The collapsed bridge in Oakland

[lasersailor184]

Well, it goes back to the usage of quotation marks.  There are a couple of times you use them.  One is that you use them to mark when someone is saying something.  Another time you use them to mark when you're quoting from another source.  And the third use of them is to show when you're trying to be ironic.


The gist of it was that the military, full of so called "Baby Killers" wasn't too enthusiastic to jump up and build a bridge for the people who called them that.

[ramzey]

Just curiosity,
how many of posted above have idea about civil engineering, building highways, estacades, bridges.............


no, watching wetbaks working on concrete slab in your backyard does not count

[Maverick]

Originally posted by lasersailor184
Mystical?  Wise?  I was just trying to be an ass.

Must you make a career out of it?  

[lasersailor184]

Originally posted by ramzey
Just curiosity,
how many of posted above have idea about civil engineering, building highways, estacades, bridges.............


no, watching wetbaks working on concrete slab in your backyard does not count

 I do.

[ramzey]

and whats your expertise?
3 days and problem solved?

[lasersailor184]

Mostly general structural engineering, including composite systems.  Like Steel, reinforced concrete, so on and so forth.  Mainly dealing with buildings, but we have branched out.  Plus this fall I'll be taking about 7-8 credits of civil engineering classes, though I do believe they are mostly material composition and surveying oriented.

[vorticon]

Originally posted by ramzey
Just curiosity,
how many of posted above have idea about civil engineering, building highways, estacades, bridges.............


no, watching wetbaks working on concrete slab in your backyard does not count

i build residential and commercial concrete foundations. so i have some idea about what goes into it.

[ramzey]

ahh, expertise have other meaning for euros, sorry

so, you guys say its can be fixed within a week? when you rebuild everything from scraches

[vorticon]

Originally posted by ramzey
ahh, expertise have other meaning for euros, sorry

so, you guys say its can be fixed within a week? when you rebuild everything from scraches

i was replying to where you said "have idea" and i make no claim whatsoever to expertise. just saying that i have some idea of whats involved...


fixed in a week? heck no, if they have the mess cleared in a week i'll be surprised...

[ramzey]

Originally posted by vorticon


fixed in a week? heck no, if they have the mess cleared in a week i'll be surprised...

exactly

vorticon, i was not referring to you as gold mouth "military can fix everything" guys .
Just need honest opinion of someone who have idea about amount of work required to fix this  "small" damage"

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by T0J0
Good useage!

Thanks!  I made it from scratch for my audiosombrero page, was surprised that there were a hundred already out there floating around.

http://hallert.net/audiosombrero/

[Atoon]

Originally posted by Flatbar
More incoherent ramblings from a 30%er. Tell me, how can California be  #5 or #6 in the world economicaly if there is such a 'communist' influence as you have suggested?

Here's a revelatinn for ya, you and the rest of the 30%ers are becomming increasingly irrelevant and at the same time more idiotic in your ramblings.

I thought it took the #4 spot in 2005-

[Mickey1992]

Fixed in 26 days.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5974322

I find it interesting that they would offer a max $5 million bonus for a job bid at $867,000.

[Odee]

 *OMG the Bush administration caused the quake and dropped those spans with hidden explosive charges left over from the 9-11 attack!*
Sorry, somebody had to say that and I'm feeling particularly dumb atm

Unfortunately, the military now has to contract out the majority of their construction work in the combat environment... unlike the old days, when you had a battalion that did specifically this sort of thing... reconstruct destroyed rails and roads.

Thank the Dems for all those cutbacks and pocket lining from the contractors... who cost 5 to 10 times more than what the soldiers do, and the contractors do a crappy job at that.

[GtoRA2]

Originally posted by Mickey1992
Fixed in 26 days.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_5974322

I find it interesting that they would offer a max $5 million bonus for a job bid at $867,000.

I am glad they offered the bonus, you give a bonus and the job gets done fast.


The news keeps spinning it as if we are getting ripped off, but if you have driven through there since the colapse or have to drive through there on a regular basis its worth every pennie.