Posted Dec 7, 2020, 10:26 PM
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Orig. frm Alpha Pectaurus
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Assiniboia, Man.
Posts: 2,873
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I have an analogy experience that happened to me recently.
In 2015 I bought this used tall computer desk from a second hand store. It worked really well for the laptops that I used on it.
Unfortunately, in the past year alone I burned thru 3 laptops due to carelessness of spilling water or coffee near them.
So this summer I decided to switch back to buying a desktop PC.
I had no LCD monitor, but a friend of mine said he had one he could give me.
The monitor is 20" and just fit on the desk.
One day as I was pressing the Shift key on the keyboard the screen did not light up. So I pressed the keys again.
Seconds later the whole desk came topping over to the right, towards my livingroom window.
Point is that in a similar way,, all the hollowcore and steel and glass that's being placed atop 40 year old piles that were meant for no more than a 20 storey building (based on 1974 drawings). It can only lead to a catastrophic failure at some point if something is not done soon.
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