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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 8/19/2010 7:24:36 PM   
GuntherHess


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Status: offline 		Whether its wise to dig alone can be debated but I dont think anyone would argue that it isnt much more fun to dig with a buddy.

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 8/20/2010 6:48:17 AM   
Wheelah23


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Status: offline 		I'm not going to be able to do anything for a week, and summer is quickly coming to an end... Hopefully I can at least find something by the end.

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 8/20/2010 4:33:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Actually Fall and Winter are my favorite times of year to dig! Summer is the WORST time of year to try and dig a privy!!! Spring is the best time of year to do a good repair job on the sod... always keep grass seed in with your digging tools!

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/1/2010 11:16:17 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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ORIGINAL: lexdigger

Actually Fall and Winter are my favorite times of year to dig! Summer is the WORST time of year to try and dig a privy!!! Spring is the best time of year to do a good repair job on the sod... always keep grass seed in with your digging tools!


Right on Brotha...we dug some hot ones this summer! I even like winter  better then summer.15 degrees, its all good.I got the truck near by for heat or the air conditioner


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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/1/2010 11:23:48 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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Im young as well, only 16 actually and ive never actually dug a privy before but ive been a dump digger for about 4 years now and have gotten permission for many houses and dug many dumps. The key is to be nice and friendly about it and maybe even offer to give the house owner some bottles after you finish even if they are just Castorias and Bromos . But seriously at a younger age the house owners more often say yes and grant permission to dig. Many of the people ive asked permission from are very glad to see what someone of my age is doing and they like to see us younger people digging privies and dumps since it "keeps us out of trouble" in the words of many people ive asked permission from. Hope this helps and good luck finding a digging partner and digging a privy!!!


Hey that gave me an idea! im going to hire a young kid to knock on door for me! Get um hooked then reeeel um in! Thanks man


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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/3/2010 10:01:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, the hardest part is door knocking and then getting permission from a person you're meeting for the first time as a complete stranger who you have come a-knocking at their door out of the blue, out of left field...I've always gotten permission from friends of friends. And even then the yards don't cough up any evidence of privies - the backs of the yards are always covered by brand new landscaping or old sheds keeping any real digging from being accomplished. At least back East there are loads more privies to be dug. That extra 200 years of settlement history kinda helps...

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/11/2010 6:12:21 PM   
Wheelah23


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lordbud

Yeah, the hardest part is door knocking and then getting permission from a person you're meeting for the first time as a complete stranger who you have come a-knocking at their door out of the blue, out of left field...I've always gotten permission from friends of friends. And even then the yards don't cough up any evidence of privies - the backs of the yards are always covered by brand new landscaping or old sheds keeping any real digging from being accomplished. At least back East there are loads more privies to be dug. That extra 200 years of settlement history kinda helps...


I'm hoping some of my Mom's friends have old houses (or old properties) so I can get permission that way. After looking in many places and NOT finding any dumps worth mentioning, I think it's more worth my efforts to try to get digging in a privy!

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/11/2010 9:47:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		wheelah, dont dig alone. anything can happen even in a shallow hole. you would be amazed how helpless you are burried in dirt up to your waiste. and heaven forbid you get burried deeper. i used to dig with my son when he was 4 and just told him to basically call 911 if anything happened. you really dont want to dig alone. i cant stress this enough. greg

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RE: Any tips on how to get permissions to dig? - 9/11/2010 10:06:48 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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ORIGINAL: Wheelah23

I'm having trouble convincing my mom that I could get a stranger to allow me to probe their backyard for a privy. She thinks the world is selfish and would slam the door in my face 100% of the time. She believes that for some reason, privies are excavated on public land.

I need you guys to help me convince her that SOME strangers WILL let me probe the backyard for a privy. Any help in this way might FINALLY convince her to let me dig a privy.


Dont think to much.Knock on door,ask.   Thats how I do it.


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