spacegold
has rocks in the head
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Post by spacegold on Jan 22, 2007 18:22:19 GMT -5
Note the old man's cane, and daddy's other hand is on the grab rope.  |
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Post by Cher on Jan 22, 2007 18:47:31 GMT -5
I'd never be able to cross that. I see where one board fell,
it's sticking up on end just behind and below the first guys
back foot.
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Jan 22, 2007 18:53:28 GMT -5
You must be in that group up at the far end.
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Jan 22, 2007 19:01:10 GMT -5
I'd never be able to cross that. I see where one board fell, it's sticking up on end just behind and below the first guys back foot. Hey Cher, no problem. Just don't walk on the boards. I crossed a bridge not much different once, and you definitely want to walk on the ropes! If the board breaks, at least you've got the rope to stand on. Ron |
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Post by Cher on Jan 22, 2007 19:50:49 GMT -5
I have a serious fear of falling, there's just no way.
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Post by BAZ on Jan 22, 2007 21:39:04 GMT -5
Okay, I won't complain about our D.O.T. anymore!
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Post by BAZ on Jan 22, 2007 21:40:26 GMT -5
That baby looks like he is saying, "Oh screw this man."
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drupe
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Post by drupe on Jan 22, 2007 22:10:46 GMT -5
Talk about potholes.
Pete
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jan 23, 2007 0:17:14 GMT -5
no way i'd cross that even if it was in better shape!
how do they build one of those anyway? ron i think that's an old woman not an old man. but either way, if they can cross that bridge they don't really need a cane. maybe it's to catch people when they fall or whack people if they start making the ropes bounce. or just to whack people because they have to cross that old rickety bridge lol.
kim
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Jan 23, 2007 0:50:49 GMT -5
Rocky, you're too much! I like your mind.
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spacegold
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Post by spacegold on Jan 23, 2007 1:01:25 GMT -5
I saw a movie clip one time of how they build them. The ropes are secured up high on one end and pitched down to river level. Small ropes at their ends are paid out of a boat crossing the river. These are used to pull the larger ropes across on the other side. The ends of the larger ropes are then hauled up to the high abutment where they are secured. The boards are interlaced in the deck ropes individually starting from one or both abutments. When they are new, they are impressively sturdy pathways. But obviously in this case, maintenance is not a high priority.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jan 23, 2007 3:18:03 GMT -5
id say these people have to cross this bridge all the time so why not replace the missing boards haha
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Post by takilasunrise on Jan 23, 2007 9:41:54 GMT -5
That elderly person with the cane walks across that bridge better than I could!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jan 23, 2007 10:58:15 GMT -5
Bet if there was a Flat Ratter of Agates on the other side- you all would cross!
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