These monitors are actually pretty good , I got them on sale myself a while back . they have great bass response and don ' t add any color to the sounds you ' re hearing so I ' ve been pleased with them <| sep |> A few hours ago . Went to the local NCIX store inperson , though . <| sep |> We were just falling asleep as we hear a huge roar and then a gun shot maybe two campsites down from us . Turns out a bear was in the campsite and the CO had to use a bear banger to scare it off . We sleep in the bed of our truck now and I feel much safer . Kind of lame but it ' s the closest I ' ve come to being a bear snack . This was also September so the bear was looking to get fat for the winter . <| sep |> I ' m not op , but I do flatwork concrete for a living , and while I haven ' t poured countertops before , I ' ve poured tons and tons of decorative concrete . Concrete countertops should be long lasting if done right . First , the pits and gouges sound like chert stone pops to me . To fix this , all you would need is to do is use a lowno chert aggregate . And if you really want to make sure it never pops , put a penetrating sealer on first . Acrylic sealers are mostly decorative . It ' s essentially clear paint . It will protect the surface , but it won ' t strengthen it . A penatrating sealer will actually go into the concrete and strengthen the surface , then you can finish it with the acrylic . Next , if grease is penetrating the sealer , especially in a year , then it ' s propbably cheap sealer . Sealer is made to take people walking on it , spilling on it , and all the outside elements . If you put a couple coats of good acrylic sealer on it like Super Diamond Clear , you shouldn ' t have to worry about resealing it for at least 5 years or more . And lastly , wire reinforcing will do absolutely nothing to stop cracks . Wire mesh isn ' t made to stop cracking , it ' s made to hold concrete together after it cracks . I wouldn ' t even worry about reinforcing it unless you have a 6 foot run or longer . If that ' s the case , I would use carbon fiber rebar instead of wire . I would cut them a few inches shorter than the slab and only place two going down the middle of the long run .