# Ba-dee-ya, Rantin' in September (monthly mini rants)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 1, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-dee-ya-rantin-in-september-monthly-mini-rants/970706 "2022-09-01T04:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ba-dee-ya-rantin-in-september-monthly-mini-rants/970706/68 "2022-09-15T15:38:35Z")

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You have my sympathy.

> [@One thing that would make your life happier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-that-would-make-your-life-happier/970448/27):
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> Then came the next step of the neighbour’s paved-brick driveway, some kind of apparatus that moved around on the driveway, apparently designed to make huge thumping noises specifically to annoy me.

That’s probably a compactor. If the soil or other substrate isn’t properly compacted, the pavers will sink and/or heave.

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