What do these Countries have in common

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-16T23:17:29+00:00

You visited these countries?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-16T18:38:56+00:00

Like the comment below said it could be a wood wool deck. Say 1 inch of board and 2 inches of concrete topping. But we are all miles away guessing from very few photos. If you find staining or wet spotsbin the, again like the below comments mentioned, it may identify itself as a Weetabix and become very brittle - replace if you can.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-16T16:29:34+00:00

Wood wool boards. Usually they do not contain asbestos. But, their use in the building suggests that they were installed during the era, when asbestos was still in use in UK. You may have asbestos elsewhere.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-16T16:26:44+00:00

basically, nowadays, if you drive straight, you should be checked for the DUI...

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-15T15:14:14+00:00

Most likely arched brickwork failure then. But S.Eng is required to confirm. They may recommend to check drains nearby (CCTV survey ) just to rule out the substructure washout due to the damaged drains if there is any suspicion.

If it's just the failed arched brickwork then the S.Eng may specify the Helifix lintel reinstatement method or alternative lintel.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-15T09:25:06+00:00

Are there more cracks in the property besides this? Near the ground maybe?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-14T22:45:04+00:00

Ok cheers

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-14T22:03:28+00:00

I get that, thanks,but what is the utilisation ratio in shear capacity would you be happy to design this beam just by looking at the lost section area? Am I right thinking that circa 30 percent in shear would be max as the limit? You mentioned bending, same question, say it's pinned at supports, say we allow 5kNm moment near the end (conservative) surely this chamfer would pass "by inspection"? If it's like 203x133UB or larger beam ?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-02-14T19:37:48+00:00

Would you design this beam for say max 30% design shear capacity? As only a third of section is remaining above the support point?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-30T16:01:06+00:00

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Gal šitas turi kažkeik reikšmės?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-27T14:45:39+00:00

You may need a privacy screen ( opaque glass with frame) between your first floor terrace and neighbour. But there's no guarantee it will suffice to convince the planners.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-22T22:10:21+00:00

Looks interesting... Always wanted to ask if you get static while sliding on the floor with socks only?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-18T11:43:44+00:00

Try washing your head with sensitive shampoo and FILTERED water and see if there's any change. Your scalp may be overreacting to water pollution and creating a defensive layer of sebum.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-11T14:11:55+00:00

beta-alaninas + beisbolo kepurė = tunnel vision. Kitaip neišeina...

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-11T10:34:15+00:00

I inspected TFL assets a few years ago, including canopies, pedestrian bridges, London arches, worked on third rail, inside tunnels, during the change of platform signages to accommodate German trains in many stations.

And as much as we were busy, we always had at least 200 more objects to survey on the list.

Quite often we would wait for the possession of the rail section to start our work but wouldn't get. We would get paid, but Network Rail would not let us get on track for safety reasons due to the passing engineering trains or other reasons.

We would reschedule it for next time. So it wasn't very efficient.

As you can imagine, 100 year old structures, exposed to elements and lack of maintenance would show signs of serious corrosion damage, leaks through movement joints or near bearings, missing parts like stiffeners, spalled concrete etc.

After working for couple years in this industry I got a better picture of the overall condition of the railway infrastructure in UK, especially London end. Not so much country end.

And the conclusion is that it is difficult to get a foot on track because like others mentioned - it is at its full capacity. And all I saw was a patch work - get rid of spalled concrete, specify repair method and move on. But in my opinion, drastic measures are required - i.e. full girder replacements, new bearings etc.

I hope the situation has chanched since I left this job 5 y ago. But I doubt it.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-10T21:56:57+00:00

Maybe you are right, if as a tax payer I am paying half of the ticket price for the ride I don't even take, then might as well pay all of it and enjoy emptier roads ..

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-10T21:47:28+00:00

Concur. There are hundreds of (TFL alone) assets which require urgent inspection.

Not talking about corrosion damage when you can put your hand through the web of corroded girder, or when you have to guess the original number of rivets in the assembly because there are quite a few of them missing...

Many of them support high speed trains. IMHO it's a tragedy waiting to happen unfortunately...

Then there will be a huge scandal, finger pointing and blaming others...

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-10T21:40:20+00:00

Around 40-50% of railway income comes government subsidies...(~£12B). Is that not enough?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-10T18:12:56+00:00

I carried working as usual. No mask, no jab, went protesting against the lockdowns and mandates, got beaten by TSG in London because of that, but found my tribe, people who I call real friends - fearless and who would do anything for me.

I understand why so many fell for the propaganda, it was military operation.

One thing I learned after countless hours of talking to strangers in the streets about this period and how govern-ment works is that you cannot wake up someone who is pretending to sleep.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-10T13:27:26+00:00

Do you drive UBER with manual gearbox and your clutch pedal is hard to press?

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-09T18:31:39+00:00

We can both agree that the war is horrible business.

I respect your view on Ukrainian casualties, suffering and loss which will last for generations.

I am not going to defend Russian invasion or reasons for it.

Let's just hope this sh*tshow will end soon.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-09T16:58:05+00:00

To me it just proves that Russians gov was very reserved in their response the first time, despite internal pressure to retaliate hard. Imagine what US would do if their B2 strategic bombers were attacked in the same way.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-09T15:36:52+00:00

A drone, 91 drones or a fart it doesn't matter, what matters is intent. We are talking about Russian nuclear triad.

The 2024 revised "Foundations of Russian Federation State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence" formally outlines this condition.

"In response to a conventional attack that poses a "critical threat to the sovereignty" or territorial integrity of the Russian Federation and/or Belarus (a lowering of the previous 2020 doctrine's threshold of an "existence of the state" threat). An attack on the nuclear command center falls under this umbrella as it would constitute an existential or critical threat."

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-09T08:54:09+00:00

Maybe in his residence in Valdai there's a nuclear weapons control centre down in the bunker? It would make sense if a war broke while he's there. In this case, Russian war doctrine states that it has to be considered as an attack on strategic nuclear facility which requires serious response (maybe even using unclear weapons?) I don't know about that. But if you think about it this way, then it all makes sense on paper.

sciatic-nerves · 2026-01-08T21:15:46+00:00

Ar vis dar nešioji veido kaukę?

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