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This reminds of story that I still find fascinating. Back when I was in college and studying Strengths of Materials one day the professor took us down the basement lab. The school had been hired as an expert witness in a court case. What happened was a grain elevator had been built and it collapsed resulting several deaths and the design company was sued. They contended that the design was sound and the construction was faulty. The school was given the job of constructing a section of the elevator wall according to specification and verify its capacity. As I recall, the specification called for two quarter-inch beads of glue and a nail every six inches on every board which were 2x4s with their wide side laid horizontally. They built about a 10x10 foot (I think it was) section of the wall and put it in the school's press to test it. This press was not nearly has massive as the USAF's in that article but it was pretty hefty. After testing, they found the specifications for the wall to be more than adequate. The wall was supported in the test by an I-beam whose members were one-inch thick steel and what happened was the I-beam began to deflect before the wall did so that verified that the wall was as stout as intended. The court found that the design was sound and the builders skimped by using one bead of glue and half the number of nails so the construction company was at fault.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Years ago I worked for a company that among other thing made paper milk cartons.
We would take all scrap to a press that would press the paper into a bundle so it could be recycled.
The lip of the press was at floor level and the moving part of the press came down into the floor.
We had a guy working there that was a real moron, and one day me and another guy were taking some cardboard to the press and when we started the machine we heard a groan from the pit and here's this guy down there. He had fallen in!
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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While living in Oregon I got to visit Boise Cascade plant where they made plywood
I ask the guide what would happen if someone fell in the press he replied
"The plywood would be red and ruined"
OSHA wanted a fence around the press that did not happen it slowed the loading process
Working at Diebold Lock & Safe the crane operator high up 100 ft or more dropped a
Bank Vault door because the load was not rigged up secure by the loader
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Rick York wrote: skimped
In the drayage business (rigging) that is what is refered to as "greasing the skids". When I worked as a summer gandy (assistant) to big-boy haulers (drivers with licenses) consigned to removing Bullard Machine Presses from a big-name corporation assembly factory I was told this story about how that term came into being.
To make a big story smaller then, short of cutting a big hole in the roof and using a big crane to pull the press out and swing it over onto a flatbed, the riggers sent a gandy down to the drug store to buy a case of Irish Spring and bring it back to the job site. Putting the rest of the gandies to work then, each with a bar of soap under a foot, the floor of the factory was smudged up with a quarter inch of bar soap. When a path of proper length was achieved, through the factory, between the other presses/big machines, the moved press was jockyed onto the slick layer and pushed all the way out of the factory. Then lifted onto the flatbed.
Fun facts!
ooo ... watch your head ...
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RedDk wrote: buy a case of Irish Spring
Still used. Search in google for the following
how to fix a sticking door bar of soap
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cool story. I once worked for a trucking company loading station. Good pay for a college kid. Big dock, too.
Well one day a reckless fork life operator leaked about 400 gallons of shampoo across the dock. what mess when it spread. everything went spinning every which way, dolly's forklifts, guys.
took about 2 shifts of 20 guys to clean.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Rick York wrote: builders skimped by using one bead of glue and half the number of nails
Saving the big bucks I see.
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As a hobbyist woodworker I appreciate the power of glue when assembling projects
and tend to over use the number of screws and inflate the size in diameter and length
Nails have higher sheer strength but not an issue for what I build with the exception
of one Work Bench legs I built. Built one with 14 Ga and 16 Ga nails once I disagreed but client
said he did not care wanted it rock solid so 4 by 4 legs and nails it was
Nails and Glue are so cheep why skimp ?
Thanks for the story
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Damn that's a huge press. I'm im-pressed! 
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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its safe to say the Fifty’s service has been a crushing success.
UGH!
You should've warned us about that.
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Updated MS Teams today and noticed a small change. By default, a thin blue border has been added to the Teams interface. This small change really makes a big difference for user friendeliness.
TOMZ_KV
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For better or worse?
It's MS so I'm guessing worse? 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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In reality, we cannot do anything without MS or at least, not any good options are available for us.
TOMZ_KV
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So the small change was for the worse I take it?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Better or worse, hope that the cost of 365 subscrition does not go up.
TOMZ_KV
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Don't have 365, and apparently my sarcasm detector is on the fritz.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Is it the blue of the Israeli flag? Maybe there will be theming for world events as they occur?
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Oh, whoopie.
Let's please leave politics out of my software.
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right, so google, ms search etc all put their crap in there... just signaling, does nothing useful. Now, a 2000 lb lgb works wonders
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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So no annoying dialog that pops up before you even use it to show you how much better it is?
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despise ms teams..... so many "features" added to a chat client... I'm glad i'm retiring next year.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Long story short: I was looking for a big bag of sweets / candy / lollies* (Menthol / Eucalyptus to be precise) for Herself and found a wholesale company doing what I needed, albeit in a 3Kg pack ...
So I had a browse round to see what else I might buy to make the £15 delivery worth it, given that the sweets only cost £10 + VAT.
And I found some oddities:
Cheese sweets / candy / lollies*.
Garlic sweets / candy / lollies*.
Neither of those really appeal as high sugar produce to my palate but I did think of a use for them.
Folks, do you dislike children begging at your door with threats of mischief or criminal damage on the 31st? A big bowl of these might be the answer ...** 
* Delete as inapplicable in your locality.
** No, I didn't get them, we don't have small kids around these parts. I got 3Kg of Sherbet Fruits for me. My dentist will be so pleased.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Victory V or Trebor Extra Strong are a reasonable alternative. Although, when we were kids you could buy even more horrible tasting stuff at the local joke shop.
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Hey! I liked both of them as a kid!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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