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>In regard to the matter of the thatch in Tiki bars, I think your only option is to do field research in Tiki bars.  If you need help, and can wait til Sept or so, I should be divorced about then.
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So we can expect you in Mobile for IPTW 2004? You know you are going to
need a few nights out in order to refresh your batteries?

>Got a question re: efflorescence.
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Sounds to me like CMU set w/cold weather accelerators.. a no no in histo
presto bu often used in more recent work as a speed up and get the
damned thing built methodology.
I've never seen tuckpointed CMU... impractical in most cases. Suggest
you undertake a small probe.

>As to iron spots
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I think it is because they are tiny. I remember doing some weird
waterproofing with iron shavings... ironite it was called. Did not make
a whole lot of sense to me but mortars/masonry w/ iron it it seems to be
more brittle.

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