I am quite certain this is not helpful, and only vaugely related to the original post... but I'll post in case someone may be amused! I just had a major move. This included not only personal goods but also my business of 1500 books and thousands and thousands of yards of quilting fabric - both of which are VERY HEAVY. With s-i-l and daughter helping we loaded a 24' moving van and drove over an hour to new house. Too late, too tired to unload we went to bed deciding to unload in the morning. I woke up early and took dogs out to tinkle, all was fine. I took them to corner and back... and our moving van was sunk through the driveway on rr wheel to center of wheel. S-i-l couldn't get it to back out. Stuck but good. Neighbor driving by (looky-loo from next street over) tried to pull us out with a woven towstrap - it snapped. He went home and got a towchain and yanked us out of there. I promised to mention Ford F250 everytime this episode comes up. It looked like a Chihauhau pulling a Mastiff by a leash... but it worked. Driveway is about 4" thick asphalt, clearly a DIY jobby. I'm trying make this the 'brief version' but gotta tell the rest: Within about an hour the city crew came by, claimed all responsibility for the hole (said storm drain was down there and it should have held a moving truck). Patched up hole nicely. 4 or 5 days later we had a substantial rain. Driveway collapsed, twice as big now, about 18" across, and same depth. Glad I wasn't parked there. City came, dug it out bigger (little front-end scooper machine) and patched with just gravel this time. Week goes by, another rain, driveway collapses even bigger, now I can hear running water in the hole. City crew arrives, not so cheerful now. Digs it out bigger, could drop a VW beetle in there comfortably. Now we see the problem. (my nose is usually in the house but I do have to monitor what is going on out there ya know) Years ago when storm drain was installed ends of 20" cement pipe did not meet... so they threw a scrap of thin galvanized and a big blob of concrete over A FIFTEEN INCH GAP! The galvanized was nearly gone from rusting away. They fixed it up with a slice of similar pipe and more blobs of concrete. I hope it holds. Doubt it can fall in quite so spectacularly again. Photos at 5:00. Kidding, don't know how to post the photos... but I got 'em! GH

chele0429, AS per John, you'll need to inquire at your local building department and then make up some drawings for permit. The PorchGuy Here is a link that might be useful: My Album

**Edit - it looks like the post I was referring to has been removed. But I'll keep my response here because it's still relevant. -- Aqua Kitchens, that is confusing. You are on the right track with your ideas, but Super White is not quartzite, it's dolomitic marble! That's quite a mixed message. You are spot on about the need to test stones, and the article you linked has some good geologic information, but then that goes downhill quickly when Super White is described as quartzite. It isn't. Perhaps with all the mixups in names there are some Super Whites that are quartzite, but in my experience, most of them are not. In any case, making a blanket statement that Super White is quartzite and, "Etching it with water or anything acidic is impossible" is not correct. Read here for more details on how to tell the difference between quartzite and marble: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2692150/countertop-geology-part-six-lets-talk-about-rocks-some-more I give webinars and write articles for the Marble Institute of America, helping to clear up this persistent problem. I'm also giving a hands-on workshop on rock identification at the TISE trade show in January. I urge you to correct that article so as not to create additional confusion in the industry. Feel free to contact me if you have questions - I'm happy to help!

I have lost and gained about the same amount. I normally fluctuate about 2-4 pounds from night and morning. However my body and facial shape has changed. The face has sagged and developed many more wrinkles. I took a picture of me in my mask the day I voted. My upper face is very youthful. It is my lower face that has the massive wrinkles. My legs are smaller but my arms are much bigger around.