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I Love Lucy entered:

"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message
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"I Love Lucy" wrote in message Maybe I
misunderstood. I thought you said the stake would be thru the bottom
of the pepsi bottle which you were going to bury (Not pushing the
stake in the ground). Maybe it's a "U bolt" (cable clamp) that you
need with or without a washer.

That was my idea. U bolt cable clamp maybe washer. Now I know
something to ask for at the hardware store and not get a blank look
from the young guys that help you. They do their best and you do get
waited on there, usually quickly. Thank you

Sometimes you have to do the next best thing. I do have some concrete
rubble I could fill the pepsi bottles with which would be heavier than
dirt and the bottle would keep most of it contained (don't want that
stuff back in the planting areas). I could fill them just before I
cover with dirt so I won't scratch up the paint as bad. I'm
anticipating touchup maintenance every so often so they don't rust and
will last longer. As if that matters because I am getting up in
years.

Cut top off Pepsi bottle, poke hole in bottom of bottle. (heat one stake and
use it to poke the hole) Put stake in the open top down through the hole
in the bottom. Lash, braze, epoxy a good sized nail to the bottom the stake
so it won't pull back through. Bury the whole thing. Pack the dirt HARD on
top of the bottle. Add the rubble in the bottle if you wish.
This won' t stop a determined thief but it will slow him down. If you really
want to stop a thief. Weld a chain from post to post with a concrete block
threaded on the chain between each post. Set the posts in conrete too. Get
an extension welded on the posts to retain the height. Bury the whole
shooting match with the blocks as low as you can get them.
Isn't sad that we have reached the point that we have to think like this.
Bob

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