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Final question, with a chance to gain extra credit.
Look at the house in the center of the quarry lake.
To the west, and northwest of the house are two roughly rectangular areas. What are they? (Three points, and four points to first correct answer)
Extra credit: Coming this evening after somebody answers the question correctly. Either giant sandboxes or places where sod was removed for use elsewhere. Also looks like it could possibly be where some sort of excavation was filled in, though not really well as there still appears to be a pretty good depression around the edges. I've been traveling home all day from vacation in South Carolina and just finally got settled in at home and see that I'm missing questions! Crap! Now to see what the other answers are!
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VERY interesting! For some reason I thought this would be an easy one...
And it's turned out to be anything but!
The neighbor who lives in that house also happens to be co-owner of the building that I put my new dental office.
I'm not sure whether to continue the question, or just give the answer and start a new question.
OK, I'll try a hint.
The owner of the property tells me that he tried to do something in the traditional way, and then found out that because of the soils, he had to try something that was "engineered".
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"I think I have a nibble" Homer Simpson 34ac natural lake
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"I think I have a nibble" Homer Simpson 34ac natural lake
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I'm leaning towards septic. Geo they could have used the pond, I don't know how to "engineer' a garden.
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I mixed the wording up thinking they tried "engineered" then went to "traditional" and that is where I come up with geothermal but yes the thing to do is use the pond for geo thermal. Not a highjack just explaining my dixlesic train of thought.
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septic is a good guess, but taking bruce's wording literally, he says the owner "had to try something that was "engineered".....sounds like it still doesnt work and was attempted after the house (and septic) was already in.
my final guess is he wanted two small shallow ponds next to his house...koi or forage pond thingies......
if thats not it, i'm stumped.
i'm pooped.
i'm going to bed and will check back in the a.m.
good luck everbody.
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I know, but can't tell...gotta be worth 1/4 point
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I'm leaning towards septic. Geo they could have used the pond, I don't know how to "engineer' a garden. I don't think it could be septic because they wouldn't have dug that big of an area only to find that it wouldn't work - perc tests should have shown the insufficiency way before those two areas got dug out that big, so I have to say no to the septic. This morning my "engineered" garden does sound a bit week, but it's the best I've got right now I was thinking maybe that instead of an earth garden, they ended up "engineering" a greenhouse or something. Pretty weak, but unless some inspiration hits me, I am really stumped. I'm thinking the geo is a good guess, but from what I've read about it, it almost seems that the brown spots aren't big enough for the loops and there's no "trail" leading to them from the house where there might have been the main run from the house to the loop field. Plus the lake makes more sense for geo unless some sort of HOA rule would have prohibited that sort of use.
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I know, but can't tell...gotta be worth 1/4 point Send me a PM with the answer, I'll post it and make it look totally off the cuff, then I'll insist on you getting a FULL point! DOH! Did I just type that out loud?! My internal monologue isn't working!
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Somebody got it.
It's currently successful, but I'm sure when the photo was taken it was still in the process of growing.
It was specially designed by somebody I'm now consulting with.
You can't see the original attempt, and the two rectangles are the "engineered" (and successful) solution.
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I claim do-over. I'm going with septic leach fields with one leading to the other as the waste has reached a particular level of processing and is safe to move towards the final phase before leaching into the soil.
Never mind my earlier answer about septic not being right since this is the finished product and not the failed effort!
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I have to run out for a few hours, so no one take any guesses, okay??!! Bruce, if you want to award me the points, that would be okay in my absence, but no more questions till I get back!
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well since forage ponds dont really grow (but the things in them do) i will say he's trying out a small orchard or vineyard.
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sorry todd, after 15 pages of following this rag, i gotta keep stabbing at it.
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I'm going with the lime in the coconut. Matter fact; keep 'em comin'.
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I'm going with the lime in the coconut. Matter fact; keep 'em comin'. I think I'm with you and JHAP! Let's drink 'em all up!
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sorry todd, after 15 pages of following this rag, i gotta keep stabbing at it. No biggie, Dave, I understand the freakish compulsion this thread has caused! What a blast! We need a thread like this going on at all times - one ends, a new one starts! Bruce, you up for it??!!
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I claim do-over. I'm going with septic leach fields with one leading to the other as the waste has reached a particular level of processing and is safe to move towards the final phase before leaching into the soil.
Never mind my earlier answer about septic not being right since this is the finished product and not the failed effort! Ding, ding, ding.....
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i shoulda listened to DWIED......when i confronted her w/ the puzzle last night, first thing out of her mouth....."septic field"..... can she get a 1/4 point? good goin todd
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Yesssssssssssssssssss! Thanks, Dave! You've just illustrated one more example of why we should always listen to our wives, but never let them know we're listening to them! I say DWIED ought to at least get enough points to put her ahead of JHAP!
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