On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:36:01 -0600, Adam Corolla wrote:


"sk" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 1:27 am, Don Foreman wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:43:37 -0800 (PST), Too_Many_Tools



wrote:
On Jan 15, 6:27 pm, "Pete C." wrote:
JR North wrote:

I don't think I buy it. Follow the money and find where the payola
is
squashing the real cause. How old was that bridge? 45-50 something?.
More likely scenario: the construction gang on the span at the time
of
collapse-"Hey Boss-I done pulled thet pin yoo toll me two..."
"NOT *THAT* PIN!!!!AAAAGGGHHHHH............."
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Certainly a possibility.

More likely the bridge was engineered correctly at first, and
somewhere
in the drafting to the final plans the gusset size was misapplied as
"half this thickness per side", instead of "this thickness per side"
and
then the construction crew didn't mention to the engineer that the
thickness was half of what they were used to from other bridges.

Yeah..I am a bit surprised on this explanation.

Gussets are something that one does check.

TMT

May be, but if the findings are negative they get suppressed by the
pols. Case of that in today's Mnpls paper re the Hastings bridge.
Inspectors found some serious problems but the MNDOT commissioner
(and Lt. Guv) suppressed the reports. Several times.

It seems that the Dems in the legislature are reluctant to give her
the boot because she is such a visible political liablity for the GOP
Guv who is now scurrying like hell to distance himself from her
although she was his pick for the job(s).

Freakin' politicians!

You guys had a good politician, Governor Jessie Ventura, HONEST, but
could not stop from telling the truth to the point of political
incorrectness. "Religion is for those with weak minds". Which I
agree with, but you don't tell that to your constituents in a Playboy
interview. Of course you could get yourself another HHH super
liberal. His legacy lives on.
ignator

Jesse is honest, and a great guy, and was a pretty good governor, but not
exactly the brightest kid on the block. He was incredibly naive about a
number of things, including picking fights with the press (and a lot of
other things). Not that the press didn't ask for it, but in politics,
fighting with the press is as bad as if not worse than biting the hand that
feeds you.

My brother (who still lives in MN) once referred to him as "Jesse the
Mouth." ;-)

(derived, of course, from his pro rasslin' career as "Jesse the Body".)

Cheers!
Rich