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The headline in yesterday's Boston Globe read "Big Dig job may have used wrong epoxy". And when the roof fell down last year, it killed a woman, crushing her car and when that roof fell down, they closed the tunnels screwing up commuting for months as they repaired and checked all the ceilings.
The wrong epoxy? How does such a thing happen? Masspube Construction Research spoke to Rufus Klapzing, Manager of Ceiling Construction on the Big Dig, Boston's system of underground expressway tunnels." The engineers specified a certain glue. They sent us another kind, a generic. It looked the same. We used it."Records seem to indicate that Modern Continental Construction Inc. used a quick drying epoxy, E'mirs, as opposed to what was specified, Elmers!
"E'mirs, developed by a company in the friendly country of Yemen, looks and tastes the same as Elmer's" said a still close-mouthed Klapzing, close mouthed due to his taste test in 2005. "and we saved 8 cents a gallon on it."
In a little known fact, continued Rip Offe, attorney for Modern Continental Construction Inc., "Several workers who used the good glue are still stuck to the beams inside the ceiling of The Big Dig. The unions and workman's comp got on us. We had to use a different glue! Only one has been released to date (left). We feed them everyday and set up conjugal visits as well. Have you any idea how much that costs? Doesn't anyone care about the working man anymore...like we do!"
The city of Boston suggests visitors bring their own glue when they visit the city until this is all sorted out!
2 comments:
You remember this one.....
There once was a couple named Kelly
Who walked around belly to belly
Because in their haste
They used library paste
Instead of petroleum jelly.
Turns out Mr. Kelly, from an old Boston family, was the guy in charge of the Big Dig ceiling project.
Your "aha" moment of the day.
I'm back..been a little busy and all with the house. No time for reading fun blogs.
Bad bosses and glue.
Most of my bad bosses were bad because they opened their mouth too much. An epoxy sandwich could have solved the problem.
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