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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 30, 2008, at 11:59 AM, bob ford wrote:

> Wow, those are very big rocks.  I was imagining a rock version of  
> concrete blocks like some houses in the deep South sit.  Those look  
> like they would be very heavy.  I don't know how long mercury filled  
> carpenters levels have been around.  Or, how they could tell how  
> they heaving from the frost might affect the rock foundations .

With perfect drainage there is no frost to heave.

The stone sizes and shapes are typical for the Ozarks.

Long before modern levels, water levels were used.