The Construction Thread

[Byron In Exile]

I won't lose any sleep over that.......

until the space ships come

There aren't any fucking spaceships.

This was done by people 4,500 years ago.

It's not something supernatural. They just fucking did it.

 

[thør]

There aren't any fucking spaceships.

This was done by people 4,500 years ago.

It's not something supernatural. They just fucking did it.

Perhaps it was all in good faith?

 

[Byron In Exile]

Perhaps it was all in good faith?

Faith of some kind.

Think about it.

 

[thør]

Faith of some kind.

Think about it.

Hope and change?

I will put it on the list of things to think about....

I'm more concerned about getting ahead of the snow, right now.

 

[thør]

Hoover Dam bypass bridge dedication planned next week

http://photos.lasvegassun.com/media/img/photos/2010/08/19/scaled.0819_web_dambypass008_t653.jpg?214bc4f9d9bd7c08c7d0f6599bb3328710e01e7b

Las Vegas Sun

Also, members of the public have been invited to walk on the bridge Oct. 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

he first use of the bridge will be Saturday, with participants in the Regional Transportation Commission’s Viva Bike Vegas event. Riders in the 115-mile route will ride across the bridge and back.

 

[Saint Peter]

That looks great.

 

[thør]

That looks great.

I bet that's some high strength concrete.....some of the vertical members look thin for concrete...

 

[Saint Peter]

I bet that's some high strength concrete.....some of the vertical members look thin for concrete...

Some of those on the left side of the picture look like they are hanging in the rock by a thread.

Driving over the dam was awesome. I imagine you will need a TS clearance to do that once the bridge opens.

 

[thør]

Some of those on the left side of the picture look like they are hanging in the rock by a thread.

Driving over the dam was awesome. I imagine you will need a TS clearance to do that once the bridge opens.

It'll be open for bungies every other Thursday.

 

[rosco rathbone]

And who paid 4,500 years ago?

And with what?

One bowl of gruel a day was the going rate I believe. Foreman punches your ticket and you redeem it at the Bird, Bird Hand Eye Erection Company company store.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Ug. Mostly concrete. How depressing.

I was on the Taos Rio Grande bridge this summer. Nice structural steel.


Just got a letter from my local about the upcoming CRITICAL MEETING ABOUT OUR FUTURE in a week.

They didn't come right out and say it but I could read between the lines: it's about convincing everyone to take a cut in order to regain market share.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Much as I hate concrete, this is fucking cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_Dam_Bypass_construction,_Dec_2008.JPG


I love high-lines.

 

[neci]

Ug. Mostly concrete. How depressing.

I was on the Taos Rio Grande bridge this summer. Nice structural steel.

that is a beautiful bridge.

http://highestbridges.com/wiki/images/thumb/4/49/1RioGrandeGorgeBridge.jpg/750px-1RioGrandeGorgeBridge.jpg

the camping around there is great.

 

[thør]

Much as I hate concrete, this is fucking cool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hoover_Dam_Bypass_construction,_Dec_2008.JPG


I love high-lines.

There was cool stuff on the tube showing how they built the high line towers.

 

[Saint Peter]

Ug. Mostly concrete. How depressing.

I was on the Taos Rio Grande bridge this summer. Nice structural steel.


Just got a letter from my local about the upcoming CRITICAL MEETING ABOUT OUR FUTURE in a week.

They didn't come right out and say it but I could read between the lines: it's about convincing everyone to take a cut in order to regain market share.

Times like these are when the Union Bosses earn their wages.

 

[Byron In Exile]

One bowl of gruel a day was the going rate I believe. Foreman punches your ticket and you redeem it at the Bird, Bird Hand Eye Erection Company company store.

That's pretty close.

Actually, all the food you could eat plus two pints of beer per day.

It beat squatting in the desert waiting for the Nile to flood...

Lots of broken bones, though.

Once a two-ton block of stone starts sliding, all bets are off.

 

[rosco rathbone]

That's pretty close.

Actually, all the food you could eat plus two pints of beer per day.

It beat squatting in the desert waiting for the Nile to flood...

Lots of broken bones, though.

Once a two-ton block of stone starts sliding, all bets are off.

I've got some pix farther back somewhere in this thread that I took in Maine up by the quarry that mined all the granite used in DC on the government buildings. Cool shit, old school guy derricks and what not.

Stone is no joke-it's very heavy. I think 2 tons is probably a small piece.

 

[Saint Peter]

It is also remarkably fragile. Interesting mix when trying to move and build with the stuff.

 

[rosco rathbone]

It would be sweet to have a no-mortar granite house.

Probably the most low-maintenance thing you could have except for maybe stainless steel.

 

[Saint Peter]

I have neighbors that would paint the exterior of such a house.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Or put aluminum siding on it.

 

[Byron In Exile]

It would be sweet to have a no-mortar granite house.

Probably the most low-maintenance thing you could have except for maybe stainless steel.

Look how long the pyramids have been there.

No fucking maintenance.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Look how long the pyramids have been there.

No fucking maintenance.

That's what I'm saying.

I'd live in a pyramidal house.

 

[Saint Peter]

Look how long the pyramids have been there.

No fucking maintenance.

Some are looking kinda rough. Others not so much.

Try something. Analyze the results. Modify. Try it again.




Walking on two legs is fun!

 

[thør]

It would be sweet to have a no-mortar granite house.

Probably the most low-maintenance thing you could have except for maybe stainless steel.

Might take a while to heat up....

I have neighbors that would paint the exterior of such a house.

One of those pussy light beige colors.........