Comments on: I Can Totally Do This http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2147 Shaun Groves Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:33:34 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2147 <p>Whoa!  You really ARE a physics geek! </p> <p> Yes, Becky is an accountant - not a scientist.  She rarely, if ever, deals in square anything ; ) </p> Whoa!  You really ARE a physics geek!

Yes, Becky is an accountant – not a scientist.  She rarely, if ever, deals in square anything ; )

]]> By: FzxGkJssFrk http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2146 FzxGkJssFrk Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:16:37 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2146 <p>Just to be super-nerdy, 1 inch * 1000 square feet * (144 square inches/1 square foot) * (1 gallon/231 cubic inches) = 623 gallons.  Isn’t Mrs. Groves an accountant or something? She can probably explain it to you… BTW, Google is really handy on unit conversions like “gallons to cubic inches”.  I use it all the time. </p> Just to be super-nerdy, 1 inch * 1000 square feet * (144 square inches/1 square foot) * (1 gallon/231 cubic inches) = 623 gallons.  Isn’t Mrs. Groves an accountant or something? She can probably explain it to you… BTW, Google is really handy on unit conversions like “gallons to cubic inches”.  I use it all the time.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2145 Shaun Groves Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:22:18 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2145 <p>Wow.  I didn’t even do the math.  I had NO idea HOW to calculate that.  I found that stat in the marketing materials of a rain barrel company.  Hmmm.  I have no idea how to check either of you! ; ) (I really should have paid better attention in math class, you know?) </p> <p> And the gutter is filtered but a little crap still gets through.  We’ll see how quickly that filter clogs.  I’ll keep the obsessed posted ; ) </p> Wow.  I didn’t even do the math.  I had NO idea HOW to calculate that.  I found that stat in the marketing materials of a rain barrel company.  Hmmm.  I have no idea how to check either of you! ; ) (I really should have paid better attention in math class, you know?)

And the gutter is filtered but a little crap still gets through.  We’ll see how quickly that filter clogs.  I’ll keep the obsessed posted ; )

]]> By: FzxGkJssFrk http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2144 FzxGkJssFrk Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:20:58 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2144 <p>By the way, Shaun, 1 inch over 1000 sqft is 623 gallons, not 6000. </p> <p> Yes, I have a problem… </p> By the way, Shaun, 1 inch over 1000 sqft is 623 gallons, not 6000.

Yes, I have a problem…

]]> By: FzxGkJssFrk http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2143 FzxGkJssFrk Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:17:22 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2143 <p>Hey Shaun, <br /> Way to go.  I’ll be following suit when I finally get my own house… <br /> As to the filter - I would filter it at the source, i.e. up in your gutter.  That would make it much less messy at the bottom. </p> Hey Shaun,

Way to go.  I’ll be following suit when I finally get my own house…

As to the filter – I would filter it at the source, i.e. up in your gutter.  That would make it much less messy at the bottom.

]]> By: Shawn http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2142 Shawn Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:23 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2142 <p>Ah, but, did you think that when you pull the “black rubber thingy” out, that because there is backup, there might be a WHOLE BUNCH of YUCKY (Possibly even Mosquito infested larvae) water waiting to drain down on you from being backed up?  Huh...did you?  Huh???  LOL...I want pictures if that happens! </p> Ah, but, did you think that when you pull the “black rubber thingy” out, that because there is backup, there might be a WHOLE BUNCH of YUCKY (Possibly even Mosquito infested larvae) water waiting to drain down on you from being backed up?  Huh…did you?  Huh???  LOL…I want pictures if that happens!

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2141 Shaun Groves Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:23:00 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2141 <p>Krista, all I’ll do is pull that bendy white hose out of the black rubber thingy (Like these technical terms?) and wipe out the filter by hand.  No biggy.  I don’t think (??) </p> Krista, all I’ll do is pull that bendy white hose out of the black rubber thingy (Like these technical terms?) and wipe out the filter by hand.  No biggy.  I don’t think (??)

]]> By: Brad http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2140 Brad Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:21:56 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2140 <p>You’re funny, bro. Love it! </p> You’re funny, bro. Love it!

]]> By: Nick Thacker http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2139 Nick Thacker Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:17:01 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2139 <p>Hey Shaun! Been awhile (since Austin’s National Worship Leader Conference), but I’ve been reading your blog since the beginning--good stuff! </p> <p> Never thought I’d include one of your blog posts in one of my blogs, but I just started up my own (long time coming...) and the opportunity struck! </p> <p> Anyway, keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing you again! </p> Hey Shaun! Been awhile (since Austin’s National Worship Leader Conference), but I’ve been reading your blog since the beginning–good stuff!

Never thought I’d include one of your blog posts in one of my blogs, but I just started up my own (long time coming…) and the opportunity struck!

Anyway, keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing you again!

]]> By: Toby Taff http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2138 Toby Taff Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:16:35 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2009/04/i-can-totally-do-this/#comment-2138 <p>I’ll make a suggestion as well that might help with moving the Water.  Harbor Freight sells many inexpensive small pumps.  I have a small submersible pump that can move some serious liquid.  Might be a good way to clear the water below the faucet. </p> I’ll make a suggestion as well that might help with moving the Water.  Harbor Freight sells many inexpensive small pumps.  I have a small submersible pump that can move some serious liquid.  Might be a good way to clear the water below the faucet.

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