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Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 15752221)
Reminds me of a trip back to school umpteen years ago where interstate roadwork forced everyone onto a detour. We had to take this bridge across the Mississippi, and it just happened to be at night. One lane each way.
About 150 ft before you even got to the bridge you could hear a grinding sound. When we got there we discovered the sound was coming from the wheels of the big rigs rubbing against the sides of the bridge in each direction as the trucks inched past each other . . . yes, sparks included. One of the scariest moments of my young life!!! The only small comfort came from the realization that the truck were obviously wider than our car, so we had a few spare inches to play with. This was the main arterial into the middle of the city from suburbs to the east. The next nearest bridge was about 20 miles upstream, but could only be accessed initially by a nasty gravel road, or by doing a 60 mile loop further out to the east. So the army stepped in a built a Bailey bridge -- a Mechano set bridge all bolted together with timber planks -- about five miles upriver. Initially, it was only one lane, so they had a "tidal" system for peak hours on the stop-go each side. They eventually replicated it with another Bailey bridge to ease the congestion. There also were around 10 ferries servicing one side of the river to the other (and so the catamaran ferry was born as a result -- yep, in little ol' Hobart). It took something like three years to rebuild the Tasman Bridge, and the Bailey bridges were replaced by a big concrete one. Traffic is now stopped from crossing the Tasman Bridge whenever a ship passes underneath. |
Originally Posted by mac4095
(Post 15753037)
You watch days of our lives?
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 15753088)
Disc cover, chain whip, sprocket tool, and crack pipe arrived today. Still waiting on tires and 80mm valve tubes. Then, the Rails, the rims for which are on their way over from Taiwan.
I hate waiting. |
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Originally Posted by mac4095
(Post 15753231)
Why all the hating on Texas.
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Originally Posted by Rowan
(Post 15753287)
He later carved out an acting career in Malcom in the Middle.
gtfo!? |
Originally Posted by Rowan
(Post 15753287)
He later carved out an acting career in Malcom in the Middle.
Couldn't play the banjo |
lol. Im my own grandpa!
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Speaking of music, soon our very own Pcad will be raking in the big money:
Blake Morgan is an independent musician whose "" was among a number of his songs that got some 28,000 plays on Pandora. "The song earned $1.62 in royalties over a 90-day period on Pandora," he says, "which is a very typical rate." |
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ICYMI: I weigh 143 pounds! I could wear Pcad's skinny jeans like this:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...s12n-1-web.jpg |
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 15753603)
ICYMI: I weigh 143 pounds! I could wear Pcad's skinny jeans like this:
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopo...s12n-1-web.jpg |
Up in Renton, WA there's a library on a bridge.
http://media-cache-ak2.pinimg.com/73...8ee286e156.jpg |
Originally Posted by mac4095
(Post 15753037)
You watch days of our lives?
So raunchy for lunch hour. |
Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
(Post 15753692)
Up in Renton, WA there's a library on a bridge.
P.S. I didn't think anyone made American soap operas anymore. |
Originally Posted by TampaRaleigh
(Post 15752775)
Pretend that you're delivering pizzas. That works in the movies.
100% success rate! |
Originally Posted by rowan
(Post 15753282)
prism is watching you...
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Originally Posted by halfspeed
(Post 15752014)
Many years ago, I gave a friend from Newport, RI a ride home. It was my first experience on the Old Jamestown Bridge. Hands down, that's the scariest place I've ever driven a car. That bridge was rickety, had two undivided lanes and was ridiculously steep. They replaced it in 1992 and later destroyed it.
And when one rode a motorcycle across it the open grill made the front tire wander a little left to right. Also when looking down one can see the water through the mesh underneath you as you ride over it. |
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 15753777)
#****prism
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Got some time in at the DJ's today, then waited out a storm afterwards went and put in 30 miles. Said storm was "a bit" strong.
Trees down, people on the otherside of the river are without power. http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2313cbbd.jpg On the final mile home something felt wrong on the rear of the bike. After getting home I go to wipe the bike down to find this with the rear tire. http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2f06f17a.jpg Sidewall is bulged out, so I go and pull the tire off and find that there is a hole in the sidewall of the tire down by the bead. http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/p...psae222907.jpg Needless to say new tire time. |
Originally Posted by Rowan
(Post 15753282)
PRISM is watching you...
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Needless to say tomorrow's commute is going to be interesting going to have to go the long way in, which isn't the end of the world.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 15753802)
Speaking of that fecal matter of a program, Rowan, think you can wrangle me an Australian visa?
http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/a...0_1125138e.jpg |
Originally Posted by mac4095
(Post 15753841)
But then you would have to deal with this.
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Originally Posted by Dannihilator
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