In a message dated 99-05-14 08:51:44 EDT, you write:

<< Maybe he's waiting for a delivery of mortar mesh which will stop the mortar
 droppings from the bond courses from clogging the weeps holes at the soldier
 courses.
  >>
This is New York. He's waiting for the mortar snots which have filled the
cavity to harden sufficiently, and for the guy who comes and fills the weeps
with fine aggregate  mortar to finish his work.

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