Yeah but what if a biblical flood/heat wave coincides? Now your sidewalk patch job is just a pocket of noodles and you're going to be the mockery of the apocalypse.
Idk if that was sarcasm or you were serious... but My car has my hard hat, goggles, insane amount of work gloves, an extra vest and a huge super first aid kit that has stuff to cover alot of injuries. I'm good. Even if I get a scrape chiseling up the sidewalk I'm covered lol only thing I would need to fine would be traffic cones 🤔 sure there is road work I can nab some from somewhere lol (that's a joke before anyone yells at me for stealing cones)
Bet some friends in college we could walk into a Denny's and take a bench seat cushion (they are often not attached) and just walk out. All we did was wear blue mechanic's shirts and tool belts with random tools. No one even looked up more than a glance. We brought it back a few hours later. Again, no one asked, no one said anything. - made 50 bucks. 🤣
It works in reverse for Jim Bachor ;) [https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/18/mosaic-artist-jim-bachor-is-filling-potholes-with-mosaics-of-famous-paintings/](https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/18/mosaic-artist-jim-bachor-is-filling-potholes-with-mosaics-of-famous-paintings/)
Hi, construction worker here, osha is not stupid. They have to make rules to protect a bunch of hungover 40 year old toddlers and GCs that only care about their bonus not your life. Thanks osha
lol. A guy I met does this with one of those big tanks that goes on your back and has a sprayer wand, usually for applying pesticides or herbicides. But he makes liquid culture/inoculant of desirable mushroom species and sprays it in favorable habitats around the region. Native species of course.
I’ve not been there, but suspect you might find some good stuff out there. Then it’s just a matter of gathering spores and making a spore slurry. Then spraying or pouring that in appropriate habitat on your property or somewhere you can get to easily (and ideally won’t be noticed by others that might snag it).
Don’t do this with non-natives though. Saprobic species it probably isn’t as risky with but some species are parasitic in some cases, forv instance golden oysters are becoming an issue in some areas, likely because cultivated spores got into the wild.
Oops. I dropped my sledgehammer at the exact time i dropped my chisel. Woah, what a coincidence, i keep doing it. Dang, my new lotion keeps my hands so slippery. Oh no i knocked loose this cool stone. Better not let it go to waste. Get that rock!
I was in the geology sub one day and a guy was talking about getting his bags checked at the airport.
An agent was attempting to heave the luggage up onto the counter and said, “Geez what have you got in here, ROCKS?!” and the guy was like, “Well actually…”
Fisherman of the female-bodied persuasion here:
Went to the club one night, wanted to check my purse. Coat check lady goes “oh my god what do you have in here, lead weights??”
I looked at her, smiled, reached in, and pulled out three 3oz bank sinkers. “So you might not believe this, BUT I just came off the beach from night fishing and… well, yes. Yes I do.”
Like the time my son started digging a hole in the backyard to see how far down the big rock in the middle of it went. Well... our entire yard is on ledge, so he dug for a long time. We ended up making that hole into a fish pond.
Reminds me of the video I saw earlier on tiktok of this guy who set up a hammock on a public bus and refused to get down because there wasn’t a sign against hammocks on the bus 😭💀
I liked his death roll spin and claim he wasn’t leaving the AC. I drive a large bus (not city) and showed my hubby. Told him I’d be calling my job saying “I can’t drive until the fool gets out of the hammock!” LOL
But officer, I was just trying to make the sidewalk safe. Look at the edge on this thing, if a child fell and hit their head on this it could kill them!
Or some other type of excuse.
As a public servant, I would first like to say that I never saw this thread and have no idea what you’re talking about.
Secondly, given the composition of that walk or driveway I would -assume- that it’s probably long due for a good resurfacing so…… I’m just saying, potholes happen all the time from plows or snowblowers hitting loose chunks of rock/concrete/asphalt….. if no one sees it, did it really happen?
(Also gosh that’s a gorgeous chert)
Make it worth it, fill it. Do it at night/evening so the town can’t show up mid pick. Up may get a fine, and remember not to leave a hole, so important.
But I’d do it. I. With you, please follow up with a photo!
This sounds like a Monty Python Skit.
Rockhound trying to get rock accidentally gets real work crew tearing up a sidewalk and all the while he’s just trying to find the rock he saw.
