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thurisaz83

Ten Worst Engineering Mistakes of all time, and randomness

Jun 01, 2006 22:22

Stolen from Slashdot coz it made me laugh.

The Worst: Stupid Engineering Mistakes

St. Francis Dam, 1928Self-taught engineer William Mulholland built this LA dam on a defective foundation and ignored the geology of the surrounding canyon. He also dismissed cracks that formed as soon as the reservoir behind it was filled. Five days later, it ( Read more... )

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nyw June 2 2006, 07:35:59 UTC

I wish you'd picked up that black dress earlier, might have saved me some money for that thing I wore for Lifeskills Camp hahaha. xD

A letter to Cassie Claire? Why the hell?

call0me0clutz June 2 2006, 16:22:54 UTC

why can't you knit lace? what's the yarn? what were you trying to knit? the first time i knit lace it took me several pattern repeats before i felt confident in what i was doing, and another several before i could bs my way past random careless mistakes like i can in regular knitting.
i thought people generally don't let you return yarn if you've already unwound/"opened"/used it or whatever.
*highly amused* where are you going to be living next year? FLOCK? Wayland?
they have an individual piano class? that sounds oh so tempting...