July 23, 2009: Tilt Bridge - Page 2

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.

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

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

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.

07-24-2009, 11:35 PM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it's just for pedestrians they don't need a damn bridge, just a big ass A ladder. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2009, 11:48 PM	#17
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Requirements for ladder: 1) Must be huge 2) Must be buoyant 3) Must love foot traffic 4) This is not a step __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-24-2009, 11:57 PM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Buoyant? No not buoyant... across the water, not in it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2009, 12:00 AM	#19
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 12:02 AM	#20
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It doesn't go in the damn water, it goes over it. Buoyancy is not an issue. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2009, 12:08 AM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	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. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 09:34 AM	#22
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	heh heh... I was silly last night! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-25-2009, 12:49 PM	#23
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	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. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-25-2009, 06:37 PM	#24
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Here's a cheaper way to go. Attached Images __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-25-2009, 07:07 PM	#25
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ferry? Hell, build a giant catapult! ETA: Here it is, the human trebuchet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo_oigyFlTA __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-25-2009, 07:11 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Trebuchets are so last millenium, tho', dawg! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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