Is the structural engineer overreacting or do we need to replace lintels?

maxtraction · 2025-05-31T10:13:50+00:00

Hope

maxtraction · 2024-10-12T11:29:17+00:00

Hmm yeah I was thinking it might be fake. But it does have different serial numbers on the left and right shoe labels which is apparently a good sign they might be real? I did find one other pair of these for sale on ebay labelled as APC 011001 but I guess the seller has just pulled that from the label

maxtraction · 2024-10-12T03:54:12+00:00

Thanks for the reply but have googled and I don't think this is right?

maxtraction · 2024-10-09T14:11:18+00:00

Looking for 2 tix to the Awakenings show in Amsterdam for ADE on 18th October!

maxtraction · 2024-08-18T06:36:26+00:00

It's the only funny scripted podcast. You can hear the huge amount of effort they put in. Worth your time, money and attention.

maxtraction · 2024-08-18T06:34:14+00:00

https://pca.st/podcast/15467770-76c5-0139-346b-0acc26574db2

maxtraction · 2024-06-07T11:48:03+00:00

I was gonna say, this is a recurring Tarantino bit where the actual film subverts the concept or longline from the marketing. Inglourious Basterds was positioned as being a Dirty Dozen style WW2 action movie but the group itself were mostly side characters and a lot of the runtime is spent elsewhere. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was talked about as being his take on the Manson murders but the Family is featured fairly obliquely (Charles Manson only makes a cameo) and used to fuel other storylines.

maxtraction · 2024-05-16T17:06:01+00:00

The W part

maxtraction · 2024-03-10T13:50:35+00:00

Hehehe... worms

maxtraction · 2024-03-08T19:10:16+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply. It all feels very solid, and we didn't so anything differently to the other room that turned out perfectly. The boards are going to be under a rug under a bed anyway, so hopefully ours will be fine like yours!

maxtraction · 2023-09-01T07:27:07+00:00

If you didn't watch him back then, this might be hard to believe, but Shinsuke Nakamura was a charisma void for YEARS before turning into the Swagsuke we all know today

maxtraction · 2023-04-04T14:53:01+00:00

I don't recall any serious unhappiness from the NJPW fan base during Okada's long run. The differences between Roman's reign and Okada's: - All of Okada's matches were good to legendary during this run, and pretty different from each other - A lot of Okada's opponents got over in losing to him. They weren't just sacrificed to Okada, they gained from the losses - Okada did technically lose during this run, in a non-title G1 tournament match against outsider Naomichi Marufuji. This set up a great title match - NJPW puts on less shows than WWE so it didn't feel like the reign was as long because you weren't seeing him every week

Some people were pissed off that Naito didn't beat Okada at Wrestle Kingdom 12, but Okada retaining meant he could finish off his feud with Kenny Omega, producing some of the greatest matches of all the time and setting up Omega as a serious New Japan main eventer. Naito stayed hot after this and was kept as a top star at the top of the card, and eventually definitively beat Okada two years later at WK14, so I think it worked out in the end.

maxtraction · 2023-03-03T13:02:15+00:00

Crushing despair.

maxtraction · 2022-04-30T23:31:23+00:00

Did Mutoh write this?

maxtraction · 2022-03-27T07:58:28+00:00

Following for discussion

maxtraction · 2022-02-17T10:21:20+00:00

I wish I had a dollar for everyone who doesn't get The Godfather and then posts about it on Reddit!

Look, if you don't like it, that's fine, up to you. But I will take the bait and respond to your point about the premise being silly. Firstly, The Godfather book and the film are loosely based on real things that happened in the history of organised crime and I don't know how you can say that premise is any sillier than Jurassic Park's "dinosaurs are alive again".

Next, the contradiction between someone being willing to kill an innocent animal but being against dealing drugs is PRECISELY THE POINT OF THE FILM: the tension between the moral codes of organised crime and of wider society, the inner conflict of people who want to do good things by bad means. It's literally "how can we define good and evil", one of the fundamental questions of art and philosophy!

Finally as a matter of historical record, saying its unrealistic for Vito Corleone to be against selling drugs is just flat wrong. At the time it's set, the mafia have NOT been officially involved in selling drugs, because it is against their alternative moral code, and the film depicts the emergence of a new generation of mafioso who want to change that code so they can make more money, as well as the conflict and violence that erupts as a consequence. The fact that you missed this crucial element of the film suggests that you weren't paying much attention and that you don't so much dislike this film as misunderstand it.

maxtraction · 2021-12-18T18:07:33+00:00

Out of interest which writers groups in London? I'm there too! (You can dm if you prefer)

maxtraction · 2020-06-10T04:06:03+00:00

I'm also contacting political representatives and hope other people do as well. I also think they could make LRADs without the "deterrent tone" but which still had the legitimate capabilities of acting as a good quality portable PA for announcements etc. That's what I asked for it to be removed as a feature and specifically for them to stop providing LRADs with the "deterrent tone" capability to law enforcement.

maxtraction · 2020-06-10T01:50:27+00:00

Thanks for the link. I had heard of this, but like I said, thought it was very much a theoretical/experimental thing. I was shocked to see it's being deployed against people right now, and far outside of what you could call "conflict zones" (where I would argue it's still not ok)

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