@b_jonas I saw the questions. They were helpful links ; )

@b_jonas what you should do about that comment, is flesh out your answer to include that information, why JKR would not want to tell her audience why prof. Snape wasn't married.

@SQB I myself was tempted to flag to convert to comment as that's all the "top" two answers really are.

@DarthVader yes, it was I

@Derpy :D

@SQB: Sorry I wasn't around to get your message. We were on a delayed honeymoon in Quebec. The house is in great shape. The headache has been that we've had so much rain, and it's been so frequent, that getting a decent part of the lot cleared so I could put topsoil down, then seed and put straw on it, has been tough.

@Tango iirc, you're right next to a stream. So at least the water leaving your lot shouldn't be a problem, then?

I can't quite recall if you named the house or not. A Tolkien-inspired name may just be my imagination.

I hope you had a great honeymoon.

@SQB We're near a creek, which is on our lot, so a lot of the water goes in there, but it's not that simple. There are all sorts of local regulations (based on federal regs) regarding erosion.

To make things easy, I got my CRLD - Certified Responsible Land Disturber. That involved a short course and fee. I had to learn about all the erosion issues and how to prevent them. It's not the water that's the issue - it's the dirt that it takes with it! And if a lot of dirt gets dumped in the creek, the neighbor immediately downstream gets a muddy pond and I can get in real trouble if he complains!

So I am officially, in the state of Virginia, certified to disturb!

The honeymoon was a nice time - we went from 90° in Virginia to about 60° in Quebec.

@SQB: So what's up with you?

@SQB: So what's up with you?

Not much, not much.

I'm back-ish after a bit of a hiatus.

I kinda miss the old gang.

So I'm glad to see you here.

@Tango Oh! As in xkcd.com/1388 Subduction License?

Has been closed as a duplicate. However, this question is far superior to the other. Should the direction be reversed?

Full disclosure: the accepted answer on the closed one is mine.

@b_jonas Yeah, but kind of in reverse - I have to keep stuff from washing away.

@SQB I understand after the issues with the old chat room and a desire to not be "contained" by chat room rules, most of them took off for a chat room on some other app.

@Tango yeah, but I also mean the old gang. People like lissardgY.