On 6/4/2009 3:20 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Jun 4, 3:24 pm, Red wrote:
Ryan wrote :

On 6/4/2009 10:13 AM, Joe wrote:
On Jun 4, 8:38 am, Red wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pict...resoftheday/54
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http://preview.tinyurl.com/pjaelj

Shakes my confidence in Chinese engineering/steel.

Have you ever worked in a machine shop that attempted to source
"quality" steel forgings from China?

Sounds like they need to stick to making cheap **** out of plastic!

Right, because nothing like that would ever happen in the US.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/wa.../15bridge.html

Interestingly, they claim that the bridge was designed with a "weak"
plate to join girders, but then they immediately follow that up with
information about how the City added more weight to the bridge.

Makes one want to know if the design was "weak" when it was designed,
or was "weak" by today's standards.

Let the arguments begin.

Nah. One political thread at a time is more than enough.