patchy

"Oh man, I busted up some of the curb by accident when I was cutting the street up to do repairs."

"Uh-oh, not good! You're going to have to pull out that entire piece of granite curb and replace it. And that's a rounded curb, too, so its not going to be cheap or easy!"

"Yeah, I know. But there must be an alternative to fixing my mistake correctly. What should I do?"

"How about you just shove a brick in there, slap some asphalt around it, and lets go get a beer?"

"Done and done."

climate: sunny, high 80's
location: view map
somewhat relevant local news story: concrete RR ties falling apart
mode of transportation: flip flops