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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:16 AM Original message |
So the steam pipe that burst was 83 years old |
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KittyWampus
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. Dude, remember when Brooklyn (the middle class part) suffered a 2 week blackout last summer |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So why are people paying state taxes? n/t |
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Stephanie
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. That was Queens. |
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baldguy
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Why do you hate America? |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No you didn't need that |
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rocktivity
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. During my last oil change, I was advised that my power steering belt |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Maybe I should postpone |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. Then again, why replace it? |
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rocktivity
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That makes sense ONLY |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Your not a Con-Ed stockholder. |
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rocktivity
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. DING DING DING! Tesha, you're our grand prize winner! |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes that was a great response |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Subtlety doesn't work with you, does it? |
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Doremus
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. You're assuming, of course, the good intentions of those responsible. |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. On the contrary, I'm assuming blatant *CAPITALIST* intentions. |
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ProgressiveEconomist
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. IMO, most NYC steam pipes simply should be abandoned and replaced w building-level |
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Cassandra
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Too much pollution. |
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ProgressiveEconomist
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Wouldn't drastically shortening the average distance from steam source to radiator |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Nope. Pollution easier to deal with at a few point sources. (NT) |
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ProgressiveEconomist
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. You may be right. But before being so certain, seems to me you'd need to identify |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. It'd probably be easier... |
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Cassandra
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. The steam isn't polluting. |
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KittyWampus
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Why replace it? Because building materials become antiquated. We had to just replace 100 year |
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Cassandra
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Some PVC piping has been known to fail, too. |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The Tesha family has gotton some interesting lessons in this over the years... |
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Tesha
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. How fast? |
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gatorboy
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
6. 83 years! They sure don't build them like they use to! |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. one steam pipe is nothing. |
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. Deleted sub-thread |
Cassandra
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. It was physics, not age. |
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KharmaTrain
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Thu Jul-19-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Walking Park Avenue |
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Rydz777
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
17. I have an absurd idea. Let's spend the billions we are spending |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That makes too much sense n/t |
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havocmom
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Would make us safer |
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Virginia Dare
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. What are you, a commie pinko or something? |
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napi21
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. This same problem exists in MOST of our BIG CITIES! |
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Virginia Dare
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Yep, manholes explode here in D.C. on a regular basis.. |
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slampoet
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. I am told that in Boston every once in a while They find Wooden water Pipes. |
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slj0101
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Thu Jul-19-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Remember the Blackout of 2003? |
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Lars39
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. This reminds me of Russia. |
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Virginia Dare
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. Er, fight the steam pipes down there, so they don't fight us up here? |
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rocktivity
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Yep--that steam sure followed us home! |
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malaise
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It followed one man |
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hatrack
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Thu Jul-19-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. Funny how they were all over the potential for asbestos contamination for THIS event |
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ProgressiveEconomist
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Thu Jul-19-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. See the snippet and link in post #9. 3 people were killed and residents were displaced |
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