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8 Comments:
Katherine's told me about this implausible feat of structural engineering, and I've always found it fascinating ...
I don't know how they came up with it and why they keep using it, but it's worked for decades. Bamboo! Tied together! = Scaffolding!
Well, they came up with it because bamboo preceeded high strength-to-weight ratio steel pipes by a few hundred years, and they're still using it, because it is still *much* cheaper, especially when steel is in so much demand over the border in China. I'm just amazed that what is essentially a *grass* is able to serve in this capacity in the first place!
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The magic of nature and physics!
(P.s. Dude, I sent you an email something like a week ago??)
Que?
Que!
Email on 10/21 to your p@v.com address! I'll send it again...
(Did you get the Cute Overload link from 10/15? I sent it to you and Ona.)
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