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I recently learned you never ever talk about your female colleagues tattoos when lying in bed with your wife! Not sure where my filter was that night.

We're just going to Applebee's for a coke and a chat. Just rying to make some new friends and then introduce them to the Axiom sound.

Hey, I've gone almost a full week without something breaking... Ooops.

LOL @ terzaghi, that was good stuff.

I finished the grouting on my flagstone today, WOO HOO!!

....but not until after I spent too much time applying the first batch with a grout bag, then went back to the bucket for a refill my trowel was standing upright in the mortar. The bucket, the mortar and my trowel were as one.

'eeeese a plantah, wright?

I think I will present it to the art crowd, they'd be impressed with my representation of the plight of nature(the trowel) being encrouched upon by mankind(the mortar) in a limited space(the bucket). For sure this will put me in the running for the "Mummified Rat-on-a-Tripod" at the Artsy Fartsy Awards.

grout bag?!?! You're insane.

I'm actually a lot better at grouting than I am at setting. I have a persistent lippage problem.

Looking forward to seeing your craftsmanship!

Grouting kitchens/bathrooms which I thought at the time I did them was difficult, was eazy peazy compared to the flagstone. The type of grout I used, seemed harder to get the correct consistency on top of that, which alters not only the density of the grout, but also the drying time and the colour as well. Thank God I put a couple of coats of penetrating sealer down BEFORE I grouted...I think otherwise, the haze/staining of the grout would have been permanent(I'm still periodically wiping it down).

Couple more days of curing, then it's time to seal the grout.

Actually, Tom, the grout bag was very helpfull on this type of job because of the uneven surfaces. I wasn't sure about using it before I started the job, but after the fact, I don't think I could have been able to get the mortar right into the joints without it.

I have some bits of flagstone left over...thinking about making a patio out back(someone slap me quick!).

SLAP SLAPPITY SLAPINATOR SLAPTASTIC SLAPORAMA SLAP!!

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