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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:54 PM Original message |
I cut a live cold water pipe once by mistake... |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not really... nt |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Read it again |
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elias49 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I know how to read. I still say "No" Thank you very much. nt |
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John N Morgan (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. The kinked pipe is acting like the hose. If pipe blows off, the spill becomes the worse case. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ok scale it up 1000X and do it a mile under water by robot. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Been doing that for years on everything from gasoline lines |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. I see what you're saying about the pipe and hose |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. A bigger bandaid wouldn't work on a giant, gushing cut |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. And suppose you had sawed it clean off? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't think the oil leak is a broken pipe. |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. dig down 20 feet around the entire "hole" perimeter... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. 20 feet? I don't think you quite understand the dimensions. |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. OK....100 feet... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good solution for saving your baement fromfurther flooding. |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Probably greater PSI measured relative pressure on my pipe than the oil pipe. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. But are you encountering the hydrates and the ice crystals in your |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. What would they splice to? |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'm thinking that the hole is actually just pipe cut off at ground level. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. Good for you that it worked |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. You should send this idea to BP. I bet they haven't even thought of it. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's a standard shoring procedure |
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Loudmxr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. That's a great idea. Except there is no way for Halliburton to make millions off of it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. Slap it on the side, jiggle the rabbit ears a little. |
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