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Subject: Re: Bridging material for Clark Constructions

Author:
K Pelle aka dotB

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Date Posted: 15:25:07 07/31/12 Tue
In reply to: Wes 's message, "Re: Bridging material for Clark Constructions" on 08:50:13 07/31/12 Tue

>Too far, and too expensive for the limited period it
>was needed. In my mental picture of the scene the
>island is about half a mile from the landing. At most
>they have a few hundred bucks tied up in the raft.
>
>The Wikipedia page mentions a lot of use of those
>bridges in Ontario. I was over some of those bridges
>fifty years ago.
>
>-- Wes

Just a note that in a chapter of the story which follows 'Beyond the Mirror' the Dunn crew will use a modified Bailey bridge for a special situation. The design of the Bailey bridge and the features of the geography happened to match. Besides, I had experience with the Bailey design previously, having worked on a road crew and helped deal with a bridge washout, so I was thinking of asking Wes the same question.

K Pelle

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Bridging material for Clark Constructions

Author:
Deadly Ernest
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Date Posted: 22:07:54 07/31/12 Tue

Just shows that great minds think alike. Now when do I get to see the next chapter of what Tom is up to?

BTW Reread it all and couldn't spot any changes - and my first read was only a few weeks back just before the release of chap 14.

I had thought Randy could use the bridging material for the lake and then reuse it for some other construction work as that is some very strong truss material.

Ernest

>>Too far, and too expensive for the limited period it
>>was needed. In my mental picture of the scene the
>>island is about half a mile from the landing. At most
>>they have a few hundred bucks tied up in the raft.
>>
>>The Wikipedia page mentions a lot of use of those
>>bridges in Ontario. I was over some of those bridges
>>fifty years ago.
>>
>>-- Wes
>
>Just a note that in a chapter of the story which
>follows 'Beyond the Mirror' the Dunn crew will use a
>modified Bailey bridge for a special situation. The
>design of the Bailey bridge and the features of the
>geography happened to match. Besides, I had
>experience with the Bailey design previously, having
>worked on a road crew and helped deal with a bridge
>washout, so I was thinking of asking Wes the same
>question.
>
>K Pelle

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Bridging material for Clark Constructions

Author:
K Pelle
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Date Posted: 01:20:06 08/01/12 Wed

>BTW Reread it all and couldn't spot any changes - and
>my first read was only a few weeks back just before
>the release of chap 14.
>
>Ernest

GOOD! That means I did a good job of blending it in.

If you really want to look for a section that was changed, try the trip home from Bowman's Bluff - the portion about the kitten wasn't in the original (I and my editor had a 'rather warm' discussion about it, but it was 'temporarily' deleted - it was to be reinstated in another section, only it got mislaid since the other section also got deleted.)

kp

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Bridging material for Clark Constructions

Author:
Deadly Ernest
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Date Posted: 03:51:41 08/01/12 Wed

>>BTW Reread it all and couldn't spot any changes - and
>>my first read was only a few weeks back just before
>>the release of chap 14.
>>
>>Ernest
>
>GOOD! That means I did a good job of blending it in.
>
>If you really want to look for a section that was
>changed, try the trip home from Bowman's Bluff - the
>portion about the kitten wasn't in the original (I and
>my editor had a 'rather warm' discussion about it, but
>it was 'temporarily' deleted - it was to be reinstated
>in another section, only it got mislaid since the
>other section also got deleted.)
>
>kp

G'day,

I remember reading, in the original, that he got given a kitten, but I don't remember being told how it got carried, I just assumed he'd have done what I've done with kittens in cold climates, left the top of my coat open a little and stuck the damn thing in the shirt pocket, that way it has air and can poke it's head out to see where it's going if it wants to. Only works with very young kittens and not those that are nearly fully grown.

However, I still have the Chap 14 zip, so I may unzip it again and reread that to compare - when I've got time.

Ernest