Recent comments in /f/pittsburgh

roder60 t1_jazzubw wrote

I'm convinced spicy Asian noodle soups are a magical remedy for most ailments, body and soul alike.

I had almost the same experience a number of years ago when I got swine flu real bad. 103+ degree fever, barely left my bed for days, blinding headache, aches and chills constantly, couldn't eat anything. My wife then got me a pipping hot bowl of spicy pho and within minutes The snot started flowing, my breathing opened up and I started feeling better.

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Stardust_Particle t1_jau03w4 wrote

They are probably repointing the brick which means they pull out what’s left of the old sand and lime mix between the bricks and press in a new mortar mix. It’s a slow and tedious skilled but messy job. Now that I’m living in Washington DC, all our historic houses 100 years old are needing this done. You don’t fill with cement or your bricks may crack from the freeze thaw with nowhere for the moisture to go, called spalling.

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