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The Remarkable Fools Letter

on defeating de-fense

on hole at a time

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Jim Dalling
Jun 08, 2025
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What kind of human are you?

Currently, I pride myself by being completely unreasonable and doing things illogically.

Consider building a fence.

This has recently been more than a consideration. I’ve embarked on a multi-week fence building odyssey.

And by weeks?

I really mean ‘months’.

It all began way back in March. As the lions of spring roared with winds and rain, I marked out our property lines.

From there?

I started watching videos about how to install a chain link fence.

These steps seem logical and reasonable.

I fretted over the best way to secure a fence post.

Eventually I started digging holes.

I dug five holes, went to the store and bought five fence posts and two bags of concrete.

Boom. Installed.

A couple weeks later, I dug seven holes.

I repeated the process from the five holes only with more steel and concrete.

I continued along with this process of digging some holes, buying supplies and putting in fence posts.

Having dug ten holes on Tuesday, today, I installed my last ten posts.

Next?

I…

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