Comments about engineering

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ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Paul Davies: I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in electronic engineering between 1973 and 1977 at Aquila. Just the fact that I gained my 'deeds' stood me in good stead when it came to getting work later. Aquila was......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Marinus Abrahamse: These are very valuable photos. I am a Hydrometric Surveys Technologist with Water Survey of Canada (part of Environment Canada). We have a water level monitoring gauge a few hundred feet below the Pottery Road......

in response to: Don River Flood by Michelle

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Sheila H and Norma, I am quite sure that Hapgoods lived at no 20 unless they moved house, like I said I went to school with Arnold and he always lived at No 20......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

IBM: Homer J mentioned ownership. Is it still owned by the same folks? The son graduated McGill in Mechanical Engineering in the mid 80's as I recall. Ran into him a couple of times on campus......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site: [[http://www.salford.gov.uk/business/design/engineering/highways/cadisheadway-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm]] Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint. There is also......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bob Salmon: Re: Royle’s Engineering. Our intention is only to trace our ancestors to find out who they were and where possible, what they did, warts and all. If Jim Royle, layabout extraordinaire, (whoever he is), is a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Bob Salmon: Does anybody know anything about Royle's Engineering LTD Irlam, when was it started, by whom, when and where they were born. My wife Catherine is curious as to whether she is related to them. She......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dennis S. in Miami: I lived out in Pueblo for about three years. I went up to the San Isabel Mountains every weekend for all that time. Jim's family is really nice and I loved visiting them often. His......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

CE: Ah, the ETS residences, there always seem to be weird parties in that building. I was invited to the annual beach party in the court yard by some people at the bizarre student dep.......

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

Mario C , Sydney,AUSTRALIA: Well people you really have to see this remarkable feat of uneducated engineering , this guy deserves respect, my family & I had the privilege of seeing this beautiful cathedral in 2006 and we spent......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

curious: Just wondering but isnt that icicle hanging from a cable? This wouldn't be the cable added in recent years throughout the bloor line that enables communication throughout the system, would it? Not possible with normal radios......

in response to: Subway Icicle by Michelle

kruzer: Ya know... it's an art what he's doing. Wish someone can donate engineering time and material to make sure the structure will stand. If some of you bitch about these things... how about the leaning tower......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Scott: Now having watched this construction project for the past 16 or 17 years, I can tell you that this is the 'mission' of a devoted individual. Whatever you think about Jim Bishop the man......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

HAWK FROM BAYONNE: PLEASE I KNOW A FEW HELLS ANGELS JUST BECAUSE OTHER BIKE CLUBS SELL DRUGS PLEASE DO NOT EVEN THINK THAT THEY SELL METH OR CRANK,THEY ARE NOW A CORPARATION.YOU SHOW THEM RESPECT THEY WILL SHOW......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

monster: norman oklahoma, just so you know, is the home of the flaming lips, the starlight mints, mainsite contemporary art, opolis productions and forward foods, just to name a few things. Not to forget the university......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Scootr: My wife and I had the fortune of discovering Bishop's Castle via some friends in Canon City last summer while we were traveling through Colorado on our motorcycles. With no formal education, I have to......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Kevin: Haha, I burst out laughing when I recognized McGill. That's the Tim Hortons on Sherbrooke and University, McDonald Engineering, Rutherford Physics, and I think the last one is near Otto Maass Chemistry?...

in response to: montreal parkour by hool

alex: What? you lot are wierd. The Swiss Re isn't "funky", its elegant with sinous and curving form that makes it iconic, and at the same time its an amazing piece of engineering....

in response to: More of the Gherkin Building by Al

Krusty: To:saskatooncycling@yahoogroups.com This kind of article just drives me nuts. It's just another case of that god damn CBC forwarding it's socialist agenda and attempting it's usual "social engineering" by reporting on some insignificant action of what was......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: i put a picture or a link to one of that bridge being built recently - it's a total feat of engineering. and great to stand under, it is really big...

in response to: Forth Bridges by Cheesy Member

ray man: [[http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/other/crobots/pictures/design/hub_torque.html]]...

in response to: 125th street metro north winter susnet by caracarn

kc: thanks, peter. just found this through your ref in another post...good reference! Good to know about kayaking under whatever Bronx bridge that was...the bridges of the Gowanus would be good--they're all engineering marvels, I think!......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Peter: that sounds eerily familiar: ##"...From the very beginning, the Citicorp Center (today, the Citigroup Center) in New York City was an engineering challenge. When planning for the skyscraper began in the early 1970s, the northwest corner......

in response to: church in san francisco by steelisreal

elaine: ta, jack. of course, as it is a gasworks it is very definately not ##on## the water... that would be tres dangereuse. recent canary wharf pic [[1842:here]] and there are two more gasworks articles [[920:here]]......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

elaine: for once i think you are right to say 'awesome'. it is on that scale. actually i think the victorian versions were designed to be awesome as well, cathedrals for and of engineering...

in response to: canariae wharf by elaine

CarlosF: Creo que la Coca-Cola debería retribuir los beneficios que recibe de la imagen de este hombre excepcional, de tal forma que no sólo pida apoyo económico para terminar esta magnífica obra sino también buscar asesoría......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Lili: To the Editors and Creators of CityNoise.Org, About two years ago a friend of mine directed me to his work on CityNoise and I began to look around the site. What I found was deeply......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff