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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 9:20 pm
Oh good lawd! I downloaded that program and after only 1/2 hour, I have created exactly 25 combinations of brick and mortar that I like. How in the heck am I gonna narrow that down??? <faints> And Landi, I think I might get stoned out of here (and not the good kind of stoned) if I try to charge for bricks 
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 9:58 pm
I guess Spy, you won't be saying the mortar merrier. 
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:06 pm
Spy, go to the local brick company and look at the bricks and pick a few you think you like. Then get addresses of houses who have used that brick recently. After doing drivebys you can narrow your choice down. When my mother built her house, she said it had to be a family project. So we would spend Saturdays riding around looking at bricks. After 3 months of arguing (my brother and I), we finally decided on a brick. Guess what? The brick factory burnt down and we had to choose another brick!
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:15 pm
Let the voting begin!! I've got some brick choices. Be warned...I am probably gonna do this in "heats" like in track. I'll take the winners of the heats and bring them back for the final - lol. Here is the first "heat"... These two are Aspen Gray:
... with Plain Gray Mortar (#1)....with White Sand Mortar (#2) These two are Breckenridge:
... with Plain Gray Mortar (#3)....with White Sand Mortar (#4) These two are China Pearl:
... with Plain Gray Mortar (#5)....with White Sand Mortar (#6) This one is Colonial Frost:
with White Sand Mortar (#7)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:19 pm
<spins head backwards on Spygirl's behalf>
quote:How in the heck am I gonna narrow that down???
Well, just like we do everything else around here, Spygirl. You will send us to the website, and we will vote on it.

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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:24 pm
The program that Draheid posted above lets me choose from TONS of brick options and dozens of mortar colors. That's where those came from. I load the brick, and then choose the mortar colors. Heck, it'll even let me change the pattern of the bricks once I choose a brick type! We'll do that after we select the brick.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:26 pm
I like #7 best, with #2 as a runner up.
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 11:43 pm
LOL, Weinermr. I missed your punniness earlier. Did you by chance write for Sex and the City? Dipo, thanks for your input! This will be fun!
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Sage
Member
07-20-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:12 am
I like #7 too.
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Wargod
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:23 am
I like #3 and #4. Really like #4 better though.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:30 am
omh! Dipo picked the same ones I did. Had to go back and double check but yep....#7 is my clear favorite. Wouldn't laugh at #2 if you chose that one.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:40 am
#1 is my favorite followed by #5. I hate #7. The white sand mortar is just icky looking. On all of the examples that have that color, it makes the bricks look worn and washed out.
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 12:45 am
I like #2 and #6. 7 is also my favorite. Go White Sand Mortar!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 1:07 am
NOoooooooo! Don't do it! 
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Wink
Member
10-06-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 5:26 am
#6
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:05 am
Breckenridge #3
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:08 am
#1
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:09 am
#2
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:12 am
6 or 7
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:24 am
I like 1 or 7, but I like 1 better
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Glenn
Member
07-05-2003
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 6:40 am
Just a thought for you, Spygirl. While Acme Brick has a vendor in your city, you might check with your builder to see if that is the vendor he uses. Most builders will have specific suppliers for all facets of their construction. In the case of brick, there is a wide variance of what is available from different companies. You might find something at Acme that is not available with your builder's vendor.
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Heyltslori
Member
09-15-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 7:01 am
I like #1 best.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 7:57 am
#6 for me!
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Spygirl
Member
04-23-2001
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 8:43 am
Yay!!! This is such fun! I have more to post tonight. I can see that there will be many many differing opinions and while I know I make the final decision, I love to hear what you guys like and don't like and why. I'm gonna build a Bob/Drah-like chart since I doubt I can get them in here to monitor my brick voting for me Glenn, ACME is one of the two vendors I have been told to go to by the builder. If, by chance, I choose one that they don't have, there will probably be one so close to it, so I won't be too upset. To be honest, I don't have samples of any that I dislike.
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Sbw
Member
08-09-2000
| Monday, March 29, 2004 - 8:44 am
What about a dartboard? 
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