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xoxoxoBruce 07-24-2009 11:35 PM
If it's just for pedestrians they don't need a damn bridge, just a big ass A ladder.

Shawnee123 07-24-2009 11:48 PM
Requirements for ladder:

1) Must be huge
2) Must be buoyant
3) Must love foot traffic
4) This is not a step

xoxoxoBruce 07-24-2009 11:57 PM
Buoyant? No not buoyant... across the water, not in it. :rolleyes:

Shawnee123 07-25-2009 12:00 AM
If it's a stepladder, it damn well better be buoyant. You know how people ignore the fact that it's not a step. Ask any civil (or mean) engineer.

xoxoxoBruce 07-25-2009 12:02 AM
It doesn't go in the damn water, it goes over it. Buoyancy is not an issue.

Shawnee123 07-25-2009 12:08 AM
Eh, be all scientific and shit. It's still a stepladder. Who is calibrating the tensile strength of that thing? Are the calibration devices calibrated, and to what standard?

I think, in the grand scheme, buoyancy is an important safeguard. Think of the children.

Shawnee123 07-25-2009 09:34 AM
heh heh...

I was silly last night!

capnhowdy 07-25-2009 12:49 PM
Why not a ferry? That seems like the best solution to me. But what do I know? I'm just a dumbass Marine who loves ferries. Carry on.

spudcon 07-25-2009 06:37 PM
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Here's a cheaper way to go.

ZenGum 07-25-2009 07:07 PM
Ferry? Hell, build a giant catapult!


ETA: Here it is, the human trebuchet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_oigyFlTA

wolf 07-25-2009 07:11 PM
Trebuchets are so last millenium, tho', dawg!

Gravdigr 07-30-2009 11:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by glatt (Post 583731)
I think he's upset that a government would spend money on anyone who isn't burning fossil fuel to get from point A to point B.

There are 16 people on that bridge, but it's hard to see them because they aren't in cars. If they were in cars, the bridge would be bumper to bumper, and he would be complaining that it isn't wide enough to handle the traffic.
I actually couldn't give a fig. My taxes didn't pay for it.

And how did you figure my environmental position, from my statement that $44 million dollars for a bridge that benefits so few people, compared to how many people's tax doll-I mean pounds it took to pay for it is a waste (IMHO)? And, for the record, I don't own a car. So there.:brikwall:


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