Comments on: Wonders of the Tri-State Region: Crossing the Mississippi River at Dubuque http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html a site about everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jack http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320819 jack Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:19:01 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320819 i am sure Phil you have examined both bridges - but what else have you examined -and of course sheila could speak very slowly to you - i would like to thank you both - for your wonderful - article on articulation my mistake bridges i am sure Phil you have examined both bridges – but what else have you examined -and of course sheila could speak very slowly to you – i would like to thank you both – for your wonderful – article on articulation my mistake bridges

]]> By: Phil Bebbington http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320333 Phil Bebbington Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:30:53 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320333 Sheila, when you say <i>spell</i> would that be <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/ever-heard-this.html#comment-313327" rel="nofollow">whilst <i>peeing</a>?</i> Ladies, I have examined both bridges in detail and feel that they should only be crossed in the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZx8f-AmxtQ" rel="nofollow">superthunderstingcar</a>. Long out of production, I feel that its time has come. Just remember, people scoffed at the Corvair - hang on, people are still scoffing at the Corvair - any way! Sheila, when you say spell would that be whilst peeing?

Ladies, I have examined both bridges in detail and feel that they should only be crossed in the superthunderstingcar. Long out of production, I feel that its time has come. Just remember, people scoffed at the Corvair – hang on, people are still scoffing at the Corvair – any way!

]]> By: Elizabeth Perry http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320296 Elizabeth Perry Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:24:54 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320296 Oh, my. Yes. Oh, my. Yes.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320284 Sheila Ryan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:58:40 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320284 And ain't it a beaut, that <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/106470066/" rel="nofollow">Thebes bridge</a>? And ain’t it a beaut, that Thebes bridge?

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320281 Sheila Ryan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:54:58 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320281 Ah, Elizabeth, I can't say that we have any of those up here in northern Illinois. But down where I lived in southern Illinois, at the Mississippi River town of Thebes, there is the most beautiful cantilevered through-truss railroad bridge ever you did see. Ah, Elizabeth, I can’t say that we have any of those up here in northern Illinois. But down where I lived in southern Illinois, at the Mississippi River town of Thebes, there is the most beautiful cantilevered through-truss railroad bridge ever you did see.

]]> By: Elizabeth Perry http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320279 Elizabeth Perry Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:47:38 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320279 What about a <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/03/bridge-railing.html" rel="nofollow">cantilever spandrel-braced deck arch</a>? Do you have any of those? (And what is it about bridge design that occasions such phrases?) What about a cantilever spandrel-braced deck arch? Do you have any of those? (And what is it about bridge design that occasions such phrases?)

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320202 Sheila Ryan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:44:05 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320202 I'd go so far as to <em>spell</em> “tied-arch cantilevered span”. I’d go so far as to spell “tied-arch cantilevered span”.

]]> By: Phil Bebbington http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-320127 Phil Bebbington Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:36:09 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-320127 Sheila, I was just wondering if I called you, would you say "tied-arch cantilevered span" very slowly to me? Sheila, I was just wondering if I called you, would you say “tied-arch cantilevered span” very slowly to me?

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-319933 Sheila Ryan Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:13:04 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-319933 That's indeed my photo, dude. Thank you. That bridge is about 250 miles downriver from the one that collapsed up in Minneapolis. I ought not to have said that, ought I? Me, I've always been scared of the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. So damn low. That’s indeed my photo, dude. Thank you.

That bridge is about 250 miles downriver from the one that collapsed up in Minneapolis.

I ought not to have said that, ought I?

Me, I’ve always been scared of the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. So damn low.

]]> By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/wonders-of-the-tri-state-region-crossing-the-mississippi-river-at-dubuque.html/comment-page-1#comment-319900 Cooper Renner Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:27:44 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=16359#comment-319900 Is that your photo? It's a swell photo. Those bridges scare me to death. Is that your photo? It’s a swell photo. Those bridges scare me to death.

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