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limey · 06-06-2013, 01:59 AM

Six dead as Philadelphia building collapses

Undertoad · 06-06-2013, 05:17 AM

Thankfully no dwellars (that I know of) live or work in center city where this happened.

I for one am waiting for the 6/5 truthers. What, too soon?

Sundae · 06-06-2013, 08:58 AM

First thing Mum asked me this morning.
I'm very glad no-one I know is involved, and I do feel for those who were. Dwellar casualities seemed unlikely, but it's a hazard of knowing people around the globe; global hazards become personal.

Although Mum, bless her, does ask any time there is any loss of life anywhere in America.
She is not an ignorant woman. She has travelled (and in America too.)
I think it's just a case of worrying too much.

Next time someone jumps off the Tallahatchie Bridge, think of me and the inevitable questions about whether I knew them.

Spexxvet · 06-06-2013, 10:47 AM

Present

infinite monkey · 06-06-2013, 10:51 AM

*hugs Spexx*

Please to be present more often.

infinite monkey · 06-06-2013, 10:53 AM

That 'thrift store' looks like an old Awful Waffle.™

Hope everyone is OK.

glatt · 06-06-2013, 10:59 AM

Obviously it's a major screw up. Demolition near other buildings is very tricky, and that's why they normally use something small like a backhoe to do it a little at a time. Obviously that backhoe operator made a bad mistake.

There's still a scar in the street in front of my work where a concrete pillar from the demolition of the old convention center fell the wrong way and slammed right into the intersection. It missed cars stopped at the red light by about 10 feet, and also pedestrians who were in that crosswalk. (I witnessed it come fall.) They hurriedly cleaned it up and cleared the intersection in about 30 seconds or so, and I never saw anything about it anywhere. My post is probably the only written record of it.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-06-2013, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Although Mum, bless her, does ask any time there is any loss of life anywhere in America.
She is not an ignorant woman. She has travelled (and in America too.)
I think it's just a case of worrying too much.

Or trying to find subjects of conversation that would interest you, and/or make you aware that she's is aware of your world.

Sundae · 06-07-2013, 04:20 AM

I am willing to accept that is the case too. Thank you.

richlevy · 06-07-2013, 07:55 PM

Present. I do more of my shopping at Goodwill rather than Salvation Army. Will be delivering chairs to the one near us this weekend. Out in the suburbs there are no tall buildings to worry about.

glatt · 06-07-2013, 09:28 PM

Fox News just said the demolition crane operator is being charged with manslaughter because he was under the influence of drugs.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2013, 11:34 PM

That figures, seeing how there was no crane, and they need a scapegoat to blame the whole clusterfuck on. You can be sure the people who were really making money on this deal will skate.

glatt · 06-08-2013, 06:21 AM

That's typical Fox. This was the local station. They said he was "high on drugs" without saying which drug/drugs.

BigV · 06-09-2013, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

That's typical Fox. This was the local station. They said he was "high on drugs" without saying which drug/drugs.

You should check your hubcaps.

sexobon · 06-09-2013, 07:55 PM

A TV news report I saw said he tested positive for marijuana and was taking medication; but, didn't say which one(s).

06-06-2013, 01:59 AM	#1
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Philly Dwelllar rollcall required Six dead as Philadelphia building collapses __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

06-06-2013, 08:58 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	First thing Mum asked me this morning. I'm very glad no-one I know is involved, and I do feel for those who were. Dwellar casualities seemed unlikely, but it's a hazard of knowing people around the globe; global hazards become personal. Although Mum, bless her, does ask any time there is any loss of life anywhere in America. She is not an ignorant woman. She has travelled (and in America too.) I think it's just a case of worrying too much. Next time someone jumps off the Tallahatchie Bridge, think of me and the inevitable questions about whether I knew them. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-06-2013, 10:47 AM	#4
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Present __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-07-2013, 04:20 AM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I am willing to accept that is the case too. Thank you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-07-2013, 07:55 PM	#10
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Present. I do more of my shopping at Goodwill rather than Salvation Army. Will be delivering chairs to the one near us this weekend. Out in the suburbs there are no tall buildings to worry about. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-06-2013, 05:17 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thankfully no dwellars (that I know of) live or work in center city where this happened. I for one am waiting for the 6/5 truthers. What, too soon?

06-06-2013, 10:51 AM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	hugs Spexx Please to be present more often.

06-06-2013, 10:53 AM	#6
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That 'thrift store' looks like an old Awful Waffle.™ Hope everyone is OK.

06-06-2013, 10:59 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Obviously it's a major screw up. Demolition near other buildings is very tricky, and that's why they normally use something small like a backhoe to do it a little at a time. Obviously that backhoe operator made a bad mistake. There's still a scar in the street in front of my work where a concrete pillar from the demolition of the old convention center fell the wrong way and slammed right into the intersection. It missed cars stopped at the red light by about 10 feet, and also pedestrians who were in that crosswalk. (I witnessed it come fall.) They hurriedly cleaned it up and cleared the intersection in about 30 seconds or so, and I never saw anything about it anywhere. My post is probably the only written record of it.

06-07-2013, 09:28 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Fox News just said the demolition crane operator is being charged with manslaughter because he was under the influence of drugs.

06-07-2013, 11:34 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That figures, seeing how there was no crane, and they need a scapegoat to blame the whole clusterfuck on. You can be sure the people who were really making money on this deal will skate. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2013, 06:21 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's typical Fox. This was the local station. They said he was "high on drugs" without saying which drug/drugs.

06-09-2013, 07:55 PM	#15
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	A TV news report I saw said he tested positive for marijuana and was taking medication; but, didn't say which one(s).

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