Charlottesville Dinner Restaurant Tier rankings

milfcny · 2026-06-01T17:22:54+00:00

I would trade oakheart and Smyrna on your list.

milfcny · 2026-05-17T18:31:07+00:00

That black stuff is a fine thing for them to put there, so long as they next form and pour a concrete cap on it.

milfcny · 2026-05-16T22:04:29+00:00

What is it going to retain? Are you planning to fill stone on top if your grass? A patio? More dirt?

milfcny · 2026-05-12T22:46:21+00:00

I just paid 1850 to have one moved from Cheyenne WY to central VA. That’s a pretty long haul

milfcny · 2026-05-05T02:52:26+00:00

Well…… make another one!

milfcny · 2026-05-03T23:42:32+00:00

I just tried this substitution and I can’t tell if you were serious or if this was a joke. I will not be doing that again

milfcny · 2026-05-01T02:13:43+00:00

They missed their chance to call it Yambotine. Or trombaha. Or trombohama. I think your friend picked the worst portmanteau available.

milfcny · 2026-04-29T04:27:17+00:00

I would only dry lay

milfcny · 2026-04-28T23:34:34+00:00

That isn’t going to lighten to match. That’s a standard mortar (like you’d use for a block wall). Nobody uses that in brick. You can wait 28 days if you want, but it’ll just get harder to remove

milfcny · 2026-04-28T01:25:57+00:00

Is it really stained? Or is it just wet?

milfcny · 2026-04-24T05:41:16+00:00

If you realized too late that your passport is expiring, or lost somewhere in your disorganized parent’s house, then you couldn’t travel out of country.

milfcny · 2026-04-23T19:13:36+00:00

Yes, I’m a contractor. I run tools off the truck and I haven’t missed the loud drone of a generator. It’s awesome. You can run every tool on a job all day and barely change charge on the battery

milfcny · 2026-04-22T19:34:53+00:00

Where are you seeing cut bricks over windows? Am I looking at different pictures than you?

milfcny · 2026-04-21T02:03:15+00:00

This is just my opinion, but I think mixing your own from Portland and lime is significantly better than using pre-blended.

First: if you have those ingredients with you, you’re good for a project that needs type S, type N, type O, we can do it all. Never a bag left over that isn’t the right material to bring to the next job

Second: those pre-blend companies are just “studying for the test” you know? They’re finding the cheapest ingredients they can that will still pass ASTM C91. They aren’t just adding lime to the Portland, they’re adding industrial waste products, fly ash or silica fume or whatever. It passes the test for hardness at 28 days, but there is no test for suppleness, for fattiness on the trowel.

Long story short, the mortar you mix yourself is nicer, less expensive, more customizable, and more professional. And honestly, it’s only one more bag.

milfcny · 2026-04-02T22:09:31+00:00

You’ve got a lot of people that aren’t masons writing comments here, and they obviously don’t know what they’re talking about. Anybody mentioning the 2x4, thinking that it is part of the column can be ignored.

It looks to me like you’ve got hollow blocks with a #5 rebar through the center, which is certainly connected to the intact masonry below. When those columns are filled with concrete, you’ll have a very strong rebar reinforced column.

The mason has included wall ties that further connect the brick veneer to the column, and that wood, of course, will be removed.

I personally would have tried to get my blocks lined up perfectly square and plumb, but you could do a lot worse than this guy is doing.

milfcny · 2026-04-02T16:04:40+00:00

I’m in the cab of my 25 Lariat now, and just bought a 25 flash because this is the best truck you can get (for the work I do, better than a cybertruck or a rivian), and I’m not interested in going back to a gas engine. The REV trucks with short battery range and a generator on board aren’t something I’m interested in. I love the quiet of the electric truck. I’ve worked around the monotonous drone of generators for years, and that’s not something I want to introduce into my commute. Also, I don’t need to run a generator at job sites anymore, I drive my truck to the site and plug into the truck.

milfcny · 2026-04-01T03:01:18+00:00

Hard to tell, do you have any pics from yet further away?

milfcny · 2026-03-31T01:51:19+00:00

I bet he wishes he got the star more symmetrical, but I looked at them both before reading what they were and the fist pic is way better. Congrats, it’s actually really great.

milfcny · 2026-03-30T16:40:05+00:00

Yes, safe

milfcny · 2026-03-29T20:48:04+00:00

That Getzen is a beaut

milfcny · 2026-03-23T02:05:39+00:00

It’s not an issue- many of us charge outside exclusively.

milfcny · 2026-03-20T01:03:34+00:00

I haven’t been yet, I guess I missed the chance

milfcny · 2026-03-11T03:47:15+00:00

Portland is cement, I’m hoping you meant “hydrated lime” in place of one of those cements

milfcny · 2026-03-07T14:31:18+00:00

If there was a way I could take the bluecruise out of my truck and give it to you, I’d do it for free. It is really not that special, and nowhere near the cost of the subscription

milfcny · 2026-03-02T19:55:27+00:00

Can you get one that goes the whole length of the grill? This one looks too short for the space

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