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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:28 AM Original message |
Newly constructed building in china falls neatly over |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. oops, we were supposed to bolt that down? |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It appears to have been bolted to to raw earth |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. a building that size would need to be on caissons resting on bedrock. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. oops their Caissons...went rolling...a-long! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. FENG SWAY! New fad. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
97. Not necessarily |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's one classic photograph - |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The filmsy sticks that were supposed to attach the building to the ground show up better here: |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. The "pins" pulled right out of the ground |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Except the levees in New Orleans |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I was thinking "old time" as in Empire State Building |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yes that is true. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yup, especially since Pawlenty was still bragging over the tax savings *after* the bridge collapsed |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I'm VERY familiar with the "old school" building methods. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Part of the old school attitude was the knowledge that we couldn't |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. It's a lot like houses being built today. They don't |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. The only houses that we have from a century ago are the ones |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #81 |
101. Sad, but true to a large extent |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Interesting stories about the south and AC. I saw a special about inventions that changed America. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #104 |
106. The irony? Carrier built his factory in Syracuse, which then saw jobs head South. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. When NASA ramped up the Apollo program |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
77. the new school knowledge was very similar to the automobile |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #77 |
102. Yes, "Quick and Dirty" is the order of the day. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
113. That analysis is a little too simple. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
82. engineers and architects still WANT to overspec -- |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
100. Yup having worked in architecture for 9 years. I know exactly what you mean. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
95. Exactly why we bought a 1958 house. |
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Itchinjim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Levees in NO and bridges in Minnesota are fine with proper upkeep. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
118. the old levees and bridges worked well for many, many decades. It wasn't their construction |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. worry about bolts, nuts & screws used in the auto industry..epic fail. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. For twenty years at least, engineers have been warning people |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
91. Actually No. ASME standards require tests of each lot because of this. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. The things sticking out look more like plumbing pipes than anything else I can think of! |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
96. I thought ALL building fall straight down into their own Footprint.. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Shit Happens in China too? |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 04:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Just wait for the chinese car wheels to fall off here in the US. nt |
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TornadoTN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. You'd be surprised at how much this happens |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. in related news, people in the other two buildings are shitting bricks |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That was my first thought |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. LOL! But their ocean view is no longer blocked |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. LOL, no kidding. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Maybe those bricks would be better building material than they'r currently using. n/t |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. They should be very thankful that the buildings weren't closer together. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. I was wondering about that too. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Damn cheap grue! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And that was worse! |
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The River (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Amazing That It Stayed |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Still livable? |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yeah the ceilings re really high now. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. LMAO!!1! |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
93. Yeah, you have to wonder. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
11. Einstürzende Neubauten! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's reported that the main construction engineer |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. BULLSHIT! You can build stuff out of Lego that is WAY stronger than that! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Ah, yes, I agree. But notice that the whole building is intact |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. Not if you use a base plate! |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. Actually, I'm more than a little surprised we don't see a lot of this kind of thing here. After all, |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. we have civil courts and insurance companies |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:02 AM Original message |
Duplicate post. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Rules usually go away if major companies think they can safely get away with it. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
92. Plus it's usually multiples. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. You mean like this: |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
85. the hurricane clips DO help. they do. and they're cheap. just sayin'. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
88. Not on that scale, but there is a construction company in GA |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
21. I guess the Army Corp of Engineers have branched out from levees. nt |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. So why didn't it collapse into its own footprint? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You are a bad, bad man. n/t |
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jakeXT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. You need fires according to NIST, paper & furnishings, because explosives are too loud |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. Locking. |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. lol good one1!! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
86. So why didn't it collapse into its own footprint? Because nobody said "Pull it." |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
114. haha.. I was trying to come up with something along those lines to say... :P |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. Fail. N/T |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. The modified Lotus, with a full twisting back flip.. degree of difficulty 7.75 |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
32. DAMN! the CIA's "Domino project" failed |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. Chinese construction superintendent remarks... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. Obviously a controlled demolition. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Or even worse..... |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Awesome! |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
35. "appropriate control measures" against nine people |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. They may find that their "top floor" is being separated from their "foundation" |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. Apparently they do things ass back wards in China |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
89. NO WAY! wow. How do you say duh! in Mandarin? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. Doesn't surprise me in the least. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Free Plans! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
68. Thanks! Good site. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. I'm amazed that the whole thing didn't turn into an unrecognizable |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. It was pining for the fjords n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
55. The US developed many of its codes after some spectacular disasters |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. Maybe they can tip it back up and turn it into a WalMart? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
57. THIS is from the same country that gave us the Great Wall? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
58. OMG, it stayed in one piece on the way down! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. I know! It's amazing. solid construction of the building. Too bad it wasn't anchored to the ground |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
59. That's how you know the World Trade Center was demolished. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. What a load of crap. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I deeply respect your opinions and observations too. n/t |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #59 |
103. You should meditate for about 90 minutes on the differences between those buildings. nt |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #103 |
110. I love your sig line. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
116. Must the moronic 'truther' logic get sprinkled into every discussion about a building problem? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
62. Should have been a Walmart. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
63. Amazing! |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
65. I feel bad for the tenants of the other buildings. I can't imagine them ever feeling safe. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
66. Looks like the foundation guys didn't show up, but they built it anyways. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
74. Looks to me like the building was actually built pretty well. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
75. Reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
76. apparently they don't believe in contract admin. nt |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. Pics prove Chinese build tough buildings |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. o no you di'n't! LOL |
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DrCory (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #78 |
115. All The Chinese Homes I've Been In... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
84. China is good at a lot of things, construction tends not to be one of them |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #84 |
99. what about the great wall? nt |
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nekkid (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #99 |
108. The Great Wall started out as the Great Tower |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-30-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
98. How in the hell? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
105. wow |
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nekkid (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
107. So much for the domino theory |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-01-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
109. seems the actual structure itself was built well, it's still in one piece! the foundation - |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
112. Structurally unsound. There was not enough melamine in the lead. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
117. My goodness! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-02-09 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
119. the building fainted from all the pollution? |
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