Anyway special special day getting to talk about potholes.
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Pressure continuing to build on gilt, but as with Thursday the morning was worse than the afternoon. I wonder if that shows some confidence coming from North American markets? Seems like buyers step in early afternoon and swing the yield back down.
In any case, the 10-year is hovering just below 4.9%. Politically, I suspect that 5% is going to be the red line, if it breaks through 5% Labour will have to either increase taxes or cut spending, and with the concern over growth, it is almost certainly going to be the latter.
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Iâm on the 16.48 to Hayes (Kent) via Catford Bridge pissing myself laughing.
Thanks, Noo_Noo.
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A pleasure.
Can we talk about concrete repair systems next? So much going on with degradation of concrete.
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Yeah, the video i posted above pretty much says this with lenders pretty much forcing austerity.
I see that as a short term solution. Long term they really need to be taxing wealth.
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Funny you should mention it!!!
The local pool at West Wickham has been closed for months because of a concrete/structural issue, but not RAAC-related. Every time we drive past, Little SBYM says, âDaddyâŚwhen will the pool open again?â
Please discuss.
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Taxing wealth is extraordinarily difficult in this era, because most wealth can move so easily. Land cannot, but most capital can just leave.
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If we are talking infrastructure, the Canada thread is that way â>
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@Arminius with all the good news today!!
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I have run out of words to describe how fucking far off the deep end this charlatan is.
Deadset criminal she gets to draw a pension from the UK taxpayer.
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âmedia needs to be fixedâ says the self-professed champion of free speechâŚwho was in Cabinet for years while a scandal she now says is a burning issue was being managed.
Only saw this because of her nonsensical comments on bond yields. A non-trivial amount of the debt load the UK is carrying right now is because of the spike in yields she caused almost singlehandedly.
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Looked it up. 1967 building. Quick guess is the overbuilding and the structural elements will have been designed with low cover to reinforcement. Low cover, 1960âs concrete, construction quality and a damp environment I bet the rebar is rotting and blowing out the concrete surface in places
Not very spectacular. Cant beat a bit of ASR (I closed a bridge on the M5 with that once) or chlorides. Acid attack is also a good one. Gave Welsh Water some bad news on that front.
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Let me guess Canadian potholes are like canyons
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Theyâll be American potholes at some point this year when Canada becomes annexed.
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Sinkhole.
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Does Trump know about this?
Let me guess the Canadians will pay
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Im sure mexico and denmark can be made to pay for it.
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A local repair as you say will probably be an hour at most. It will likely be Cold Lay as well (out of a bag) and would involve 3 men and a drop side. So say 10-20 if 2/3 are in the same patch.
@redalways if it was a large section, you would need a Sector 50 road act permit to close the road, that can take upto 10 weeks. This will involve traffic management and a knock on effect to the local area. You will probably also need to consult the local utility companies - cost.
At minimum you would have a planer, a paver, a couple of bobcats in terms of machinery and 2-3 gangs.
This comes with logistics costs, hire costs, waste disposal costs, material costs, etc.
Then your white liners, which is another gang of lads, another wagon and more costs.
Itâs a shame because there it is such a nice drive on brand new roads. You glide rather than survive 
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