I first tried to dig a wine cellar, and then the cellar doubled, and so on. But the idea that I dug tunnels under other people's houses is rubbish. I just have a big basement. It's gone down deep enough to hit the water table - that's the lowest you can go.I expect the neighbors would have gone for the miniature golf course if they had been asked.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Everybody Needs a Hobby
Some friends suggested once that we build a miniature golf course on our property -- windmills, gnomes, and so on. It seemed like a great retirement hobby to me, one you could annoy the entire neigborhood with. It has to be better than compulsively digging tunnels under your house, though. Using a "shovel and homemade pulley," the "Mole Man" dug out a set of tunnels up to 26 feet deep and 60 feet out from the house. I liked the guy's assessment of it:
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As a veteran digger I have to wonder how strong that guys back must be, and why he would put himself through so much agony. When I finaly retire a shovel is not in my plan. Interesting though to see what floats some peoples boat.
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