🤣 Funny!

SMSW said:
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Also posted with that picture:
They have been using that excuse for the single track Onondaga Lake Parkway
railroad bridge owned by CSX that crosses 4 lanes of local traffic for years.
The single track railroad bridge was built over the canal and the canal was filled
in after the railroads caused the end of barge traffic through Syracuse, New York.
This bridge has 10 foot 9 inches of highway clearance and they do not want to
create a deep underpass because of the swampy ground and poor drainage that
would flood an underpass as there would be no way to pump it out.
The folks doing all the wishy washy complaining and offering suggestions cannot
solve the problem because the State of New York and the County of Onondaga
have refused to ban trucks and busses which could easily be done.
Since they will not do this the only real option for the rail line is a lift bridge as it sees
4 round trips to the Canadian border each day.
I explained in great detail that a single span cable lift bridge or a single span hydraulic
draw bridge would be the way to solve this and the best and fastest way to install it is
to shut down the parkway completely to dismantle the bridge and old foundations and
install the new bridge using a heavy crawler crane to lift the old bridge off and set it aside and
then break up the old foundations and use the crane to install new sheet piling and reinforced
concrete to create the new bridge abutments for either a cable lift bridge or a hydraulic powered
drawbridge.
The drawbridge used by Union Pacific in Galveston is an excellent example of this and has been
in use for many years. There is nothing to obstruct the new bridge on either side so a hydraulic
drawbridge or a cable lift bridge would fit in the old bridge location.
If and when the state of New York and CSX come to a decision it will take 2 years to design the bridge
and foundations and at least 4 months of working around the clock to install it.
As the parkway is a county road it is not a primary or secondary state road so the work will not be a priority
unless CSX dismantles the old bridge and installs the new one and demands that the county shut the parkway
down completely.
I am waiting to see if my letter to the editor of the Post Standard gets published.
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My extended family is all from the Syracuse area and I know that bridge well!

It has often been the opening line when arriving at my sister's house,

"Well, some moron/idiot/imbecile <insert your favorite here, I'm sure she used it at one time> hit the damned bridge again!​

Never had to ask which one. :roflmao:


Feels downright claustrophobic from the Google Street View car!

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SMSW said:
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Reminds me of the joke of how to tell what kind of area you live in by sitting in front of your house naked.
- If you're in a rural area, no one can see.
- If you're in the suburbs, someone will call the police.
- If you're in an urban area, everyone will pretend you don't exist.
 
dwalby said:
Its not an engineering issue, its cheap American tax payers who demand the lowest price on everything, including their taxes.

And, they get what they pay for.
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Uh....I sure as hell don't get a choice of how much tax I pay. If I did.....it would be much less.

Might you be an engineer by any chance?
 
scootac said:
Uh....I sure as hell don't get a choice of how much tax I pay. If I did.....it would be much less.
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this was my point exactly.

We don't want to pay anything in, yet we complain about the quality of work we get when we go with the lowest bidder because we can't afford to pay a little more to do the job the right way so it will last.
 
dwalby said:
this was my point exactly.

We don't want to pay anything in, yet we complain about the quality of work we get when we go with the lowest bidder because we can't afford to pay a little more to do the job the right way so it will last.
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My professional experience dealing with government jobs -
We bid to redo a roof and they gave it to the lowest bidder.
When we pointed out that what they were proposing was going to leak and why and where (not in a rude way) this was their reply -
"I don't care, I'm not in the maintenance department!"
He was rewarded for getting it cheap not getting it right.
Needless to say, we never again bid on government work. ;)
IIRC, in Scotland the company that paves the roads have to maintain the roads for a certain period of time.
That changes things a bit!
Over here a company low-balls a bid, does a crappy job, then bids on the repair work and gets it. :think1:
 
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Uncle Phil said:
My professional experience dealing with government jobs -
We bid to redo a roof and they gave it to the lowest bidder.
When we pointed out that what they were proposing was going to leak and why and where (not in a rude way) this was their reply -
"I don't care, I'm not in the maintenance department!"
He was rewarded for getting it cheap not getting it right.
Needless to say, we never again bid on government work. ;)
IIRC, in Scotland the company that paves the roads have to maintain the roads for a certain period of time.
That changes things a bit!
Over here a company low-ball a bid, do a crappy job, then bid on the repair work and get it. :think1:
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A great example I experienced regarding our government's lack of concern about our tax money:

When I was younger I worked at a large machine shop and manufacturing facility. We received a contract from the local military base to replace all the stainless steel kitchen hoods and other large stainless panels etc. in the bases officers club. It had already been reported that this officers club was being closed and torn down as it was located on top of a cliff overlooking the Monterey Bay. Erosion was undermining the foundation and the base was scheduled to close down as well in the next couple of years. When we asked why this work was still scheduled to be done we received an answer. The project was still on the books to be done and the money allocated so it would proceed as originally planned. That officers club was open less than 90 days after we completed the project. Such a waste of time and money.

Back to funny stuff!!
 
Belisaerio said:
Reminds me of the joke of how to tell what kind of area you live in by sitting in front of your house naked.
- If you're in a rural area, no one can see.
- If you're in the suburbs, someone will call the police.
- If you're in an urban area, everyone will pretend you don't exist.
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Spouse and I were attending a couples prenatal class prior to the birth of our first girl. Teacher gave classes out of her home. As we were finishing up around 9 or 9:30 she mentioned to the group to please not mind her neighbor. Someone asked what she meant and she sort of smiled and said he was a naturalist............

As we're driving by this guy's his place he's stark naked standing in front of his living room window with hands behind his back. Mid 40's, a bit of a paunch, balding, not exactly a stud, but there in his glory for all to see. We just laughed and wondered what type of person / nut would do this type of thing.
 
The young woman who submitted the tech support message below (about her relationship with her husband) presumably did it as a joke. Then she got a reply that was way too good to keep to herself. The tech support people's love advice was hilarious.

The query:

Dear Tech Support,

"Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed: Desperate

The response (that came weeks later out of the blue)

Dear Desperate,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: I thought you loved me.html and try to download Tears 6.2. Do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, remember, overuse of the Tears application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta version.

Whatever you do, DO NOT, under any circumstances, install Mother-In-Law 1.0 as it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources. In addition, please do not attempt to re-install the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0.

Good Luck

Tech Support
 
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