Craig’s on the money... But another thing to remember is that most residential homes don’t have dedicated breakers. I.e., that outlet behind your TV is probably running off the same breaker as the outlet in your bedroom (or some combination thereof). So if you put a 15A power strip on each outlet and load the strips…

Perfect timing, I just watched this video yesterday, featuring the same 458 and R8

Approx. 30% of construction in the US is public works (census.gov). As a matter of fact, the project I’m currently working on (courthouse) is funded by public money. Public works projects have come a long way in green construction (some universities and states require LEED certified construction) but they’re nowhere…

This story has to be a scam. To start, Google isn’t in SF. It’s in Mountain View, which is about 25 miles South. There is plenty of affordable housing for less than $2k/mo within 10 miles of Mountain View. I currently live in Palo Alto and pay $1,500/mo. Why does he HAVE to live in SF? The whole part about Google…

They’re not. Curbs are almost always poured in place rather that precast. It would actually be harder to build them offsite - they would end up being so light you could never get them to sit level, as you’d be placing them straight onto compacted earth (or gravel).

Sellwood Bridge in SE Portland, OR. Was given a 2 out of 100 on the National Bridge Inventory, which defines it as (this is verbatim), "Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement." The bridge has no median, a very low and crumbling guardrail, is extremely narrow and has a 4' wide unprotected sidewalk…