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[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Nik, I saw that you posted link to your 2005 pics oh Pearl Harbor...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Mike Solli]

Good morning all. Seems I may be going on a little trip. I was asked to go "out of town" after Christmas. Probably until next fall, if it happens. The job sounds rather interesting. Location, well, not so. [:D] I talked it over with my wife last night. She was strangely ok with it. I think I'm taking up too much of the bed. [:D] Anyway, I'm going to dicker and tell them I want to get promoted. I've been selected for LTC. I just need a position. We'll see how that turns out. [:D]

[Mike Solli]

Oh yeah, the moment it's confirmed, I'm getting a laptop. I'm almost done with my first turn. I am not throwing that away. I really want to get the game going again.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Good morning all. Seems I may be going on a little trip. I was asked to go "out of town" after Christmas. Probably until next fall, if it happens. The job sounds rather interesting. Location, well, not so. [:D] I talked it over with my wife last night. She was strangely ok with it. I think I'm taking up too much of the bed. [:D] Anyway, I'm going to dicker and tell them I want to get promoted. I've been selected for LTC. I just need a position. We'll see how that turns out. [:D]

Congrats Mike! [:)]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Eeeeeeek! [X(]

How did they get up there? Excavators dismantle Chinese highrise from the top down

By Daily Mail UK

This 18-story residential tower in Taizhou, Zheijiang Province, eastern China is being dismantled by excavators hauled to the top by cranes.

The building was completed in January and was hailed as a luxury development with a 'perfect' ocean view. But months later it was found to be leaning.

One apartment owner, who gave his surname as Zhan, moved out just 17 hours after moving in.


Why don't they use dynamite? Labourers use excavators on top of a residential building being demolished in Yuhuan County of Taizhou City, Zhejiang province:




'I bought the unit on the 16th floor because of the beautiful ocean view. It's such a pity I can't live in it,' Mr Zhan told China Daily.

'I heard loud banging sounds like an explosion. It was really scary. And then we were told that a pillar in the foundation had cracked.'

Experts have suggested the ground beneath the highrise sank because the reclaimed land it was built on is unable to support such large buildings.

Hu Zhizhong, an architectural researcher at Taizhou University, said reclaimed land commonly 'settles unevenly', but the sinking in this building was so severe that it could be that the land is simply unsuitable.


Unsafe: The highrise was supposed to be a luxury development with an ocean view, but it was built on reclaimed land and soon found to be leaning:




Apartments in the building, which is in a luxury community, were selling for more than £500 a square metre in 2009 - before construction was even finished. The homes were handed over to buyers in January and the building was found to be sinking shortly after.

In September, after the sinking seemed to speed up, the developer starting to reinforce the building. But in early November, one of the construction's main supporting pillars broke and the building and some nearby had to be evacuated.

China has had seen scandals surrounding poorly designed and constructed buildings in the past.

In 2008 an earthquake shook Sichuan, in the west of the country, flattening hundreds of buildings, especially schools, which were said to be poorly designed and built.

Leo "Apollo11"

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Good morning all. Seems I may be going on a little trip. I was asked to go "out of town" after Christmas. Probably until next fall, if it happens. The job sounds rather interesting. Location, well, not so. [:D] I talked it over with my wife last night. She was strangely ok with it. I think I'm taking up too much of the bed. [:D] Anyway, I'm going to dicker and tell them I want to get promoted. I've been selected for LTC. I just need a position. We'll see how that turns out. [:D]

Hi Mike,

This little trip of yours...does it involve a big sandbox? [;)]

Good luck and keep your head down if you go, dude. [&o]

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Good morning all. Seems I may be going on a little trip. I was asked to go "out of town" after Christmas. Probably until next fall, if it happens. The job sounds rather interesting. Location, well, not so. [:D] I talked it over with my wife last night. She was strangely ok with it. I think I'm taking up too much of the bed. [:D] Anyway, I'm going to dicker and tell them I want to get promoted. I've been selected for LTC. I just need a position. We'll see how that turns out. [:D]

Wow, Mike! Good luck with the decision! I know that's not a trivial one. [X(]

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[USSAmerica]

I'm very excited and impatient this morning as I'll probably have to wait until after lunch at the earliest to hear anything about the new job I'm interviewing for.  Yesterday's interviews went fantastic.  3.5 hours with 6 different people, including one of the company's co-founders.  [:)]

Come on, phone!  Ring already!!!    [:D]

[USSAmerica]

I know what I need......

[jeffk3510]

Congrats to everyone.

I've noticed Term hasn't been around for a while... anyone seen or heard from him?

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Good morning all. Seems I may be going on a little trip. I was asked to go "out of town" after Christmas. Probably until next fall, if it happens. The job sounds rather interesting. Location, well, not so. [:D] I talked it over with my wife last night. She was strangely ok with it. I think I'm taking up too much of the bed. [:D] Anyway, I'm going to dicker and tell them I want to get promoted. I've been selected for LTC. I just need a position. We'll see how that turns out. [:D]

Good luck Mike, I will eagerly wait and see if I can welcome you to The Slackers Club (AKA the LTCs) [;)]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I'm very excited and impatient this morning as I'll probably have to wait until after lunch at the earliest to hear anything about the new job I'm interviewing for.  Yesterday's interviews went fantastic.  3.5 hours with 6 different people, including one of the company's co-founders.  [:)]

Come on, phone!  Ring already!!!    [:D]

... and fingers crossed for this Mike as well! [:)]

[jeffk3510]

Angels sure are opening up the checkbook this offseason.

No one player is worth $250 million, let alone a 31 year old.

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