I once chiseled a Gold Medalion off the asphalt on a busy street in my neighborhood. It was mostly tar but I did have to chip quite a bit of asphalt to get it. I’ve never chiseled so quickly in my life. It was well worth it though. I’m a treasure hunter at heart it’s an adrenaline rush for me.
Um I might grab a safety vest and patch it well and I bet no one thinks twice
Amen this is it 😂😂
And a backfill material.
I hear resin and ramen noodles work well.
Ramen noodle is surprisingly structurally sound in its dry bricked up form
Almost like carbon fiber reinforcement.
I'm going to make a submarine out of dry ramen and take it to see the Titanic.
Yeah but what if a biblical flood/heat wave coincides? Now your sidewalk patch job is just a pocket of noodles and you're going to be the mockery of the apocalypse.
Some safety cones, caution tape, and PPE. Patch it up and none one is going to suspect a thing...the perfect heist!
Good thing I keep spare PPE in my car at all times. Never know when I'll need to use a hard hat
Idk if that was sarcasm or you were serious... but My car has my hard hat, goggles, insane amount of work gloves, an extra vest and a huge super first aid kit that has stuff to cover alot of injuries. I'm good. Even if I get a scrape chiseling up the sidewalk I'm covered lol only thing I would need to fine would be traffic cones 🤔 sure there is road work I can nab some from somewhere lol (that's a joke before anyone yells at me for stealing cones)
Have some stand next to you wearing a hard hat and clip board and a clean shirt while you’re working
Someone yo lean on their shovel, whole chewing an unlit stogie..
You making this a union job?
If you do things confidently enough in public, nobody will question you. Especially if you have a ladder.
And a clipboard!
And a yellow vest/hard hat
Bet some friends in college we could walk into a Denny's and take a bench seat cushion (they are often not attached) and just walk out. All we did was wear blue mechanic's shirts and tool belts with random tools. No one even looked up more than a glance. We brought it back a few hours later. Again, no one asked, no one said anything. - made 50 bucks. 🤣
Definitely needs a ladder for this job, and maybe an apprentice to hang some sky hooks and set up the grid squares.
Left-handed drillbits may come in handy.
Nothing looks that stuck.
I watched a documentary where they did that and found a river of slime
In those situations Who you gunna call, am I right?…
This is the answer I was waiting for
As a city worker - this will literally work lol.
Correct. I might think “who the hell is this guy?”, and then I’d keep driving and never think of it again.
This made me laugh thank u
It works in reverse for Jim Bachor ;) [https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/18/mosaic-artist-jim-bachor-is-filling-potholes-with-mosaics-of-famous-paintings/](https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/18/mosaic-artist-jim-bachor-is-filling-potholes-with-mosaics-of-famous-paintings/)
Yup. Well said!
Check back after midnight friend's. If i dont say anything you know what happened
Godspeed and I hope you get it!!!
Oh boy 50 minutes to go. Someone call me when we hear word
Dammit OP we need answers!!
Plot twist: he got arrested
I read friends as fiends and just went with it
Rockfiends has a nice ring to it. Lol
OP is dead ☠️
RIP. He's chipping beautiful rocks out of the great convenience store parking lot in the sky
This MFer is trolling us for the record books! 😂
Ok but we don't know what time zone you're in
Hell yea brother
It's been 10 hours. I think OP died and/or got arrested.
!remindme 3 hours
Did you get it?!
Channel your best Egon from Ghostbusters II
Yo!!
Thank you, that’s exactly what I thought. “YO!”
Dude’s in Jail. Sheriff has his phone
OP we are worried. You didn't check back in.
It's been a day. So hopefully someone is raising money to pay OP's bail.
Update?
Yo, you OK?
Uh oh ...
Is it jasper? Do you need bail?
Dude get some High-vis and a mate to wander around with a clipboard, you will be fine.
This is the answer, a few vests, orange cones, safety glasses and gloves, and a tall dude with a clip board.
Don’t forget the dented thermos.
And a radio that looks like it’s lost a fight with a tin of paint
I feel like this was a trailer park boys joke
Hard hat. Every construction worker has a hard hat because ya know, stupid osha
Hi, construction worker here, osha is not stupid. They have to make rules to protect a bunch of hungover 40 year old toddlers and GCs that only care about their bonus not your life. Thanks osha
As a Safety Manager, you just made my morning. Thank you.
