Is That a Plumbob In Your Pocket...

Or are you jonesing for some fresh orange juice?

I was at the Home Depot buying some stakes and some string to put up some level lines and measuring lines to build the footings for the patio walls, and I thought I might need a plumbob. But they were like $12, so being the cheap guy I am, I figured I'd be able to find somethig around the house that would suit the purpose.

So I open the kitchen drawer, and boom- what do I see but the pefect item- the plastic juicer thing. That's it in the picture showing me exactly where 172" is from the face of the house.

Mission accomplished yesterday; after all the string pulling and plumbobbing, it was 20 sacks of concrete,the hoe, the wheelbarrow, and me, just going for it. (Owhrrr-owhrr-owhrr.)