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The upcoming Aug. 4 election is kind of an important one and "No excuse, in-person absentee voting" began Tuesday, July 21st. See the image for (an opinionated view of) why this election carries so much weight.

There are two voting locations in Greene County:

Greene County Elections Center
1126 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, MO 65802
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Also Saturday, August 1, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

The Library Center
4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, MO 65810
Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Also Saturday, August 1, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

The no-excuse period runs July 21 through Monday, August 3 at 5:00 p.m. You do not need to give a reason or apply beforehand; just go in person. Bring an acceptable, non-expired photo ID. Unlike Election Day voting, in-person absentee voters who lack acceptable ID cannot cast a provisional ballot.

Please, go vote.

Hi all,

This window is stuck open. Curious if anyone has any idea how to fix before I just cut the sash. Thanks!

Hey all,

I'm looking for a hotshot carrier^(1) who is based here or nearby who can transport a 6,500lb vehicle for me from southern Minnesota to Springfield, MO. I don't know where to search for this and time is limited. Vehicle is 20' long and 9.5' tall, runs and drives.

They'd need to be licensed and insured with the ability to also insure the vehicle being transported.

Feel free to DM me with folks' contact info if you have any.

Thanks!

1: a specialized trucking service that uses medium-duty pickup or heavy-duty trucks pulling specialized trailers to haul smaller, less-than-truckload (LTL) freight directly to a single destination

Images here: https://imgur.com/a/OPRom6T

Update: Thanks everyone for what appears to be a consensus that what should have happened is that the old apron should have been removed then excavated along the foundation, added a membrane, a french drain, and downspouts buried and water moved away from the home. Unfortunately, it seems like we hired a (locally reputable and well reviewed) company who knew nothing of drainage. They actually talked us OUT of a french drain. We dropped over $3k on this and don't have the budget to dig it all up and do it again 😞

We dropped over $3k on this apron that was the budget for that.

Update: It seems the water intrusion may be seeping "under" the new concrete apron and through the foundation as opposed to on top of it and through it. See photos in the linked gallery for details.

We live in a circa 1915 home in the midwest and have for 4 years. A new roof was put on before we moved in, roofing company banged up a gutter which leaked and caused water to intrude in the basement (see first two images in the gallery). Previous owners claimed no water intrusion in basement (mild BS / ignorance assumed). We had the rain gutter repaired, but water was still intruding: The home had settled / sunk and the apron along the foundation was sloped toward the foundation and water was pooling and seeping through concrete apron/foundation/window.

Fast forward to today and we're getting the whole home remediated for mold (wife is very sensitive to mold). In order for mold remediation to occur, water intrusion can't happen.

We had a concrete company regrade+repave the apron as well as knock out and seal up the window (old coal chute). They presumably did a great job. The apron is properly graded away from the home, the downspout was connected to a buried 4" PVC which runs under the apron and dispenses its water via a pop up away from the home.

Job was completed on April 27th (it's now May 29th).

We've had A LOT of rain over the past 48 hours and are again getting water intruding into the basement.

Questions:

1. Did the concrete company choose to seal up the window in an appropriate way?
2. If so, did they do a poor job (as far as you can tell from the photos)?
3. If the 4" PVC is run under the new apron, is there a chance it was cracked during pouring/curing and is leaking water?
4. If not, what should / could they have done?
5. OR, is this just the nature of a porous material like concrete?
6. We've been told about products that utilize crystalline structures that fill the cracks in very porous concrete (aka old concrete) that makes them more water tight. Anyone have experience with these?

Many thanks!

About to set off on a 20 hour round trip car ride and stocking up on the audiobooks when this came across in a "deals" email from Chirp. Had never heard of it before, so borrowed it from Libby and looking forward to it! Has anyone else read it?