Posted by: belcher, parkbench 36 on 12:52pm Wed 16 Jan 08
bouncy bouncy
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 1:02pm Wed 16 Jan 08
errrr - Its a bridge belcher - not a trampoline!!!
errrr - Its a bridge belcher - not a trampoline!!!
Posted by: weegielady, glasgow on 1:24pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Engineers are today, standing in high viz jacket, looking at papers and plans, talking into walkie talkies, and taking measurements...looki
ng glaikitt and scratching their baws wondering why the bridge fell tae bits , er maybe cos it was put up by cowboys out the yella pages? Bob The Builder?
Can ye no take it back to argos , and get a new one ?
this could have been dangerous--- but it wasnae, so many folk getting knickers in a twist over a pure lot of cack .
Kingston bridge is suppsedly all falling down and crumblings, and hasnt the Cldye tunnel got a leak in it? Aye, it fell aff a fruit and veg van!
Right, am going to look interesting and wear a high visibility jacket and a hard hat and go down for a closer look ,may as well, aw the other amatuers who worked on teeh bridge willnae know me fae adam or eve!
get a grip folks , metal came loose.
[bold]stick some mmeccano on it, it'll be fine....[/bold]
Engineers are today, standing in high viz jacket, looking at papers and plans, talking into walkie talkies, and taking measurements...looki
ng glaikitt and scratching their baws wondering why the bridge fell tae bits , er maybe cos it was put up by cowboys out the yella pages? Bob The Builder?
Can ye no take it back to argos , and get a new one ?
this could have been dangerous--- but it wasnae, so many folk getting knickers in a twist over a pure lot of cack .
Kingston bridge is suppsedly all falling down and crumblings, and hasnt the Cldye tunnel got a leak in it? Aye, it fell aff a fruit and veg van!
Right, am going to look interesting and wear a high visibility jacket and a hard hat and go down for a closer look ,may as well, aw the other amatuers who worked on teeh bridge willnae know me fae adam or eve!
get a grip folks , metal came loose.
stick some mmeccano on it, it'll be fine....
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 1:46pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Just as well it wasn't a hole, they would say back at da home of da mob that they were looking into it!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Just as well it wasn't a hole, they would say back at da home of da mob that they were looking into it!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted by: bipod, glasgow on 1:57pm Wed 16 Jan 08
maybe we should all remember that the bridge was after all made by the lowest bidder lol....
maybe we should all remember that the bridge was after all made by the lowest bidder lol....
Posted by: workinhard, Glasgow on 2:21pm Wed 16 Jan 08
'no snap decision' hahahahaha
i just burst ma breeks laughing at this - i was in stitches.....get it...burst.....stitc
hes.....aw well never mind - i'm off to be a journalist!
'no snap decision' hahahahaha
i just burst ma breeks laughing at this - i was in stitches.....get it...burst.....stitc
hes.....aw well never mind - i'm off to be a journalist!
Posted by: People Power on 2:32pm Wed 16 Jan 08
[quote][bold]weegielady[/bold] wrote:
Engineers are today, standing in high viz jacket, looking at papers and plans, talking into walkie talkies, and taking measurements...looki ng glaikitt and scratching their baws wondering why the bridge fell tae bits , er maybe cos it was put up by cowboys out the yella pages? Bob The Builder? Can ye no take it back to argos , and get a new one ? this could have been dangerous--- but it wasnae, so many folk getting knickers in a twist over a pure lot of cack . Kingston bridge is suppsedly all falling down and crumblings, and hasnt the Cldye tunnel got a leak in it? Aye, it fell aff a fruit and veg van! Right, am going to look interesting and wear a high visibility jacket and a hard hat and go down for a closer look ,may as well, aw the other amatuers who worked on teeh bridge willnae know me fae adam or eve! get a grip folks , metal came loose. [bold]stick some mmeccano on it, it'll be fine....[/bold] [/quote] Aye - weegielady,
Your patters like the watter beneath the bridge!
Dinnae ruin folks chance to get all over dramatic aboot this here bridge!!
Might be the only event in their week worth sweating over! Even the Cooncil must be biting their fingernails over their incompetence - AGAIN!
Can the Cooncil & builders of this so called former "City Of Culture" do anything right ?
[italic]"get a grip folks"[/italic] indeedy, a grip of a cooncillors neck, and demand some answers!
More like the "Culture of bevvy and drugs!" LOL ;-)
weegielady wrote:
Engineers are today, standing in high viz jacket, looking at papers and plans, talking into walkie talkies, and taking measurements...looki ng glaikitt and scratching their baws wondering why the bridge fell tae bits , er maybe cos it was put up by cowboys out the yella pages? Bob The Builder? Can ye no take it back to argos , and get a new one ? this could have been dangerous--- but it wasnae, so many folk getting knickers in a twist over a pure lot of cack . Kingston bridge is suppsedly all falling down and crumblings, and hasnt the Cldye tunnel got a leak in it? Aye, it fell aff a fruit and veg van! Right, am going to look interesting and wear a high visibility jacket and a hard hat and go down for a closer look ,may as well, aw the other amatuers who worked on teeh bridge willnae know me fae adam or eve! get a grip folks , metal came loose. stick some mmeccano on it, it'll be fine....
