Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Our last bridge into Hilo is called the Singing Bridge. It has the open metal roadway. As a kid used to ride my bike from Kittery, Me to Portsmouth, NH. The middle section (part they would elevate for boats) was the open metal. Thankfully the sidewalks were planked.

I fondly remember the simple days of twisting the tuning nob while driving without the need to look. Just the direction, amount of twist, and the change of sound was enough to land on a familiar station.

 

[PJSprog]

PJ what is the story behind the sailboat?

Guy was sailing down the Mississippi River on a 44-foot boat and missed the entrance to the Chain Of Rocks Canal, which goes around the chain of rocks anticlinal bedrock exposure that spans the width of the river just south of the old Route 66 bridge. He consequently got the boat stuck on the rock formations, and had to be rescued. It's been stuck there for the last two weeks.

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/crew-to-start-work-on-freeing-sailboat-stuck-on-mississippis-chain-of-rocks/

 

[RoyJackson]

I am not a great fan of open grid bridges, but that being said I am definately NOT a fan of bailey bridges either. There are quite a few of them in Northwestern Ontario that I have to cross with the train, grossing 140,000 lbs.

If you really want something lethal...open grate bridge with a wet grate while riding a motorcycle
Ever hear of a Vegematic?

"It Slices...it dices...!"

 

[Buppies]

Thanks PJ what a nightmare

 

[LouNY]

If you really want something lethal...open grate bridge with a wet grate while riding a motorcycle

We have a few still in service around here.
I don't really mind them even on the motorcycle,
as hard as it was to get used to doing just relax and an easy grip on the bars and let her wiggle away as you cross.
And they don't collect snow or ice up as bad in the winter.

 

[toppop52]

If you really want something lethal...open grate bridge with a wet grate while riding a motorcycle
Ever hear of a Vegematic?

"It Slices...it dices...!"

I crossed many of them when I rode bikes, ( motorcycles),always hairy even dry, but wet sure raised the pucker factor.
I fell on one in South Mills, NC on ny ten speed riding way too fast in the rain. I had scrapes in places where I didn’t know I had places.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks for the sailboat story.

I know a couple roads you still drive thru a creek, there is no bridge. Both are pretty wide creeks, not just a little stream.

 

[daugen]

woe is me
Third time for Rubbermaid plastic garden shed.
We get the floor down, that fit nicely on my beams, and then went to install the
first wall piece. Where is piece E?
There is no piece E...
4 piece C's which is likely one too many and no E. Won't go together without it.
So I go on to Rubbermaid customer service and after 23 minutes on hold, I just gave up.
So I had to send two guys home with some cash in their pockets and a shed going nowhere.
Would have been nice if they screwed up on the last piece, not the first...

got my truck back and they didn't do the rustproofing, said I bought the wrong stuff which I may have.
This stuff has to be washed off. I want something I can leave on overnight. So back came the rust converter and the Boeshield.
Maybe I'll do it myself, not sure there's enough room to slide under there with a creeper.

So I'm only batting about 1 for 3. Not very good, but then Mickey Mantle only batted .298 so I guess I'm ok...

Off early in the morning to get new tires. That at least should go very smoothly. Then home to harass Rubbermaid, likely only by email since they
won't answer their phones.

 

[kenmbz]

Drew - I have ramps if you need them.

 

[toppop52]

woe is me
Third time for Rubbermaid plastic garden shed.
We get the floor down, that fit nicely on my beams, and then went to install the
first wall piece. Where is piece E?
There is no piece E...
4 piece C's which is likely one too many and no E. Won't go together without it.
So I go on to Rubbermaid customer service and after 23 minutes on hold, I just gave up.
So I had to send two guys home with some cash in their pockets and a shed going nowhere.
Would have been nice if they screwed up on the last piece, not the first...

got my truck back and they didn't do the rustproofing, said I bought the wrong stuff which I may have.
This stuff has to be washed off. I want something I can leave on overnight. So back came the rust converter and the Boeshield.
Maybe I'll do it myself, not sure there's enough room to slide under there with a creeper.

So I'm only batting about 1 for 3. Not very good, but then Mickey Mantle only batted .298 so I guess I'm ok...

Off early in the morning to get new tires. That at least should go very smoothly. Then home to harass Rubbermaid, likely only by email since they
won't answer their phones.

Often customer service is really customer disservice.