was rude. Please note that I typed 'lord'
with a lower-case 'l' on purpose. We heathens are a
choose-your-own-gods kind of people. |
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Cut square slots and make Lincoln Logs. |
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Why are we using '@' instead of brackets now? Is this some
insidious form of social network leakage? |
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//Why are we using '@' instead of brackets now? Is
this some insidious form of social network leakage?// |
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/We/ are not. #twitterinvasion |
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[21Quest] //Use them to make pencils, with which you should write things like this on little scraps of paper// - Big scraps of paper, surely? - have you seen the size of telephone poles? |
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That would certainly cut down on Scots. |
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If the poles are usable why not? If old railroad ties are usable why not? Unconventional housing is a fascinating topic. What now happens to the poles when they become obsolete? [+] |
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Little log cabins scattered across the cityscape to go with the "Free Food Map" idea. |
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meanwhile [marked-for-deletion] not an idea, call for a list. |
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[jpskiier] the idea of the site is to showcase your own <random adjective> ideas; please read the "help" section, predictably found by clicking on the underlined "help" link in the left-hand column of this page. |
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[Sunstone], broken utility poles are trimmed down and are
used to buttress leaning poles or become guard rail posts. I
don't know what is done with worn-out utility poles, but I
can tell you they wouldn't be great for housing materials.
Utility poles and railroad ties are saturated with creosote
to make them very hard and resilient, but this also makes
them smelly and sticky, and as I mentioned before they
don't light easily but once you get one burning there's
really no putting it out. |
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Unfortunately, most of those old poles are coated in creosote, which is an environmental No-No. New ones may be pressure treated which is still a No-No. (I must have been posting this at the same time as [Alter], so now it's somewhat redundant.) If not - it's toxic. |
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The creosote won't be more than a couple of inches
into the wood - just feed them through a sawmill. |
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The wood is infused with creosote in a special pressurized
kiln. I've cut through RR ties and seen plenty of snapped-
off poles. Take my word: it goes all the way through. |
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At this juncture, then, I may quote the economist
Paul Krugman: "Ah." |
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