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BillTre
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That's better than the garbage trucks that I've seen with the slogan "We service what we smell!"BillTre said:
Ack! Must have copied the URL from the wrong tab or something. Thanks. Must remember to check my links...mfb said:
Something about using unusual materials for a materials science building, without actually discussing with the materials scientists was the story I heard. I don't know if that was departmental folk wisdom or what actually happened.mfb said:Why would you install massive lead panels like that?
Ibix said:at Cambridge University: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ckh11/cam.html
Ouch! They probably weren't involved in the planning process, but the result is nevertheless somewhat embarrassing.Ibix said:This building houses the Department of Materials Science.
Well, it's about 50m from the old Cavendish Lab. I heard they had to clean mercury out of the floorboards there after the physics department moved to its new building, and we didn't used to have the same respect for radioactive materials that we do now. So maybe it is shielding.fresh_42 said:But why lead? Do they expect nuclear explosions nearby?
But in this case I would have expected more different materials. E.g. lead glass would have had the same effect, but you only need to turn it upside down every few decades.Ibix said:I suspect the explanation in #4730 is more plausible...
Is it easier putting out fires?fresh_42 said:Shovel snow in this heat would be a torture.
Oh, yeah. Fun on the countryside can be so simple.jtbell said:Several years ago, our local newspaper reported on a county council meeting that was discussing the next year's budget. It quoted one councilman as asking why so many county departments needed "new trucks with four-wheel drive and wenches."
Awesome photos. I just had to look up the creator - Fabris Photography.BillTre said:Mechanics homage to fine art!
The News Quiz, a BBC Radio 4 program which does exactly what it says on the tin, reads out a clipping from a newspaper or magazine between each round. One from a local parish newsletter announced a talk in a neighbouring parish titled "Heaven and how to get there". Transport arranged from outside the Dog and Duck Inn.jtbell said:Several years ago, our local newspaper reported on a county council meeting
A wench, I am told, is useful when one needs to turn the head of a dolt.jtbell said:wenches
It's interesting how they've made photos resemble oil paintings. They've both faded to black around the edges and flattened the colour somehow.Borg said:Awesome photos. I just had to look up the creator - Fabris Photography.
That could all be done in any decent photo manipulation program like photoshop for example.Ibix said:It's interesting how they've made photos resemble oil paintings. They've both faded to black around the edges and flattened the colour somehow.
Who said that USV would have been the whole Vespuccia!? ...Ibix said:his country would be the United States of Vespuccia
Stavros Kiri said:Who said that USV would have been the whole Vespuccia!? ...
Unless it's a typo and you meant "this country" ...Ibix said:that his country
davenn said:
Can't report that one! ... It's just a tree ...Borg said: