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Old 02-10-2012, 03:31 PM   #1912
glatt
 
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way to go classic!

I wonder if any engineering went into designing that roof, or if they just decided to go with the heaviest timbers they happened to have available. Like how do they know how massive the chunks will be that happen to fall down? There's enough weight up there to flatten this structure like a pancake if it all comes down at once. So they are making an assumption that it will come down in pieces a little at a time. How did they decide that the pieces would be a certain size?
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