In a message dated 12/7/2009 4:13:29 P.M., [log in to unmask] writes: Victoria Pingarron Alvarez <[log in to unmask]> has just subscribed to the BULLAMANKA-PINHEADS list (The listserv where the buildings do the talking). Victoria! Welcome! You will get the sense of this list, which is completely unmoderated and about ten years old (Our Founder: Sir Kenneth Follett) pretty quickly, perhaps too quickly. But in the meantime, could you give us some details about what interests you? As it happens, there is a lot of talk on this list of obscure grouts and mortars (very, very little of which I understand) - wait 'til you get Steve Stokowski's rap on natural mortar or whatever it is he is keen on. Also, where do you stand on the addition of the second floor porch on the south front of the White House? (This, and Laphroaig, are the main litmus tests on the 'serv.) Christopher Gray Title Performance Analysis of Hydraulic Lime Grouts for Masonry Repair Author(s) _Victoria I. Pingarrón Alvarez, University of Pennsylvania_ (http://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Pingarr%20Alvar ez&field_2=fname&value_2=Victoria&advanced=1) Document Type Thesis or dissertation January 2006 Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Historic Preservation 2006. Advisor: Frank G. Matero -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>