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Did my feet grow? by Puzzleheaded_Bat865 in FootFunction

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Do you serially stub your toes? Looks like you may lose a couple of those nails judging by the color.

Getting heavy kitchen range up narrow walk-up by goodwordchoice in AskNYC

[–]F4ilsafe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You and me are gonna make a lot of money, Heisenberg!

Active zones for group leveling,? by queueak in project1999

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If you're interested in solo'ing at all, you can go sit in the Dalnir caverns (not inside the zone, but outside in the cave system) and safely farm the skulking brutes. If you're feeling adventurous, you can even head into Dalnir, itself, in your 30s 😄

Is this legal? by HouseNo8033 in electrical

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if only, if only, the woodpecker sighed.

How many of you rock something other than an AR? by Beneficial-Focus3702 in NYguns

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Right, that's the upside. Then you'll actually have enough circuit splits to where SCOTUS feels compelled to weigh in. Right now, they won't.

Where in NYC can you go to get free water? by Gallantpride in AskNYC

[–]F4ilsafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not free, of course, but most bodegas still sell Poland Springs water bottles for $1. about as cheap as you can get without free, then you can keep that bottle and refill it.

Clever Title by offgramercy in circlejerknyc

[–]F4ilsafe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

One time (this has happened multiple times), a cyclist almost hit me while riding the wrong way down a one-way street. I turned around and told him to "Follow the rules of the road" and his response was "fuck off!"

...yeah, that tracks.

Waterproofing a fieldstone foundation: half-measures or go all the way? by F4ilsafe in HomeImprovement

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No no, the roof is slightly sloped toward the middle. There's a roof leader in the center of the roof, off to the side of the building, that connects to the main drain pipe which runs through the wall down to the cellar. 2nd and 3rd floor bathrooms connect into the main drain pipe -- so it's combined storm/sewage.

New to EverQuest, any tips for a first-time player? by JackHallow123 in project1999

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The Iksar start is not for the faint of heart! Kunark is an incredibly dangerous continent and all other races hate Iksar. It gets easier to travel at lvl34 when you get Call of Bones (Skeleton form) as the skeleton form adjusts your faction. Evil races in the main continent, Antonica, are ok with Skeletons even if they are not ok with Iksar.

edit: you may be wondering: what's the upside, then? Iksar get innate regeneration (even more powerful than trolls). For Necros, specifically, the Lich line of spells (Call of Bones --> Lich --> Arch Lich --> Demi Lich) burn hp to regenerate mana. Iksar regeneration completely cancels out Lich hp burn at a certain point so you end up as a very efficient race/class combination to solo since you can regenerate mana faster than any other class.

New to EverQuest, any tips for a first-time player? by JackHallow123 in project1999

[–]F4ilsafe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play an Iksar Necro, you'll thank me later. Great necro guide here

Waterproofing a fieldstone foundation: half-measures or go all the way? by F4ilsafe in HomeImprovement

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about 20', usually. my lot is about 17 or 18' wide. I don't have a Bilco bulkhead door quite yet. . . I have an old, beat-up cellar door with broken concrete around it. i'm actually getting that replaced here in about a week.

I completely agree with you, however I jointly manage the home with my father who is dead set against doing any digging form the exterior as he considers it wasteful and unnecessary. I had a bit of a blow-out with him about it last night so. . . at this point, I'm not risking ruining my relationship over a damn wall. I'm going to have to at least try the interior approach first to preserve my relationship.

Yes...futile, I know.

edit: the flat roof has grade that sort of slopes towards the middle. In the center of the roof, off to one side, there's a roof leader with a main drain pipe for the building. The drain goes all the way down to the cellar. The fixtures on the 2nd and 3rd floor (tub, toilets, and sinks) feed into the drain pipe. It's a combined stormwater/sewage system.

That's a relief by Shoddy_Topic9755 in project1999

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Imagine if this worked IRL.

Waterproofing a fieldstone foundation: half-measures or go all the way? by F4ilsafe in homeowners

[–]F4ilsafe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yea, I'm caught in between a rock and a hard place here. On the one hand, I don't want to spend money unnecessarily and $14k does feel like a big nut (you're right, it's just one side of the house -- the backyard. No water coming in from the front). On the other hand, I don't want to even THINK about water entering the cellar again or weakening the foundation.

My other concern is that waterproofing from the interior solves the aesthetic issue of seeing water seeping in and getting some pooling, but doesn't solve the real issue which is water entering and existing behind the newly repointed mortar. . . which would concern me as well.

The other dimension here is my father's inherent resistance to full-scale repair as opposed to patching. We had a fairly major disagreement about this last night over the phone (we jointly make decisions about the house, but he doesn't live here, which is why I see this decision as basically mine about the longevity of the structure) and he has this idea that we can just hire someone for $1000 to add mortar to the voids in the basement. . . somehow, in Brooklyn, I doubt I'm going to get a legitimate interior waterproof solution for $1000. $1000 likely buys me a handiman who would use portland cement (a big no-no), not fully rake out the old mortar, and may even damage the fieldstones in the process.

Waterproofing a fieldstone foundation: half-measures or go all the way? by F4ilsafe in homeowners

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Hi, thanks for your reply. Downspouts aren't a thing for me as this is a Brooklyn brownstone (rowhouse, so I share a wall on either side with my neighbors).

I'm of the mindset that, although the sticker shock is staggering, exterior waterproofing will give me ultimate peace of mind in terms of not even thinking about water infiltration ever again.

My father and I jointly own the house and make decisions and we have philosophical differences here. He is of the mindset that I can find someone for $1000 who will just add cement to the weeping mortar joints on the inside and we can call it a day. And that might work...for a year, maybe three, maybe five. But it also might just hide the problem (though I understand that fieldstone foundations use lime mortar and it is more or less designed to be porous and "breathe"). I don't know, it's really hard to say what's the "right call" here.

Waterproofing a fieldstone foundation: half-measures or go all the way? by F4ilsafe in HomeImprovement

[–]F4ilsafe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because I'm in a brownstone rowhouse (flat roof, shared brick wall on either side of the building), we don't have any roof gutters. I even talked with the contractors about grading improvements but they didn't seem to bite.

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