6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE?

bob_ross: 6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE?

In all fairness, it may withstand a moderately large earthquake. So there's that.

And it does go somewhere, so there is that.

And it's farking California, where costs are retarded due to more regulations than brains.

Lifejacket might be in order for that morning commute.

I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

Hey guys, while we're posting about things on the internet that are unrelated to the article, did you see that one video on youtube with the cats? It was funny, but I can't seem to find it anymore.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

Don't tell mom that Dad is gay

Is there a chance the bridge could bend?

FriarReb98: And it's farking California, where costs are retarded due to more regulations than brains.

I'm hoping you're one of those "reform the regulations so they still do some good while minimizing the additional cost they add to a project" reasonable people and not one of those extremist "people can be trusted to be angels on their own, the free market will work it out" wackadoos.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

That's what you get for reading an article about San Francisco.

miss diminutive: Is there a chance the bridge could bend?

You bet your ass, my Hindu friend.

FriarReb98: And it's farking California, where costs are retarded due to more regulations than brains.

Deregulating construction of a public transit bridge is a great idea!

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

My video was Mia Hamm talking about a soccer foundation, so your Dad is gay.

miss diminutive: Is there a chance the bridge could bend?

You have to realize the truth: there is no bridge.

bob_ross: 6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE?

heh, they got off lightly. Ever hear of the Big Dig?

supposed to cost 2 billion, ended up costing over 14 billion not including interest owed on bonds floated to pay for it, scheduled to take 7 years, ended up taking 16. And it is not over, as parts are falling down and killing people.

rjakobi: spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

That's what you get for reading an article about San Francisco.

Win

danno_to_infinity: bob_ross: 6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE?

heh, they got off lightly. Ever hear of the Big Dig?

supposed to cost 2 billion, ended up costing over 14 billion not including interest owed on bonds floated to pay for it, scheduled to take 7 years, ended up taking 16. And it is not over, as parts are falling down and killing people.

The bridge is not finished yet, there's still a chance.

traylor: miss diminutive: Is there a chance the bridge could bend?

You have to realize the truth: there is no bridge.

Now that's how you do journalism.

CNN will get wind of this story and their headline will be "bridge may kill millions," then they'll ask a panel of teenagers whether or not they will write facebook comments about this.

Keiwitt is known for shoddy work and cutting corners in the Midwest and West. Took them years to fix Interstate 225 in Denver then when they got light rail money in, miraculously finished in record time. Now the highway is crumbling apart and may have to be rebuilt...guess who gets the contract?

I wouldn't worry too much about the bridge. I'd be more concerned about going to Oakland.

miss diminutive: Is there a chance the bridge could bend?

Be worried if it's not flexible.

bob_ross: 6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE? $14.5 Billion for a 3.5 mile underground tunnel that leaks year round and has falling ceilings that kill people? Welcome to Boston's Big Dig!

http://vbaines.files.wordpress.com/200 7/08/bridge_collapse.jpg

What could possibly go wrong?

Um, yeah. So SpentMiles, ads are usually served up based on browsing behavior on the computer. I'm guessing you shouldn't take a look at the browser history on that computer.... I agree though, that sort of ad shouldn't pop up regardless on a news site.

If you're actually upset, I would send a quick note to the webmaster, sounds like that paper needs to use a new AdServer network.

forcebender: Um, yeah. So SpentMiles, ads are usually served up based on browsing behavior on the computer. I'm guessing you shouldn't take a look at the browser history on that computer.... I agree though, that sort of ad shouldn't pop up regardless on a news site.

If you're actually upset, I would send a quick note to the webmaster, sounds like that paper needs to use a new AdServer network.

I got something in Spanish and I'm a glow-in-the-dark Anglo from Vermont. Crest will give me pretty teeth and a new language!

forcebender: Um, yeah. So SpentMiles, ads are usually served up based on browsing behavior on the computer. I'm guessing you shouldn't take a look at the browser history on that computer.... I agree though, that sort of ad shouldn't pop up regardless on a news site.

If you're actually upset, I would send a quick note to the webmaster, sounds like that paper needs to use a new AdServer network.

Um, yeah, so Spentmiles is a well-known threadjacker and troll, you might want to check your mouth for a hook.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

You and your grandson are hanging out with your parents?!?! What are you people? A family of farking immortals?

The bridge goes to Oakland. The people using it are assuming a certain level of risk to begin with.

