Building a Flagpole.

[Marlin]

Only drawback to the electrical couplers, they are straight thread, not tapered pipe thread,

Easier to pull wire that way..


Looks like it should work..

[gnihcraes]

yeah, guess I could pull wire up it for lighting... NOT! after my last fiasco with electrical, I wouldn't want to attempt making this to "code". Will probably do something solar, small battery, landscape light.

[TS12000]

looking good so far

[gnihcraes]

^^nice. No excitement like that here. Didn't even drop it on the car while standing it up to place in the ground sleeve... maybe when the rest of the parts show up and I have to lift this thing out again something will happen... could fill it with gas and light the top of it on fourth of July I guess?

[Irving]

Do you live across the street from a school?

[theGinsue]

I was wondering the same thing - based on the background in the pic's.

[gnihcraes]

Yes. ? Is that good or bad? I still can't decide after 15 years... been great for my kids... "GO TO SCHOOL" kick them out the door. ha ha...

[Irving]

I was actually going to ask you if it was good or bad. They are building a school across the street from me. I'm eager to use the playground, but now I'll have to leave my gun at home.

[gnihcraes]

yeah, no kidding, huge gun free zone, that's about the worst part of it. The things that have bugged me over the years:

1. Gun Free zone, the park and school property are not marked, so I have no idea what section of the park behind the school is legal for CCW. (I need to figure this out somehow??)
1. No Respect. Trash, Vandalism, etc of my fences, yard, landscaping. (not bad, but some, usually from the parents!).
2. Traffic, cars blocking driveway etc during school events and after school pickup times.
3. Non-Community people using the ball courts etc. We're just a few blocks from Denver, so there are many groups of people that drive in from there to use the fields and courts, sometimes this causes problems for little league groups who schedule to use the fields.

Pluses:

Use of ball courts etc. Great parking lot for the go kart, especially with the gravel on it. COOKIES! POWER SLIDES. too bad I sold the go kart. ha ha...

Extra parking for my backyard events - parties etc. (rare but nice to have the parking space)

Very nice for sending the kids off to school, great to have it close to home. Bad that everyone at school knows where you and your kids live though. Hasn't been a problem though yet. I've kept on people, parents, teachers and kids for years, they know to not mess with my stuff for the most part. Respect.

Take a large walking stick with you to the school instead of ccw, gives you some peace of mind. (does for me anyway)

[gnihcraes]

Update: Got the rest of the parts today. Will get to work on it tomorrow evening and hopefully have it up and ready for the flag.