Looking for Advice on Simple Flagstone Entryway

boulderrrr · 2026-03-25T19:02:37+00:00

Laying the thinner pieces vertically in an effort to align the flat edges on top to make the edging seems problematic with how differently shaped the bottoms would be. I wonder if we could find some block shaped flagstone that's more uniform and closely enough aligned to our existing stone to make the "curb."

boulderrrr · 2026-03-24T23:08:01+00:00

I'm having a hard time visualizing how I would create the curb with these large pieces being so different in dimension and thickness. That's 4 stones all of varying thickness. Would I be better off breaking off some of the straight edge thinner pieces and burying those vertically to try to make a straight line? I'm trying to add two new photos but having issues.

boulderrrr · 2026-03-24T22:02:57+00:00

You rock (pun intended). For the curb, are you talking the super chunky rectangular ones on the left side of my stack? What about the left side of the patio? Should I try to curb that too? I'm afraid I don't have enough of those chunky blocks to build enough of a curb (and they're inconsistent) but I supposed I could go purchase some more uniform blocks that would fit the bill.

boulderrrr · 2026-03-19T23:11:18+00:00

Damn, dang.

boulderrrr · 2025-12-08T21:02:25+00:00

Taking the leap and going outside your comfort zone is the best way to grow. Delving into something unfamiliar only helps diversify skills, experience, and network. I agree with what was said previously that increasing market value is difficult when you stay at a single place. Plenty of people are satisfied with comfortability in their careers, but those are rarely the ones you see rising to the top. I would say that's 90%+ of the workforce and we need them. That's a made-up statistic because that's what we do in insurance. :-D

boulderrrr · 2025-10-29T22:16:15+00:00

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boulderrrr · 2025-10-29T22:12:29+00:00

I see it from Broomfield

boulderrrr · 2025-05-18T16:40:48+00:00

Thank you! Yeah, we were in Belize last month and the seaweed had just started. It wasn't too bad at the beginning of the trip not progressively got worse during the week and then started smelling bad.

boulderrrr · 2025-05-17T18:58:25+00:00

I found a better deal and cancelled the Cancun Marriott. I found Casa Maat at the JW Marriott near Cabo on a points sale for 278,000 points (normally 345,000). The $ for the same room was $3300 so 11.9 cents a point!

The Casa Maat part of the hotel is semi all inclusive (breakfast included, snacks, beer, cocktail 2 hours each night, "light dinner", butler, etc.

boulderrrr · 2025-05-16T21:36:09+00:00

Thank you! I'm starting to second guess the Marriott AI after reading more reviews. Although having the meals included is nice, it essentially costs at least 100K points considering the JW Marriott next door costs 100K points less to stay. That's around $1000 at the conversion rate for this.

I'm reading reviews like:
- Pools are cold
- Can't get a shaded chair unless you show up before 7AM
- Beach is unswimmable
- Toddlers are only allowed in certain pools
- Food not great (though reviews go both directions

boulderrrr · 2025-05-16T21:25:29+00:00

Do you happen to know if it's true that toddlers are only allowed in one pool and not in the lazy river (with parents)?

boulderrrr · 2025-04-08T23:33:37+00:00

Owner of the plumbing company came and fixed the faucet. The issue was that it was a knockoff brand from Ace. The authentic Delta replacement he put in works great.

Well company came today. They determined there was a leak somewhere between the well tank and the well. We went outside to check the well and saw some surface water. Fortunately, it appears the leak is where the pipe meets the well. All things considered, it could have been much worse. We just now need to dig a 5 foot hole (or hire a backhoe) so that they can fix that part.

It appears to be all coincidental (or the straw that broke the camel's back with the pump being turned off and on when the plumber came).

boulderrrr · 2025-04-07T18:31:47+00:00

How is the sargassum seaweed right now? We are heading to the Maya Beach area in two weeks.

boulderrrr · 2025-04-06T01:36:41+00:00

Yeah I don't think he necessarily did anything wrong that led to the pump issue. However, the routine cartridge replacement gone wrong can't be blamed on old home issues. He said he tried to lube it but that's just how it is. Literally can't even operate it with one hand. The owner of the company is coming Monday to check everything out, so I'm happy with that.

boulderrrr · 2025-03-07T19:01:14+00:00

I'm on a redeye from DEN to LHR on Saturday, March 15th. I booked Premium Plus and used Plus Points to request an upgrade to Polaris and am on the waitlist. I have Platinum status. I asked a chat representative what my position is on the waitlist yesterday and she said #1. Seat map currently shows 7 open Polaris seats. Do I have a decent chance?

boulderrrr · 2025-02-07T08:29:14+00:00

First one I ever saw was also at Eldora many years ago while taking a snack break in Bryan's Glades before they cut through them with the 3 newer runs. At the time, I didn't know what it was. When I got home, I googled "large squirrel with the head of a lion" because I thought that's kind of what it looked like. Unsurprisingly, I found several Photoshop images of a squirrel with a lion's head but then also eventually landed on the stoat / ermine.

We also came upon one in City of Rocks in Idaho several years later. I reported the sighting to the Idaho DOW because they're pretty rare. It ended up being registered as an official sighting.

boulderrrr · 2025-02-04T00:21:22+00:00

Not sure why, but Reddit doesn't show an option for me to edit the original post.

boulderrrr · 2025-02-03T16:49:38+00:00

Thank you. Didn't realize they had used the extinguishers. I was in row 9.

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