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I think I actually did use monel wire. I remember researching it at the time, in my usual OCD manner :wink:

Connectivity issues now, but scratch what I said about using SS chain. Check the Rocna knowledge base for details.

Sandy, Here’s what my spot check showed after 5 years in place: -Upper 10’ of 3/8” galv. Chain was fine, but starting to wear thin at the lower end connection to the upper rope. Still 3/16” of steel left at thinnest point. -upper galv. Rope thimble completely gone! Galv. Shackle against bare...

How is the chain attached to the concrete block? I also moor on a buoy at our Summer home and have installed the following: 150# navy anchor, attached to a large diameter Galv. swivel/shackle. This interfaces with a thimble-ended length of 1" Samson. The rope has clamp floats attached at...

Mark: Agree this was a jackass doing stupid and dangerous. More damaging to the responsible gun owners community than anyone else. However you need to review your constitutional law, including the intent of the framers in drafting the 2A. The 2A was borne in the context of the colonists...

Ssobol, Awesome job so far of pointing out the good things coming out of this crisis! Where do these feelings come from? (I’d like to avoid catching them)

Ssobol: You have a very unique conception of the phrase “ good things “ :lol:

Time away from the daily hustle, hopefully to reflect. Much more time with children and spouses. Respite from the mundane immediate, allowing for greater focus on the less urgent but more fundamentally important. ( Covey calls it "sharpening the saw".) Many appear to have discovered outdoor...

Foggy: My diet has changed a bit on your #1 maxim, which had become my habit. At home group recently a brother suggested the following: our world- weary, cynical outlook is fed by the media; but for every example of greed, avarice, and ignorance there are probably at least 10 unreported acts of...

Ssobol, I find myself in an odd position: very freedom loving and averse to overreaching government control, but possessed of enough infection control education and practice to understand the high marginal value of a few “ best practices “. I badly want commerce to resume for personal and...

Sandy: I wonder what Roy Cohn would have to say about our economy? :D ( I haven't thought about him for a while, but didn't he work as Trump's personal attorney prior to his death?) Standard protocol at UW hospital now includes full-time masks for everyone, all day, with brief exceptions for...

Harvey: you’re right, it’s absolutely the case that the virus is still active and potentially lethal. Re-opening will surely need to be done with best practices in place, because the virus will still be active and lethal this Summer, Fall, Winter and beyond. I have not heard anyone credible...

MartyP: I honestly don't know Harborview's Covid+census; I last saw their numbers several weeks ago in an internal update. I believe at that time Northwest had the most among the hospitals in our system. This site should provide a picture of the magnitude and trend in WA State. The Excel...

Rob: About the only thing I agree with in your post is the last word. Sad. Statements such as: "Some citizens would rather choose death..." go beyond conversational hyperbole. They actually demonstrate a deficit of critical thinking on your part. An unthinking right-wing equivalent to your...

Apparently shutting down the economy is "worth it" here in WA, as our governor has just extended our shutdown indefinitely. He's now sniping at the State of Georgia rather than The Donald in his press conferences: super helpful Jay! Still no real plan for re-opening, save for a promise to have...

Marty, What you say makes tons of sense if you pre-suppose those in control possess some urgency to progress. Here in WA I'm no longer seeing that. I believe our governor did a fantastic job initially in managing the response and eventually ordering things shut down, all at a very uncertain...

Ssobol: Absolutely. My employer , a major teaching hospital and research center, is at way less than capacity, is re- purposing or furloughing employees, and going broke. It happens to be a State hospital as well. I wonder where the $$ will come from (local, state or federal) to proceed to...

Kennharriet: I have wondered myself how grocery, delivery, health care, home improvement, auto repair, cannabis, etc workers can successfully function but somehow well- situated folks must shelter in place. I’ve also wondered what states are going to do when, in financial dire straits from a...

Dr. Bob nails the value of quarantine in overall death reduction. Think: availability of ventilators and nursing help vs. triage in the hallway or parking lot. As a health care professional, I happen to feel we can keep hospitals below capacity and still begin to open things up. (Indefinite...

Sandy: I know you're better than that