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The Evil Greebo

13:00

morning

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

hallo

Steve Jackson

good morning!

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

hey steve! i didn't even see you there

man i feel so bad for karl. poor guy

Steve Jackson

It's rough. Hope his company treats him well afterwards.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

13:15

@SteveJackson agreed.

The Evil Greebo

13:32

ah, I see @AarthiDevanathan loves US today

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@TheEvilGreebo lots of edits, yes.

i do some routine maintenance on DIY still. I tolja, i still love you all.

Steve Jackson

There have been some interesting sites getting off the ground in area51 lately. Signal Processing, Bitcoin, and today: Biblical Hermeneutics

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

ah yes, Bible.Se

we have some oddball sites of late.

Steve Jackson

Are there plans for Chaos to keep on promoting as new sites come along? I couldn't imagine doing community building for DSP.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@SteveJackson well, we don't choose our sites -- there's an algorithm to it, and one of the factors is the age. we generally don't work on sites <60 days old.

2 hours later…

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

15:43

man our front page looks awesome

Steve Jackson

pats @AarthiDevanathan on the back

The Evil Greebo

15:58

/me didnt notice

%snark%

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

but seriously, the meta post brought it to my attn and it's trueeee

2 hours later…

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

17:51

Anyone able to answer this?

Q: How do I seal a large gap between slabs to avoid freeze/thaw heaving?

I have a very large slab patio on the back of my home in Southern MN that has pulled away from the house about 6-8" due to freeze/thaw heaving. The previous owners have filled the gap with river rocks, which gives it an "ok" appearance, but it doesn't do anything to keep water getting in between ...

BMitch

18:35

just dropping in to pass along a relevant chuckle, now it's time to get back to work

@AarthiDevanathanΨ No good answer from this peanut in the gallery, MN makes it more complicated with the deep freezing.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch hmm. well, perhaps Greebo or Steve has better ideas. I'll ask in TL, too.

@BMitch hmm. maybe someone should put a bounty on it.

BMitch

@AarthiDevanathanΨ aww, but I'm so close to 10k

95% there

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch it doesn't have to be you!

it was just me thinking aloud, honest.

Steve Jackson

@AarthiDevanathanΨ Yeah no clue. I think Karl's on the right track, but the fix for that is more or less starting over. An 8" gap would be hard to patch.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

18:51

@SteveJackson mmm. well i put a bounty on it.

BMitch

19:06

@AarthiDevanathan, wait, cabbey is a parenting mod? Now I know you're playing favorites.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch yes. but it's also a question that's good for the community. shrug

we've got three unanswered questions currently.

BMitch

only 3, I thought we had more last time I looked

diy.stackexchange.com/unanswered

The Evil Greebo

@BMitch I could get that job!

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch hmm. looks like i'm going editing.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

19:32

Hey there @Tester101 still looking shiny i see

Steve Jackson

19:53

Today's not Thursday, is it? Full house!

Niall C.

@aarthi: take a little more time on those edits, 'k? "how should I look for when choosing faux tin ceiling tiles?"

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@NiallC ah phooey. i'm sorry -- I'm trying to not do that more often.

@Dave hello!

The Evil Greebo

Not at all in response to anything said previously and only because I think this is funny:

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

20:06

edits slower

Niall C.

@Aarthi Keep 'em coming. I want that proofreader badge. :)

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@NiallC ah ha, it's not out of the goodness of your heart at all!

Dave

20:34

Hello Aarthi

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@Dave how are you? :D

welcome to diy chat

sorry we're kinda chaotic today

it's a wednesday

Dave

This is my first time using chat at SE. I'm usually asking programming questions but also have some house questions.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@Dave well, welcome! :) we're happy to have you here. Tomorrow we'll be having our chat event at 3PM EST. I know @BMitch @TheEvilGreebo and @SteveJackson will be able to answer a lot of your questions :D

BMitch

@Dave @AarthiDevanathan is our designated "welcoming committee" (of one)

Steve Jackson

@Dave I think that's how most of us end up in here :) Welcome aboard.

@BMitch @AarthiDevanathan is the life of the party, tis true.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

20:41

@SteveJackson aww guys, that's sweet but you'll need to liven up the party yourselves eventually ;)

Dave

Thanks for the welcome.

BMitch

aww, that's so cute, she still doesn't know that we have power tools and don't intend on letting her leave :)

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch :O

BMitch

All I usually have to do to get volunteers hooked is to let them use the nail gun. For the really tough cases, one afternoon with a Ramset and they're guaranteed to return.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch :D i just mean, eventually I'll get site #3 and you guys won't get me as much anymore.

Steve Jackson

20:48

@BMitch I wondered about that when you mentioned passing out rocks. "They don't have a framing nailer?" Then I remembered the sorts of things I've almost done with one and I supposedly know what I'm doing.

@AarthiDevanathanΨ I don't like the tone of this week. It sounds like @AarthiDevanathan isn't getting custody in the divorce ;)

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@SteveJackson more like, she lives in fear of getting One More Site

BMitch

@SteveJackson We only recently added a framing nailer to our collection, but it's for the house leaders only. Too much of a liability issue with people that don't even know how to swing a hammer.

But managing volunteers on a Habitat site is like herding cats, the more slow jobs we can give them while we figure out what the heck we're supposed to do next, the better.

Steve Jackson

@AarthiDevanathanΨ The double-edged sword of success...I'm always being punished for being competent.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@SteveJackson so is my banker roommate imho ;)

Steve Jackson

@BMitch I'm very familiar with that management style :)

BMitch

20:51

@AarthiDevanathanΨ she's a banker ehh....

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@BMitch mmhmm. she work in internal finance.

phooey i gotta get things done! @Dave a pleasure to meet you!

the rest of you i'll see for sure tomorrow -- don't forget PUT! :D

/waves

BMitch

imdb.com/title/tt0102558

remember this crazy movie every time I hear of a banker

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

heh.

Steve Jackson

@BMitch I see you've got a real gravatar now

BMitch

@SteveJackson decided to change things around, not sure which one is showing while things work through the cache

I think I settled on my last x-ray

Steve Jackson

20:58

BMitch

21:15

Just saw the ice cream truck drive through the construction site next door. I wonder if construction workers are a better clientèle than children.

And the (currently) dead end road also appears to be on a school bus driver's route. Maybe they have little children working on this site.

Steve Jackson

@BMitch My experience with children says they will happily build something for free...provided they get to destroy it soon after.

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