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Rapcw (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:17 PM Original message |
Bridge may seek corporate sponsors (Golden Gate Bridge) |
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AIJ Alom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The Golden Bill Gates Bridge?" n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. please don't do this! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Another unfunded mandate? |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. As states lose money, they seek to privatize |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sickening. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Candlestick actually became Monster Park |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Orlando sells street names. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Golden Gate Bridge presented by Volkswagen? |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe if the US spent less for its own terrorism abroad-- Iraq, Lebanon, |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. $4 million hardly seems worth the argument. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I disagree with the apparent off hand dismissal of the Golden Gate. |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It's going to have to be replaced eventually. IS it not? Why spend more than it's worth to guard it? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It appears you don't know that much about the bridge. |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. This is a discussion, and I am being detached. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The Golden Gate Bridge project had one of the best safety records of its time. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Actually, No. They have a schedule where major components are replaced. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It is NOT "just a bridge" |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Steel bridges don't last forever. There is a cost/benefit ratio to everything, including art. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Couple of things. |
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Vorta (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I've seen it, walked it, driven over it, and ridden over it. |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. There used to be a little diner on the bridge where I ate breakfast as a kid. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Replaced the head three times, and the handle six times...but |
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NOLADEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. So damn sad. Can't believe it has come to this |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. How pathetic. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. well, I can see Cisco doing it, given their logo n/t |
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