Comments on: 4-ton railway bridge stolen http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 21:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mrfitz http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129297 mrfitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129297 the Russians built it and they are taking it back the Russians built it and they are taking it back

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129316 David Carroll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129316 I don't want to point any fingers but is there an engineering school nearby? Have they looked in the deans office? A four ton bridge can't be very big. I don’t want to point any fingers but is there an engineering school nearby? Have they looked in the deans office?

A four ton bridge can’t be very big.

]]> By: RyanH http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129340 RyanH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129340 Happy Mutants? I begin to think that tag is being overused. What happy mutants are present in this story? It seems like every story that is slightly unusual acquires this tag. Kind of devalues it. Happy Mutants? I begin to think that tag is being overused. What happy mutants are present in this story? It seems like every story that is slightly unusual acquires this tag. Kind of devalues it.

]]> By: windybt http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129613 windybt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129613 this happened in Ecuador back in the early 1900s a lot too. this happened in Ecuador back in the early 1900s a lot too.

]]> By: Andrew http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129365 Andrew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129365 I guess the happy mutants tag is because it's in the Czech Republic. Anyway, it was probably scrapped by gypsies. There are lots of gypsies in that area of Europe, and it's pretty common for them to steal metal to sell as scrap. When I was in Bulgaria last Spring I heard lots of stories about it, including a war memorial that had been stripped in about two days after being erected, and many people died when they used to have regular blackouts because they would try to steal the copper wiring when the power came on, and were electrocuted when it came back on. I guess the happy mutants tag is because it’s in the Czech Republic.

Anyway, it was probably scrapped by gypsies. There are lots of gypsies in that area of Europe, and it’s pretty common for them to steal metal to sell as scrap. When I was in Bulgaria last Spring I heard lots of stories about it, including a war memorial that had been stripped in about two days after being erected, and many people died when they used to have regular blackouts because they would try to steal the copper wiring when the power came on, and were electrocuted when it came back on.

]]> By: egp http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129367 egp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129367 Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego??? Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego???

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129374 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129374 If you believe this story, I've got a bridge to sell you. No really. A 4-ton railway bridge, to be exact. If you believe this story, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

No really. A 4-ton railway bridge, to be exact.

]]> By: Slippy Lane http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129645 Slippy Lane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129645 They'll be back for the tracks when the fuss dies down. They’ll be back for the tracks when the fuss dies down.

]]> By: agrajag http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129399 agrajag Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129399 #7: Isn't 'Gypsy' a non-PC term nowadays? I thought you were supposed to call them Roma people or something. Still thieving bastards whatever you call 'em. :) #7: Isn’t ‘Gypsy’ a non-PC term nowadays? I thought you were supposed to call them Roma people or something. Still thieving bastards whatever you call ‘em. :)

]]> By: gobi desert http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129414 gobi desert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129414 I'm guessing 'thieving bastards' is not PC either. If there is an engineering school nearby, perhaps they will find the bridge attached to a VW Beatle. Accomplished no doubt in the dark of night by some enterprising engineer students. I’m guessing ‘thieving bastards’ is not PC either.
If there is an engineering school nearby, perhaps they will find the bridge attached to a VW Beatle. Accomplished no doubt in the dark of night by some enterprising engineer students.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129452 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129452 It didn't even process at first .. what kind of bridge weighs four tons? (Or tonnes, or tuhns, or however you want to spell it.) It must have been a very small bridge. Crossing a pothole. It didn’t even process at first .. what kind of bridge weighs four tons? (Or tonnes, or tuhns, or however you want to spell it.) It must have been a very small bridge. Crossing a pothole.

]]> By: C White http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129256 C White Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129256 awesome awesome

]]> By: Simon Greenwood http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129274 Simon Greenwood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129274 I'm sure something like that happened in the UK a few years ago: a disused railway bridge over a road was removed overnight and made the news. However it then transpired that the work had been carried out by National Rail who had just forgotten to tell anyone. I can't find the story now though, so maybe I just dreamt it. I’m sure something like that happened in the UK a few years ago: a disused railway bridge over a road was removed overnight and made the news. However it then transpired that the work had been carried out by National Rail who had just forgotten to tell anyone. I can’t find the story now though, so maybe I just dreamt it.

]]> By: bentheo http://boingboing.net/2008/02/20/4ton-railway-bridge.html#comment-129279 bentheo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-129279 Reminds me of Terry Pratchett books where Fred Colon would stand on the bridge all night instead of patrolling to make sure no one would steal it. Reminds me of Terry Pratchett books where Fred Colon would stand on the bridge all night instead of patrolling to make sure no one would steal it.

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