And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, April 5, 2021
A worker paints the Golden Gate Bridge with a fresh coat of its iconic orange colour, chosen to help the bridge stay visible in San Francisco’s famous fog, 1956.
A few years back the Houston Post ran a story celebrating the retirement of a highway engineering supervisor that spent his entire career working on I-10 within the city limits.
I wish he'd hurry up and turn around...the rust on the towers has looked terrible over the past couple of years. You know it's bad when the tourists remark upon it...
Absolutely. At that time, it was all lead based paint. And they put lots of it on as well. I have spent the last 40 odd years removing that lead paint.
Then there's the story of the new breed of sea gulls that turned up one day with what were described as orange caps on their heads.....seems one of the painters would snare sea gulls on his lunch break, and paint the top of their heads and set 'em free....after a while enough were seen that it caused a bit of a stir....
When I live out there in the late 70s, some saboteur shinnied up there and trashed the filter of the red navigation lights. It got fixed in about 24 hours.
You wonder is he going or is he coming?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter, when he gets to the other side he just turns around and paints all the way back, never ending job. Has a nice view much of the time.
DeleteA few years back the Houston Post ran a story celebrating the retirement of a highway engineering supervisor that spent his entire career working on I-10 within the city limits.
DeleteA brush? For $50 bucks at Amazon he can get a Ginour 600W Hvlp Spray Gun to save time and effort.
ReplyDeleteI wish he'd hurry up and turn around...the rust on the towers has looked terrible over the past couple of years. You know it's bad when the tourists remark upon it...
ReplyDeleteCouldn’t do it... no amount of money... the picture alone make my knees turn to rubber.
ReplyDeleteWonder how many tons of paint are on that bridge?
ReplyDeleteI would rough estimate about 130 tons of paint based on a 3 coat system which is in use today.
DeleteLead paint for sure .
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. At that time, it was all lead based paint. And they put lots of it on as well.
DeleteI have spent the last 40 odd years removing that lead paint.
I've heard it said that it takes a
ReplyDeleteyear to paint from end to end.
The process is repeated yearly
Then there's the story of the new breed of sea gulls that turned up one day with what were described as orange caps on their heads.....seems one of the painters would snare sea gulls on his lunch break, and paint the top of their heads and set 'em free....after a while enough were seen that it caused a bit of a stir....
ReplyDeletereadthat they were replacing original rivits with high strength bolts to get an earthquake upgrade. Did that contibute to the "uglies"?
ReplyDeleteWhen I live out there in the late 70s, some saboteur shinnied up there and trashed the filter of the red navigation lights. It got fixed in about 24 hours.
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