In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:26:42 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote:

On 10/14/2016 9:03 AM, micky wrote:....
I don't want to find the owner of the land to get him to remove it. A)
The more he ignores this land the better I like it. What he'll likely
do instead is put up 1 or more ugly signs saying No Dumping, signs I
don't want and that won't work anyhow, B) Why should he remove it for
me? I'm not entitled to use someone else's land. C) How would he do
this? Just about anything he can do, I can do, if only I knew what the
proper thing to do is.



Does it freeze where you are? Sound like the concrete blob is somewhat
"porous"? If so, add water and let the freeze do some of your
destruction for you. Repeat as necessary.


That's a great idea. I don't think I have time to work on it this fall
anyhow. And I don't have to go and look every day, just watch the
thermometer. And even if it takes 2 or 3 winters, I'd enjoy doing this.

I'm not sure how far into it those empty spaces go. In fact I can't
figure out how they came about. This was cement or concrete used to
replace or refinish (all of a sudden I can't remember which) outdoor
masonry steps that the neighbor has since his front door is 8 feet or so
above the street. It's grey and smooth, even the junk in the woods has
no visible stones in it. And I thought wet cement was almost liquid
like ketchup or very nearly hard. And unless there was some kind of
elastic polymer added, if there is such a thing these days, it was never
rubbery or like lasagna noodles that could be draped over the smaller
ball.