Charlie Freak: forcebender: Um, yeah. So SpentMiles, ads are usually served up based on browsing behavior on the computer. I'm guessing you shouldn't take a look at the browser history on that computer.... I agree though, that sort of ad shouldn't pop up regardless on a news site.

If you're actually upset, I would send a quick note to the webmaster, sounds like that paper needs to use a new AdServer network.

Um, yeah, so Spentmiles is a well-known threadjacker and troll, you might want to check your mouth for a hook.

I was impressed that Spentmiles is old enough to have a grandson and his own dad has the energy to still get his freak on.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

grandson? this will sit well with your son or SIL. happy father's day!

/some guys get all the good pop-ups

danno_to_infinity: bob_ross: 6.5 billion for a farking BRIDGE?

heh, they got off lightly. Ever hear of the Big Dig?

supposed to cost 2 billion, ended up costing over 14 billion not including interest owed on bonds floated to pay for it, scheduled to take 7 years, ended up taking 16. And it is not over, as parts are falling down and killing people.

And a good reason why is public bidding. We used to get shiat done, done well, and done on time.... then came the "tax and spending" is evil yahoo's that demanded that public infrastructure construction go to a bid system where they take the absolute lowest bid in a attempt to save tax dollars.

And what happens?

Smaller firms and companies massively underbid a realistic estimate, both in time and money. What we get is sub quality work, cost overruns and time overruns.

It ain't rocket science. When you get a bid by the Walmarts of the construction world, you get Walmart furniture. Spending a little bit more, and including quality and time clauses with major penalties in contracts would be a smarter way to protect the public investment.

dali's perspective: What could possibly go wrong?

So at least we know it will take 40 years to collapse after decades of bad inspections and after making a farmer the head of the Department of Transportation.

right, so i saw a bunch of 'blah blah blah' in the article. sounds like a better technology should of been used that's idiot-proof. they certainly have the money to throw at such things, evidently.

Isn't this the bridge that the government outsourced to private companies who paid a bunch of unskilled Chinese laborers to do it and still ran massively over budget? And it turns out they did a bad job? Huh.

Also, this bridge is part of my sister's daily commute, so I'm sort of getting a kick out of these replies.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

Well, there's your problem: Old people + technology

@gtp California routinely relies on lowest bidder construction and ends up getting bitten in the butt for doing so.

An argument for doing things right or over-engineering things is so that they absolutely last and can be used for other things if need be. I.e. freeway overpass can become nuke/tsunami protection. we've gotten away from 'biggest and strongest' to 'cheapest and green/biodegradable'.

Take it all down.

Beware of the bridges, for when they hunger they shall strike relentlessly

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

Don't get in the hot tub with Dad and his hairy friends. Just don't do it.

over-engineering. there's a reason why we used to do it.

spentmiles: I'm visiting my parents and using their computer, so the regular ad-blocking stuff isn't in effect. What the fark? I'm two paragraphs into the article and the screen goes black. Then a window opens up, using some crapping venetian rendering that the designer probably thought looked awesome. Then with no warning a video starts to play which shows two full grown men having sex with each other. I tried to close it, but the ad said, "You may close this video in 5 seconds." I may? May I? Really? During the five second wait (more like ten seconds), my grandson comes into the room and sits on my lap. And there's these two guys having intercourse, advertising some sort of sex lotion. And there's nothing I can do about it! Can you believe that? This Facebook culture just makes me sick.

You might want to explain to your father the joys of private browsing.

TheShavingofOccam123: over-engineering. there's a reason why we used to do it.

That sounds like something that would require more taxes. What are you, some kind of filthy socialist?

If we can keep Subby's mom from crossing the bridge like she did to all these, then we might be OK...

spentmiles knows the line between plausible and probable. he rides it like an actor in the aforementioned ad.

When I need hard hitting journalism I turn to The Sacramento Bee.

What's the deal with so many construction companies cutting corners and doing horrible, shoddy work? It's getting to the point where contractor is synonymous with thief.

Builders treated the piles with an additive meant to increase concrete strength, but known to cause soft or poor-quality concrete when overused

Isn't that description true of EVERYTHING that goes into concrete, except for water and the cement itself?

Not a big deal. They say that they expect 100 million vehicles annually. If they ALL died, that would be a concern. What's the worst a bridge collapse could do? Maybe kill 5-6 thousand motorists, and block up sea transport for 4-5 years. Pfft.

I hope they don't cancel that inspector's bonus, after all his work was handed in in time.

I never saw the need for that bridge anyway. I always got home just fine, using the orange one (does that sound Marin-y enough?).