Excellent.  Only quibble is Raiders.  No way does the name “Mickey” properly represent someone on work-release who spent his child support payment on a vintage Rich Gannon jersey.

Does one of your kids like to watch the speedometer and let you know when you’re exceeding the speed limit? I have one that does and he now has the upper hand in life. “What do you mean I can’t drink beer at age 15 because it’s illegal? You went 70 in a 55 MPH zone...”

You’re a better man than me. Is it a coincidence that Elon Musk’s flamethrower makes its debut during the silver maple takeover? I think not.

I like holly much better than the silver maple, which has harnessed the water bounty mid-Atlantic monsoon season to spawn a million saplings around my house. Screw you silver maple.

I do the same...but for the State of Idaho

Recently had a similar discussion on the music. The band that never seems to come to mind until it’s too late = The Police.

“Welcome to the study Mr. Brassones. We are excited to have you. Now, first part of the study is that you will not be allowed to have alcohol for the next 6 yea....Hey, wait, Mr. Brassones, where are you going?”

Sweet. Good for you. Pay it forward.

Mine left me $300,000,000 but I have to spend $30,000,000 of that in the next month.

five or more drinks, and women four or more drinks, within a two-hour span

I feel like 10 people were either getting in or getting out of that car during the segment. The tall guy in the running shoes must’ve gotten in and out 4 times?

Something I noticed after posting this was that there were people on the upper deck (roof) and it looks like they were tensioning the PT strand in the diagonal compression support closest to where support where the failure occurred. So maybe this tensioning caused some unexpected moment in the diagonal support…

I think you’re right. My guess is the workplan was either out of order or not followed. They probably removed the temporary supports prior to post-tensioning the bridge deck, so the deck went into tension.

I think this is it. Those black holes in the deck are for post tensioning cables. My hunch is that these were not installed prior to the temporary supports below the deck being removed. So, when the supports were removed the deck went into tension due to self-weight imposed bending. Unreinforced concrete + tension =…

This guy can fuck off though.

You must not be friends with many teachers on facebook.

There is no terrain in the pool.

This is a great point and somewhat contradictory to a previous post on whether a single diner should sit at a table. Instead of viewing the couple that is splitting an entree as additional work for less tip, view the couple as a single diner that is having more drinks and maybe an app that he/she wouldn’t have ordered…

I’m not sure about that.