I thought you were talking about Vinyl Chloride....

I plan on using it to write my Continuous Improvement Process paper for work. I dont care if it makes sense or not or how factual it is as long as Im not the one having to make up the bullshit.

Im in Arkansas, with fiber, and paying $55....granted its not under $50 but its also not outrageous either.

Nope. There will always be countermeasures. You might be able to stop an attack from smaller nuclear countries like North Korea or Iran if they develope a nuclear warhead and they can only produce 15 or 20 of them....but like Russia or China who have submarines to bring those warheads to just offshore, launch nukes and hundreds of decoys simultaneously or even develop stealth technology, hyper-sonic weapons that can reach their target before we could react or even a reactive armor coating similar to tank armor that can fend off the laser.....

Thats not what OP said though, he said holes IN THE STEPS, not the joint between the steps and the house.

I would scrape it out and use mortar, not mastic. You can also use "patchcrete" its already mixed and comes in smaller tubs if the repair is fairly small, it will keep you from having to buy a 60lb bag.

No thanks....If I wanted my sandwich maker to talk I would get married.

No sense in me applying then...

I would get a "post saddle" like a Simpson strong tie or similar that you can buy at Lows/Home Depot and just shim it with something that wont rot like a piece of synthetic decking cut down to proper size.