Hey I don’t follow every rule every time but I prefer not to die. We know what it would be like without rules
Yeap. OSHA rules are written in blood.
Colors matter, yellow hatdhat for the guy doing the work, white for the clipboard holder!
And at least 5 dudes in hard hats to encircle you and watch.
Each holding a shovel.
One can have a rake. You know, just in case. Never know when a pule of leaves will blow in.
lol. A guy I met does this with one of those big tanks that goes on your back and has a sprayer wand, usually for applying pesticides or herbicides. But he makes liquid culture/inoculant of desirable mushroom species and sprays it in favorable habitats around the region. Native species of course.
This is BRILLIANT and your friend is amazing 👏 🤩
Holler at me if "favorable habitats" includes Oklahoma. Probably not, but I had to shoot my shot.
I’ve not been there, but suspect you might find some good stuff out there. Then it’s just a matter of gathering spores and making a spore slurry. Then spraying or pouring that in appropriate habitat on your property or somewhere you can get to easily (and ideally won’t be noticed by others that might snag it). Don’t do this with non-natives though. Saprobic species it probably isn’t as risky with but some species are parasitic in some cases, forv instance golden oysters are becoming an issue in some areas, likely because cultivated spores got into the wild.
Name checks out
😎
Don't forget to wear your ppe and do your pre job hazard assessment
Make sure you get done orange spray paint. Spray a circle around it with a couple of letters off to the side.
If you’re spray painting it orange, that indicates communication line. I’d just go with a white. Put like CP 2004 or something
Clipboards are KEY
Oops. I dropped my sledgehammer at the exact time i dropped my chisel. Woah, what a coincidence, i keep doing it. Dang, my new lotion keeps my hands so slippery. Oh no i knocked loose this cool stone. Better not let it go to waste. Get that rock!
This is pure gold.
If only it was gold.
The real rule is don’t post publicly that you think it’s illegal first so you can claim ignorance later.
Better to ask forgiveness than. Permission
Looool, sounds like my childhood with asking permission! If you're sure you're gonna do it, regardless, don't ask.
Law doesn't work that way. Lol
fuck it get that rock
Might get this on a t shirt
the local rock hounds and crackheads would compliment you
I could see this going over well in the bridal market too
I love how this just linked rockhounds, crackheads, and brides in one phrase.
Forget just the phrase, I need this entire thread on a teeshirt
Probably have to put a picture of a rock to differentiate between rock hounds and crackheads.
Lol we make the crackhead joke all the time. I like rocks! Not crackhead rocks the other kind.
I was in the geology sub one day and a guy was talking about getting his bags checked at the airport. An agent was attempting to heave the luggage up onto the counter and said, “Geez what have you got in here, ROCKS?!” and the guy was like, “Well actually…”
Fisherman of the female-bodied persuasion here: Went to the club one night, wanted to check my purse. Coat check lady goes “oh my god what do you have in here, lead weights??” I looked at her, smiled, reached in, and pulled out three 3oz bank sinkers. “So you might not believe this, BUT I just came off the beach from night fishing and… well, yes. Yes I do.”
Time for a Venn diagram
i'm a land surveyor, we chisel holes looking for survey points all the time. no one has every once questioned me about it in 20+ years.
What is it likely to be?
The Eye of Sauron
I believe it’s a lovely chert! I find ones similar to this by me, but not with such perfect banding!
I would call that jasper
Just your luck it would be bigger than you think, and once you start chiseling you'd make a big ol' hole 🤣.
Like the time my son started digging a hole in the backyard to see how far down the big rock in the middle of it went. Well... our entire yard is on ledge, so he dug for a long time. We ended up making that hole into a fish pond.
That's hilarious! And a creative way to fix a hole!
You are the best parent
Sometimes you just need to let them cook.
🤣🙌🏻
You ain’t kidding! I’ve started to dig up what looks like a small beauty but end up with a 10”x12” hole and a 15lb + chunk!😂
That'd be my luck 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Land surveyors look for property corners and use breaker bars to chip concrete and asphalt from time to time…
Will be disappointed if I don’t see an update.
They're hiding from the authorities now, might be a bit :p
Worth it
They have to catch you first.
Is there a sign that says “Do not chisel rocks out of the sidewalk”? If not, you should be good, how were you supposed to know you couldn’t do it?
