I believe NBCUniversal owns gardenweb, (IVillage). I'm not an expert in the web biz but keeping your users at your site, not redirecting them to another, is one notion that was followed in my day as a tekkie. Why they single out jb is a mystery - maybe the two forums have too much overlap and are in direct competition. I might go to another gw forum, like a gardening one, that has nothing to do with tile and try adding a jb link there. See if it gets rejected.

When I experience some goofy unexplained problem I first go back to a method left over from my main frame experiences -- power down and briefly unplug the bugger. It is surprising to me how many glitches respond to this. (BTW, I have also used this to solve a newer TV problem once and I have a very old TV that must be unplugged every time it is used.)

There is an HR. And several women talk about going to HR on a regular basis, but mostly how they are treated by two women higher up in seniority (and perhaps rank to some extent). There were three women at the top seniority wise, the current department head and two others who had been department head at one time. (it is supposed to rotate between people). Two of the women have hated each other for 20+ years and the third woman has always really been the puppet of one of them. One of the really negative angry ones in the 20 year standoff finally retired, and currently the other is on sabbatical. But the current department head (3rd person) feels a bit vulnerable I think because the one who just steamrollered over everything is on sabbatical. Honestly I feel as a male, I kind of get through all of this unscathed because I don't get involved in the interpersonal dramas. But there are a couple bullies at the top, to some extent, it's clear who they like and don't like; it's clear which students they like and don't like--it's just not very professional. But really... I can't imagine going to HR over this in my case. What am I supposed to say? "They give me repeated, unsolicited advice about my haircut, my facial hair, my weight and some of my clothing". I just don't know what good it would do. Believe it or not I have a relatively good working relationship with everybody there and a somewhat friendly work relationship with some of them. I felt one great relief when the one angry woman retired and another great relief when the other went on sabbatical. And yet, they were really two of the people who never said anything like the above to me. They were professional in that respect. They were just difficult to work with because they were always right, always the best at everything and uniformly condescending to the students. Most of the women who have said the stuff to me are generally fairly nice people all things considered. Not always to each other. So I don't think going to HR and tattling about the running commentary would do anything to improve relations with anybody. This is a blip on my radar, really. But despite the fact that it doesn't really bother me much (these are not the types of comments I actually mull over, believe me)...I just can't help noticing that there is a gender-biased double standard ( albeit probably one of the few against males, really ). We are trained to say absolutely nothing personal about women coworkers and to tread very carefully with questions or comments about race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, transgender status, appearance etc. of our patients. But I bet if I went to HR about the "unsolicited advice" and commentary it would be treated as trivial...and maybe it is. Maybe we've become ultra-sensitized to take offence at the most offhand comment. I know some people whose favorite pastime seems to be dissecting everything that was said as to real meaning, ulterior motive etc. and so forth and finding something to be offended about.

Not totally done but close! Planted the low-gro and added cypress mulch. I tried to get the corners at a 90° angle as best as I could. The grass in front of the steps might be temporary as the thinking wheel is turning. I like the idea of extending the porch out in that area. The covered gutters are only a concern in the corner above the main entrance. There’s a rain diverter there but it isn’t very good. I hope to remedy that when I replace my shingles next spring.