Aye - weegielady,
Your patters like the watter beneath the bridge!
Dinnae ruin folks chance to get all over dramatic aboot this here bridge!!
Might be the only event in their week worth sweating over! Even the Cooncil must be biting their fingernails over their incompetence - AGAIN!
Can the Cooncil & builders of this so called former "City Of Culture" do anything right ?
"get a grip folks" indeedy, a grip of a cooncillors neck, and demand some answers!
More like the "Culture of bevvy and drugs!" LOL ;-)
Posted by: weegielady, glasgow on 3:17pm Wed 16 Jan 08
we interviewed a wee guy in a tracksuit who was selling Big Issue near a Hotel in Glasgow and he told us
"hey man, ye pure no? glesga ? city ah culcherr an awratpish? well man, the pure squinty bridge, man pure fawn tae bits man pure aw ah heard wiz this big scary beast noise, sounded like pure hunners of like eccies fawn on ma napper,or sumfin n nat no? quality man, or actually naw it wiznae very gud quality...man bunch ah dobbers"
this is jakey nedspeak , for our cultured readers, he said...
"oh dear what an unfortunate event for the Squinty Bridge, it was rather loud when it crashed, as I was near, I expect those construction workers who assembled it all are feeling rather annoyed"
we interviewed a wee guy in a tracksuit who was selling Big Issue near a Hotel in Glasgow and he told us
"hey man, ye pure no? glesga ? city ah culcherr an awratpish? well man, the pure squinty bridge, man pure fawn tae bits man pure aw ah heard wiz this big scary beast noise, sounded like pure hunners of like eccies fawn on ma napper,or sumfin n nat no? quality man, or actually naw it wiznae very gud quality...man bunch ah dobbers"
this is jakey nedspeak , for our cultured readers, he said...
"oh dear what an unfortunate event for the Squinty Bridge, it was rather loud when it crashed, as I was near, I expect those construction workers who assembled it all are feeling rather annoyed"
Posted by: HOLY WILLIE, GLASGOW on 5:17pm Wed 16 Jan 08
they could not even build this bridge straight in the first place,it cost £20million of the taxpayers money yet the designers did not have to pay any compensation when it ended up squinty so it is hardly surprising it is now falling apart
they could not even build this bridge straight in the first place,it cost £20million of the taxpayers money yet the designers did not have to pay any compensation when it ended up squinty so it is hardly surprising it is now falling apart
Posted by: roor06, glasgow on 5:25pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Cheap and shoddy ... like most of the broomielaw ...
wont be long till the apartments start falling apart ...
Cheap and shoddy ... like most of the broomielaw ...
wont be long till the apartments start falling apart ...
Posted by: leesome, Glasgow on 6:46pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Basically wit happened wiz that wee Bob fae the local university (Wane in South Africa), brought er here specially on a student exchange trip by Stephen Purcell (watch that pronouncation, cause they pucell them aw doon GCC), also arrived way their own computer. Great! thought GCC, a bargain, but cause the power wiz a bit different the computer ran a touch slower, no problems their thought Pucell. So walkin on, the new bright we lad, or lass (canny gee it away folks), came oot wit this fantasic design. The CAD looked brillant, Pucell and te chamber jumped for joy! "We DID IT" hail the family of Glasgow.
In toot sweet time the bridge rolled away from each shore, and way some fancy lites to boot.
Hoots, a copy was at work, having admired the Scottish parliament, te young turk had failed to admit to the rather slow computer, and the bridge was doomed to fail; structually, similar to our parlianment.
So the student back home, computer at full speed, discovered the calculation were not as so, te CAD program testing all tae get the pencil oot once again...
Basically wit happened wiz that wee Bob fae the local university (Wane in South Africa), brought er here specially on a student exchange trip by Stephen Purcell (watch that pronouncation, cause they pucell them aw doon GCC), also arrived way their own computer. Great! thought GCC, a bargain, but cause the power wiz a bit different the computer ran a touch slower, no problems their thought Pucell. So walkin on, the new bright we lad, or lass (canny gee it away folks), came oot wit this fantasic design. The CAD looked brillant, Pucell and te chamber jumped for joy! "We DID IT" hail the family of Glasgow.
In toot sweet time the bridge rolled away from each shore, and way some fancy lites to boot.
Hoots, a copy was at work, having admired the Scottish parliament, te young turk had failed to admit to the rather slow computer, and the bridge was doomed to fail; structually, similar to our parlianment.
So the student back home, computer at full speed, discovered the calculation were not as so, te CAD program testing all tae get the pencil oot once again...
