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How to build a skyscraper out of wood
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| 14 Jan 2019
| Jeff Spross
Posted on 01/14/2019 9:14:31 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Magnum44; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion
To: DUMBGRUNT
Whole towns and forts used to be made of wood. Savannah, St. Augustine, Chicago...
Gee, for some reason, they aren’t anymore.
To: DUMBGRUNT; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
To: Larry Lucido
Tor - Holistic Healer, and Architect.
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:34:09 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Termites and beavers come to mind........
To: Larry Lucido
Just cover the building with wood-grain wallpaper...
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:37:19 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: DUMBGRUNT
You can’t build that stuff out of wood! The forests will be decimated or worse we will all die from lack of O2, and then the building will burn oh the pyromaniacs will be having a heyday.
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:40:25 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Build a WOOD skyscraper around MUSLIMS, eh...?
Gosh, I wonder how that will work out.
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:42:30 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: Bob434
My uncle who had two wooden legs burned to the ground.
To: Blue House Sue
The Termite Tower.
DING,DING,DING!
BINGO, We have a winner!
With some nice alliteration too.
To: Hot Tabasco
To: DUMBGRUNT
If I cut a square diagonally into two triangles is it stronger than the square... no...
Me thinks the architect is from the P T Barnum school of salesmanship.
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:50:42 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: Larry Lucido
I knew that was coming.......LOL
To: DUMBGRUNT
I'm not sure about building a tower out of wood. A small base relative to the height is going to put a lot of stress on the wood supports that cement or steel would handle much better. The Minneapolis building wasn't that tall relative to its broad base so I wouldn't see any inherent weakness in that structure. The new engineered wood beams are quite strong and would likely be reliable as long as you don't get ridiculous. It would seem that the natural flex of wood would be advantageous in earthquake zones.
Just my uneducated opinion but like George Constanza, I always wanted to pretend to be an architect.
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:51:59 AM PST
by
CommerceComet
(Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The how to build out of wood has been solved, the WHY however...
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:52:04 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The town of Springfield attempted it first:
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:53:01 AM PST
by
Ciaphas Cain
(FreeRepublic.com is the most-used app on my iPhone.)
To: PIF
You can’t build that stuff out of wood! The forests will be decimated or worse...
Bricks can be fun but there are too many rules for brick.
Monadnock Building
The tallest load-bearing brick building ever constructed...
The walls are like eight FOOT THICK! Looking in from the sidewalk it is a bit different.
Sixteen floors max.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock_Building
Bever, termite and fire resistant!
Also a very handsome building inside and out.
I like it!
To: DUMBGRUNT
It would be the world’s biggest “Jenga”!
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:58:15 AM PST
by
sageburn
To: yarddog
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:59:12 AM PST
by
Cold Heart
(The main purpose of The Wall is to protect the US from its own politicians.)
To: CommerceComet
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posted on
01/14/2019 9:59:13 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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