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Talked to a mason from Boston who said he never uses a line level for chimneys over 15 feet, just a plumb bob and a good eye.
He told me, 'A level can lie in the wind, but gravity never does,' and after my last chimney repair in a stiff breeze, I finally get it.
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julia_fisher286mo ago
Yeah, that's so true. It's like how sometimes the simplest, oldest way of doing things is the best one. You see it everywhere once you start looking.
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leo6676mo ago
Remember when we all used paper maps?
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ellis.ivan5mo ago
Did you ever actually use one, @leo667, or just get lost a lot?
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