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Old 04-25-2019, 07:25 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ziggywas View Post
i cant believe i forgot (til now) the bridge of death.
before you cross it you have to answer some questions and its crossing is inevitable in the quest for the holy grail.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOyOM7wxlE
^ Good call on this scene that I'd forgotten, ziggywas.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
Quick side note: Read somewhere that it takes a crew just about a full year to paint the entire GGB - and as soon as they are done they start all over again.
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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg View Post
I think that's standard for longer bridges cause I remember hearing the same thing about the big dumbass bridge going to Wellesley Island in upstate New York.
^ When I was about 11, we were taught the same thing about this bridge in Scotland: constantly being painted, but this one takes four years to finish before going back to the start again. Even a kid can see there's a lot of fiddly paintwork involved:-
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