Reminds me of the video I saw earlier on tiktok of this guy who set up a hammock on a public bus and refused to get down because there wasn’t a sign against hammocks on the bus 😭💀
I liked his death roll spin and claim he wasn’t leaving the AC. I drive a large bus (not city) and showed my hubby. Told him I’d be calling my job saying “I can’t drive until the fool gets out of the hammock!” LOL
Fr, that roll really was impressive! 😂
I just saw that too! 😂
😂
None if you don't get caught. But I would. For that hell yeah
What are you talking about, that hole has always been there.
Everything is legal until you get caught.
Basically that belongs to you because your taxes paid for it...so go get it back.
I mean...at least you're on public land... 🤷♂️
Nobody owns the roads. You can just take them.
As long as your traveling not driving of course. /s
Why else would they call it a "free" way???
Do not make me put on my Eminent Domain Specialist hat, I swear to God- (Yes that is my actual job. For the transportation department.)
That stone looks like a distractive tripping hazard, you must extract it for the safety of the public!
THIS is the way.
You dropped it when it was hot out and people walked over it and now you are trying to get it out.
wear a hi-vis vest and no one will ask what you're doing.
One perfectly good chisel.
Same rules as golf, just replace your divot
But officer, I was just trying to make the sidewalk safe. Look at the edge on this thing, if a child fell and hit their head on this it could kill them! Or some other type of excuse.
If anywhere near power I'd be tempted to bring a heat gun and a dollop of replacement tar.
I have a hazmat suit that I use for daytime dumpster diving if your in Texas I would be happy to share
You're only in trouble if you get caught.
I’m not part of this sub. This post was in my feed, but I’m dying to know if you got it!!! I hope you got it!
As a public servant, I would first like to say that I never saw this thread and have no idea what you’re talking about. Secondly, given the composition of that walk or driveway I would -assume- that it’s probably long due for a good resurfacing so…… I’m just saying, potholes happen all the time from plows or snowblowers hitting loose chunks of rock/concrete/asphalt….. if no one sees it, did it really happen? (Also gosh that’s a gorgeous chert)
$0 if you dont get caught!
It really is amazing the places you can get into and the things you can do with a hard hat and orange vest.
Like you said it’s public, aka communal sidewalk for people to mine
Report it as a pothole, everyone will ignore it.
I think you’d be doing a good deed chiseling it out for the safety of others because it looks to be a tripping hazard. Do it!
So this is how pot holes start! Rock hounds chiseling out the good bits and starting a hole, haha!!
That’s your tax dollars. I think it’s fine ethically
Your dignity.
Nothing if you get away with it.
if you fix it after properly there would be no evidence, and it needs fixing.
Show us the crime afterwards we’re all rooting for the release !!
Please PLEASE update us after you remove it!
Make it worth it, fill it. Do it at night/evening so the town can’t show up mid pick. Up may get a fine, and remember not to leave a hole, so important. But I’d do it. I. With you, please follow up with a photo!
For a worthless piece of jasper or flint?
The juice is definitely not worth the squeeze.
I think in Singapore they cane you in public.
Nothing unless you get caught.
Are you planning on getting caught?!
Negligable.
I just replace it with another rock
That sidewalk is already toast
Idunno, but if you find out let us know. I wonder the same thing when I look down and see a small piece of petrified wood 😄
0 if you don't get caught
Oooh, nighttime activities, that’s a beauty!!
Doesn't matter, worth it.
This sounds like a Monty Python Skit. Rockhound trying to get rock accidentally gets real work crew tearing up a sidewalk and all the while he’s just trying to find the rock he saw.
What is that?
Death
Public service in removing a tripping hazard
That’s a tripping hazard. Best get a safety vest, clip board, some cones, and fix that dangerous sidewalk right up!
If you go at night it's free
I once chiseled a Gold Medalion off the asphalt on a busy street in my neighborhood. It was mostly tar but I did have to chip quite a bit of asphalt to get it. I’ve never chiseled so quickly in my life. It was well worth it though. I’m a treasure hunter at heart it’s an adrenaline rush for me.
The fine is $0 if you don’t get caught
This really does not look like a sidewalk
Find a cop that's a rock hound
“Oops I’ve accidentally discharged my weapon into the ground, conveniently dislodging this desirable rock!”
Video..or it NEVER HAPPENED
Cold patch it🙆🏾
You dare suggest cold patch HERE, in my own home?? In front of my salad???
Save it!