Surprising...some Amish here write, but any kid over 15, whose not yet become an official church member owns a cell phone. They charge them on their alternators they use for their engines that run the household PTO. Interesting set of rules: Diesel PTO = ok. Gas = not ok. Gas for engine that pumps water = ok. Gas for circular mill (buzz saw) for cutting firewood = ok. Gas for Chainsaw to cut firewood = not ok. Brown shoes, not ok....black ones = ok. I could go on and on. LED for headlamp to get firewood = ok....for buggies to be safe, not ok. ARGH. Then again, I suppose in ways, we "English" aren't a lot better.
Oh...and I checked into a Monolithic slab here in SE MN. You'd have thought I was asking to marry their son. They thought I was nuts. Gonna be hard to find someone to do it. But, in talking today with another fellow, I got a lead on someone who thinks that way.
Next question I suppose is if I should use a green treated base, or the same white oak. And how would I fasten the base to the slab? Really tall J-bolts? Very (read: VERY) careful placement of said bolts? And do I lap the base, or Scarf it? Suddenly the projects gets more complicated again.
Thanks.
