On 9/23/08, John Luciani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:50 AM, David C. Kerber > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > evan foss > > > > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:55 PM > > > To: gEDA user mailing list > > > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: [OT] MIT Flea > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > >> On behalf of the Bostonians on the list let me say > > > thanks for your > > > > >> contribution >> to the Big Pig er.. I mean Big Dig ;-) > > > > > Good > > > > one. > > > > > I still want to know who looks at a multi ton concrete > > > panel with a > > > > > bolt and thinks lets glue this. > > > > > > > > > > > > A contractor looking to increase his profit margin. > > > > > > Yea nuts are expensive. The other day I needed as stainless > > > steel one that cost a whole dollar. So much more than a life > > > or lawsuit are worth. > > > > Keep in mind that embedding the nuts in the concrete tunnel wall so that > they were in the correct spot to hang the panels from would be VERY > labor-intensive. What I really don't understand is why the suspended panels > needed to be concrete at all? Wouldn't something much lighter like > fiberglass work just as well? > > > IIRC these were originally specified as aluminum panels but were changed to > concrete for cost savings.
I had wondered about that. > > (* jcl *) > > > -- > http://www.luciani.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > -- http://www.coe.neu.edu/~efoss/ http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user