[TowerTalk] My Digging "the Hole" story

Jon K Hellan hellan at acm.org
Tue Sep 16 04:04:44 EDT 2008


Gene Smar wrote:
> John:
> 
>      I did exactly the same things you did - started my tower hole with a rented gasoline powered post hole 
>  digger and ended hiring a guy who happened to be a grave digger.  I gave up digging after three days - to 
>  much work for me and my shovel and I was running out of space in my small back yard to hide the spoils from
 >  the hole.  (Ten cuyd of dirt actually expands to 20 above ground.)

I believe the standard procedure is to dig the hole (or tunnel) underneath a 
wooden exercise "horse" and carry the spoils out in small sand bags hidden 
underneath your uniform, right under the noses of the guards!

73
Jon LA4RT
Jon Kåre Hellan, Trondheim, Norway


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