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 Jul 18 2007, 08:33 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48  |
QUOTE (chook @ Jul 18 2007, 02:35 AM)  Asphalt has less impact on you than concrete. I perfer dirt paths, but perfer not to ruin people's lawns. I should run back and forth in Chuck's parents yard. First 5 feet is public right of way! all the roads around here are concrete |
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Jul 18 2007, 10:36 AM
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 POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
I think your best bet would be to get a walker and a Crown Vic and to throw your soiled depends at whatever makes you angry.
-------------------- death to false dudes
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Jul 18 2007, 10:58 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Fedor @ Jul 18 2007, 11:36 AM) I think your best bet would be to get a walker and a Crown Vic and to throw your soiled depends at whatever makes you angry. this --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jul 18 2007, 01:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
so, be an inconsiderate asshole like the rest of em huh?
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Jul 18 2007, 04:24 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 18 2007, 09:33 AM) all the roads around here are concrete Wow. That must've been very expensive. I find it hard to believe though. It's a waste of money to pave residential streets in concrete as the load they take won't tear them up near as fast as major roads. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Jul 18 2007, 04:45 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
There's a bunch of concrete streets on my way to work too, on low traffic/residential roads. *shrugs*
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Jul 18 2007, 06:37 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (James @ Jul 18 2007, 05:24 PM) Wow. That must've been very expensive. I find it hard to believe though. It's a waste of money to pave residential streets in concrete as the load they take won't tear them up near as fast as major roads. hard to believe? i'd venture to say 90% of the streets in the entire greater houston area are concrete. and "it's a waste of money to pave streets in concrete because they last longer???!?!?!"  the logic baffles me here bud.in fact, my nine years in lubbock was the first and only time i'd seen that insane amount of asphalt instead of concrete... /shrug |
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Jul 18 2007, 09:13 PM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Concrete's very expensive, lasts about 30 years in a high traffic area.
Asphalt is very cheap, but lasts 3-5 years in a high traffic area. In a residential area, asphalt becomes a lot more economical, especially when you consider that if you're using concrete, you have to pay for it up front. But maybe there are problems with asphalt in the gulf region that makes it cost prohibitive. You also have a lot more money over there than we do out here. Hmm. Interesting anyway. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Jul 18 2007, 10:17 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (James @ Jul 18 2007, 10:13 PM) But maybe there are problems with asphalt in the gulf region that makes it cost prohibitive. You also have a lot more money over there than we do out here. Hmm. Interesting anyway. yeah it's somethin like that. humidity or somethin doesn't agree w/asphalt. i like it bc the roads are so nice and smooth (at least compared to west texas). |
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Jul 18 2007, 10:21 PM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
seems like it would involve settling and pot hols and stuff in wetter climates, etc. but i dunno
-------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jul 19 2007, 01:19 AM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jul 18 2007, 07:37 PM) hard to believe? i'd venture to say 90% of the streets in the entire greater houston area are concrete. and "it's a waste of money to pave streets in concrete because they last longer???!?!?!" the logic baffles me here bud.in fact, my nine years in lubbock was the first and only time i'd seen that insane amount of asphalt instead of concrete... /shrug your right, asphalt falls apart really quickly in humidity. -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Jul 19 2007, 08:29 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
is there some reason they couldn't use concrete in lubbock? that shit always baffled me... re-doing the damn streets every 2 years seemed like a waste to me... friggin 84 was redone twice in my time there.
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Jul 19 2007, 08:36 AM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
Not as much money to front the cost. Concrete is a lot more expensive than asphalt. You have a lot more land tax to fund stuff like that down there in the higher population density areas.
For instance, when I was working for TxDOT one summer, we were up by I-40 while they were redoing it, and I'm pretty sure I was told it costs $30M per mile to build. I was given numbers for roads made from hot mix and it was significantly less. -------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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Jul 19 2007, 09:23 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
right but having to redo the damn road every 3 years vs 30 years or more doesn't cost more? not to mention the inconvienence
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Jul 19 2007, 10:06 AM
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Fool Group: Members Posts: 2,127 Joined: 23-February 06 From: LBB Member No.: 56 |
It comes out about even. Again, the problem is funding. Yall have more to spend upfront than we do here. You have better grant proposal writers than we do here. If you pay for that 30 yr road with a loan with a high interest rate, then it becomes cheaper to pay for the 5 (closer to 5 than 3) yr road with no interest and using the money you have. And like you observed, we don't have the climate problems, so asphalt is a nice alternative here. Could be worse. We could just have dirt roads that are bladed every so often
-------------------- Spam? Isn't that something poor people eat?
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