Posted by: viking, newzealand on 8:37pm Wed 16 Jan 08
All the geeks with their uptodate computers , stresses , wind factors , load discrepancies,still can get it right , the swaying brigde in london , why dont they just build a standard glasgow one, like they,ve always had. But no some nut has to come up with with a fancy design to justify the cost
All the geeks with their uptodate computers , stresses , wind factors , load discrepancies,still can get it right , the swaying brigde in london , why dont they just build a standard glasgow one, like they,ve always had. But no some nut has to come up with with a fancy design to justify the cost
Posted by: BM, Glasgow on 8:52pm Wed 16 Jan 08
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
Posted by: flyingscot, Crookston on 10:28pm Wed 16 Jan 08
[quote][bold]BM[/bold] wrote:
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?[/quote] No, but the design is used on 2 other bridges, the Hulme Arch in Manchester IIRC.
BM wrote:
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
No, but the design is used on 2 other bridges, the Hulme Arch in Manchester IIRC.
Posted by: People Power, Glasgow on 10:35pm Wed 16 Jan 08
[quote][bold]BM[/bold] wrote:
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?[/quote]
Good one BM,
Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!!
Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ?
Can they do anything right ?
BM wrote:
Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
Good one BM,
Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!!
Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ?
Can they do anything right ?
Posted by: aliceaa, USA on 2:26am Thu 17 Jan 08
why why why ?????All guys on GOTHICMINGLE COM are very angry about this
why why why ?????All guys on GOTHICMINGLE COM are very angry about this
Posted by: Bob, Glasgow on 8:57am Thu 17 Jan 08
[quote][bold]People Power[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]BM[/bold] wrote: Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?[/quote] Good one BM, Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!! Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ? Can they do anything right ? [/quote] No the designers who designed London's wobbly bridge were not designers of this bridge.
No it is not squint because it was meant for somewhere else and squeezed in to fit.
The reason for the weird bridge is GCC wanting something iconic and letting an ARCHITECT loose on the design.
It was ARCHITECTS that messed up the Scottish Parliment Building not ENGINEERS.
People Power wrote:
BM wrote: Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
Good one BM, Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!! Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ? Can they do anything right ?
No the designers who designed London's wobbly bridge were not designers of this bridge.
No it is not squint because it was meant for somewhere else and squeezed in to fit.
The reason for the weird bridge is GCC wanting something iconic and letting an ARCHITECT loose on the design.
It was ARCHITECTS that messed up the Scottish Parliment Building not ENGINEERS.
Posted by: People Power on 12:15pm Thu 17 Jan 08
[quote][bold]Bob[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]People Power[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]BM[/bold] wrote: Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?[/quote] Good one BM, Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!! Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ? Can they do anything right ? [/quote] No the designers who designed London's wobbly bridge were not designers of this bridge. No it is not squint because it was meant for somewhere else and squeezed in to fit. The reason for the weird bridge is GCC wanting something iconic and letting an ARCHITECT loose on the design. It was ARCHITECTS that messed up the Scottish Parliment Building not ENGINEERS.[/quote]
Would have to dispute your statement Bob, that[italic] "It was ARCHITECTS that messed uo the Scottish Parliament Building, not ENGINEERS!"[/italic]
I think you'll find that ultimately it is the ENGINEERS or BUILDERS who potentially carried out the shoddy workmanship.
Drawings or designs o paper / computers cannot have any blame placed on them for the poorly completed workmanship of the Parliament.
A bit like the statement [italic]"A Bad Workman Only Blames His Tools!"[/italic] - this sounds like passing the buck, and as for[italic] "iconic ?"[/italic]that isn't any kind of descriptive word I would use!!
Lets not be too complimentary to G.C.C. just yet!
Bob wrote:
People Power wrote: BM wrote: Is it true that this was a design which had been rejected elsewhere, originally designed for a wider river, so had to be built at an angle to fit the Clyde?
Good one BM, Nothing would surprise you with these numbskulls running our affairs. . . . . makes you wonder how they get away with so much!!! Getting back to the design of the bridge, it's also believed - heard that the same designers of the bridge botched up the Scottish Parliament for so long - any truth there ? Can they do anything right ?
No the designers who designed London's wobbly bridge were not designers of this bridge. No it is not squint because it was meant for somewhere else and squeezed in to fit. The reason for the weird bridge is GCC wanting something iconic and letting an ARCHITECT loose on the design. It was ARCHITECTS that messed up the Scottish Parliment Building not ENGINEERS.
Would have to dispute your statement Bob, that
"It was ARCHITECTS that messed uo the Scottish Parliament Building, not ENGINEERS!"
I think you'll find that ultimately it is the ENGINEERS or BUILDERS who potentially carried out the shoddy workmanship.
Drawings or designs o paper / computers cannot have any blame placed on them for the poorly completed workmanship of the Parliament.
A bit like the statement
"A Bad Workman Only Blames His Tools!" - this sounds like passing the buck, and as for
"iconic ?"that isn't any kind of descriptive word I would use!!
Lets not be too complimentary to G.C.C. just yet!
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