I'm in Sunnyvale, Sunday evening thru Tuesday afternoon.

Lodging at Maple Tree Inn.

If that's in any of you lurkers stomping grounds, give me a call.

Possibly, but can't guarantee, that I'll have some sipping time
available.

...Jim Thompson
When i went back to my home ground in Palo Alto, i noticed a number

At one time, Wheeling had the longest suspension bridge in the world.
It blew down in a windstorm--it had a nasty resonance that the wind
would excite, like the (much later) Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

This one? I don't see anything about it falling down.
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/research/past_projects/iron_wire_bridge.html

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:30:14 -0500, the renowned Phil Hobbs
pcdh@SpamMeSenseless.pergamos.net> wrote:

Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:50:37 -0700, the renowned Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

I'm in Sunnyvale, Sunday evening thru Tuesday afternoon.

Lodging at Maple Tree Inn.

If that's in any of you lurkers stomping grounds, give me a call.

Possibly, but can't guarantee, that I'll have some sipping time
available.

...Jim Thompson

Lucky you. I've apparently got to go to Wheeling, WV this summer. Is
there anything around there of interest?

I was happy to find this place in Phoenix last trip:
http://www.fourpeaks.com/


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

At one time, Wheeling had the longest suspension bridge in the world.
It blew down in a windstorm--it had a nasty resonance that the wind
would excite, like the (much later) Tacoma Narrows Bridge.

This one? I don't see anything about it falling down.
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/research/past_projects/iron_wire_bridge.html



Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

The longest "single arch steel span bridge" is on the way there
(Fayetteville, WV), the location of Bridge Day.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/sights/sightstory.php?tip_AttrId=%3D11916
http://www.nps.gov/archive/neri/bridge.htm

"We even saw a painting of it in the West Virginia State Penitentiary,
by an artist-convict who was later killed by a knife through the eye"


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

Jim Thompson wrote:

I'm in Sunnyvale, Sunday evening thru Tuesday afternoon.

Lodging at Maple Tree Inn.

If that's in any of you lurkers stomping grounds, give me a call.

Possibly, but can't guarantee, that I'll have some sipping time
available.

...Jim Thompson
When i went back to my home ground in Palo Alto, i noticed a number
of BS signs on/by the traffic lights, similar to "$347 fine for running
red light", and they all seemed to have a different $ number and
(naturally) the cops do not give a shit and if any showed up would never
stoop to do any work unless the speed demon ran into them.
Is the same BS in Sunnyvale?