![]() ![]() The chainsaw is mostly in case I encounter extremely large tough roots, so I don’t use brand new blades (cutting into even a small bit of soil can be dangerous, and will quickly dull chainsaw blades, and can gum up the inside around the chain blade housing). For clearing the area around a grave, I also bring at least 3 large tarps (6 if I am expecting rain), a lawn mower, weed eater, chainsaw, loppers, and pruning shears. I also bring along a garden rake, an edging tool (basically a flat “blade” with a six to eight inch cutting surface at the end of a long handle), and a grave template which gives me a set of dimensions from which to dig the grave. Even if you don’t own a post-hole digger with measurement markers, you can make your own with a yardstick and a permanent marker. I rarely use post-hole diggers for actual earth removal, but I do have a pair with markings along the handles which I use as a depth gauge. A rock bar (also sometimes called a spud bar) is useful when large, heavy stones or significant rock shelves are encountered. A pick/mattock is indispensable for breaking up tough roots and clay and some rock or stone deposits. Step 2: Gather the ToolsĪ good sharp spade is the primary digging tool, but there are many other useful tools for digging. Depending on the weather conditions, I may also need a tent to put over my work space to protect from direct sun exposure or heavy precipitation. If possible, I try to avoid causing significant damage to nearby mature plants and memorial plantings, so I may make slight adjustments to the edges of a grave, and even the angle of orientation. There are also 3 large piles of Earth that are coming out of the grave, which must be returned to the grave at the end of a service, and where and how they are arranged matters both spatially and logistically. It helps me to know how many people will be standing and/or sitting around the grave at the service so that I can clear and groom the area nearby. Before my shovel even breaks ground, there are numerous considerations to be made at and around the site. I think there is a general misunderstanding that we “just dig a hole”. There are a few differences in how we dig these two types of graves. This is true for both burial of a body and burial of cremated remains. Our goal is to reduce the impact on the Earth from both the digging itself and from the interment, and to allow for as much new life as possible to grow out of the space that has been disturbed. It is easier and less time consuming with at least two people working. It also requires a good bit of planning and the right tools. When we dig graves at Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, everything is done by hand, and requires attention and care. Ha! Ha, I say! As if it were only that easy. Usually it’s done with one shovel and finished in an hour. He must dig underneath the garden's surface and pump them full of air with his trusty pump, and exterminate all of the nuisances before moving on to the next patch.We’ve all seen it a dozen times in the movies… Someone digging a grave. Atari did a good job promoting the game as one of the highlights in their licensed library, and they brought the game home to several systems to answer the considerable demand.ĭig Dug's vegetable garden is being invaded by pesky Pookas and fire-breathing Fygars. To bring this game over from Japan to the United States, Namco turned to Atari instead of Midway Games, to whom Namco had licensed their rights to distribute Galaxian, Pac-Man, Rally-X, and Bosconian. But it is yellow goggle wearing tomato character named Pooka, that has received the lion's share of popularity in Japan, who has cameos and guest appearances in several other Namco games (including Sky Kid, Sky Kid Deluxe and Tinkle Pit - the last one also features many other cameos). Driller series, casting Dig Dug as Taizo Hori, the father of Mr. Dig Dug has recently been reinvented by Namco due to the popularity of the Mr. He attaches a pump to the body of an enemy and pumps them full of air until they explode. ![]() It runs on Namco's Galaga hardware (three Zilog Z80 processors run at 3.125 MHz).Īnother more imaginative aspects of the game was the way in which Dig Dug eliminates his enemies. ![]() It turned out that many people thought it was a lot of fun. ![]() As an alternative take on the genre, Dig Dug examines how much fun it might be to allow the player to make his (or her) own mazes. After creating an international sensation with Pac-Man, Namco tried to cash in on other maze game concepts, but none of the succeeded quite as well as the original. The game featured bright colorful animation, and a catchy tune that was only heard as long as Dig Dug was still in motion. Dig Dug is a fondly-remembered game from the early days of the arcades. ![]()
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