The best way to stop a fare skipper going on to become a perpetrator of violent assault and then a murderer is to come down hard on the fare skipper. Every-time you go lenient on some sort of deviancy or criminal behavior you allow it to escalate. Especially since the vast majority of all crime is committed by a small hard core of people. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/bf3904eb277a062521dcba75e78e51e8defd3839cf8d01de8e1d120016b28379.file
A kind clarification to the last statement in the OT by @rangingwendigo : "I might say the stone bridge has a higher load capacity. Certain stone has a relatively high compressive strength compared to other materials. But it's really not the be all end all of bridge capacity." Which I fully agree with.
Snecked stonemasonry is when you have irregularly laid courses. Usually/ideally all the stones in one course are of the same height but in rougher work they used what was at hand. The stones that reach over one or two courses are called jumper-stones and the ones that are only half a height are called snecks. Sometimes the words are used interchangeably. This was commonly associated with a more primeval or rustic sense but today it is often imitated in art and fiction and in Disneyland because it looks more authentic to us moderns. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/854cabac8f5d9b714d31527a99659da99b17d6d3d6c0e210d6b20c162da01fb9.file
The Banker Mason is a stonemason specializing in working on the bench (orig. the "bancr") with the raw square or rectangular stone block (a "scant") cut to a specific dimension, and then shapes it according to the order, the plan, the description, using either zinc or wooden molds. The final resting place of the stone is usually carved in a code on the top surface (the "bed"). https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e7c097b9dde9cd4edc2237742271899c2b4f379098ff2f93b5899786be8661e0.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2b01273fc6a2f2cdbc99061d5316ba8a77da062a433d127e591ce083f2aa3aa7.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4272310252a56b6fe46cd4fc159fbb590c66612d95c0db369d8db0092ffb3ac6.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/14361572ed1e88c545cee6ac6e81e3ac6fa3bd57320f18e89cad933c5b1dd870.file
My favorite online esoterica is when someone posts a random selfie or anecdote and someone who is a rare specialist medical doctor sees it and saves their life. "Wow lol why does all my detergents smell like cinnamon all of a sudden!?" Doctor: "Actually that is the first symptom of a lethal brain hemorrhage affecting the olfactory cortex, please go check it out."
In the early 1970s a heavy piece of machinery had to be moved across the river Tweed. The 1928 concrete Royal Tweed Bridge (center) was not strong enough. So they used the 1624 stone Berwick Bridge (front) instead. Stone has for practical purposes unlimited compressive strength. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e2ccfc844c5d767e033398e5680a98e4f69c598d43adac32448a0380a6aa401c.file
I have met a lot of academics in my life, and when I ask about their dissertation/phd they mostly look like they'd rather never mention it again. It is just a goal for most, like finishing a marathon or staying sober.
What a scene. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2b0aea08914a61855bac6c5cb1251221cf4aae2b309b73b0c2e6498cd642b67b.file
And here's the man who will sculpt the American Arc(h) of Triumph and there will be Cowboys and Indians and Columbus and Pilgrims and Dough Boys and Surfers. And animals. There will be bisons and elk and whales and sea lions etc. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/401df6f13f5ac345885546dbf23bf7ae942fed7975715b6cbfe00ff4aaeed621.file
The wonderful medieval Horsham slates covering the roof of the 1425 Brook Farm, Maplehurst, Sussex. These sandstone slates are extremely heavy, 1.5 tons per 100ft²! Not an obvious roof cover but charming like none other. They stay up only because of the traditionally robust wood frame constructing of Sussex, where oak was widely available as a building material. Maybe still available today, but I doubt these slates come cheap. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/680f7b241b196204169857ea4901eef7d7cdcb6b883ce469cefa1bc4c3c82afd.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/f913af0e14ca73e279b840673f55655bd5337e6f23fb1f283b9f290991668176.file