Mining for...

Somehow, most projects require at least one, and usually two trips to Menards. Today's project required trips to two Menards before I even got started (the east side store was out of 1½" conduit couplers, and plumbing ones are a slightly different size so that you can't interchange them easily).

I'm currently digging a 20" deep trench in the back yard from the house to the garage. Into that trench will go one run of ½" PVC electrical conduit and one run of 1½" PVC conduit. I had been contemplating using rigid pipe, because it'd mean less digging (I'd only need 8" deep, I think), but Menards doesn't carry enough useful parts.

I've got most of the digging done, I need to take the last five feet or so down another foot and then I can start laying pipe.

I had been going to run 1", but for the small amount extra for 1½" I can run romex out to the garage if I want instead of single conductor THHN, and I have a lot of room to add more later. I also decided not to put a panel in the garage. That will probably come back to haunt me at some point, but there it is.

Holes

We now have a trench.

It's currently covered over in plywood, mostly so that I don't fall in when I'm heading out for the bus in the morning. Tomorrow (and Tuesday, if necessary), I'm going to put in the pipe.

Theater Tickets

I just found the tickets for yesterday's play at APT.

They're in the envelope with the other set of tickets for October 8 which we can't use either (that's the weekend of Stronghold).

If anyone wants to see The Matchmaker at American Player's Theater, we've got two tickets (aisle 6 row H seats 508 and 509) up for grabs. I'd like to get $50 for them, but I'm open to offers.

I'm going to post this on the Madison LJ groups tomorrow, so let me know if anyone's interested.