12-28-2023, 7:09am
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Originally Posted by Yadkin
It's shocking about how little people know about the basic infrastructure that allows civilization to exist: water supply, sanitary sewerage, gas and petroleum pipelines, fuel storage, electrical generation and distribution, natural gas extraction, fire-safe homes, tall buildings, stress-strain relationships of steel, bridges, roadways, traffic signals, basic plumbing...
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Originally Posted by Yadkin
They don't. Which is my point. The professionals that designed and built all that have done such a great job that the public uses it every day without giving it a second thought.
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This is correct. 
And if one has an understanding and an eye for it, it can be a curse. Because I see design and engineering and execution mistakes everyday.
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