OT: Sinkhole at Austin Peay State - That's a whole lotta hole! (TWHS)
I know, probably WAY OT, but thought this was interesting.
Construction crews were doing some work on Governors Stadium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn. when a small 3 feet by 5 feet sinkhole opened up into a hole that is 40-feet deep.
Maybe no one will notice once football starts??? /s
And here I was thinking i was getting ahead of that by adding TWHS...
I'm ok with it if you don't mind me talking about your "kitty" :P
You leave MrsKass out of this!
I resemble that remark. Had to look up TWHS . . . just don't use txt/twitter/etc enough to know the slang.
Speaking of Mrs. Kass, I had a surreal experince at a confence last week. I was talking to someone who had on a Michigan shirt about Michigan sports, naturally. Didn't know the guy from Adam, but he kept on looking at my nametag with a puzzled look, and said, "Have we met before? I have this strange feeling that I know you from somewhere." Then the lightbulb went on. Turns out he is an mgostalker who reads everything, but never posts. And yes, he remembered my Mrs. Kass post meltdown. My 15 seconds of fame, in one small sliver of the internet world.
If only that would happen at Michigan Stadium. There's be at least ONE hole for RBs to run through.
/s(?)
I was going to add something about wishing this happened at Ohio State...and the whole stadium went under. I like your choice better.
That's where our missing line went.
I knew it was coming...and it didn't take long. Sad but true.
Looks like last year's offensive line.
/rimshot
Hmmmm... I just saw the new Godzilla. I believe this to be the origination point for a M.U.T.O. or Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism.
GO AUSTIN! GO PEAY!
it problematic that within the last year the phrase "sinkhole" has gone from like "what the hell is that" to "what do you know, another sinkhole." What the hell? Why is the earth falling apart? I mean, aside from the obvious reasons.
err...Nick
/s (maybe?)
It seems like there have been more sinkhole stories than usual this year. I wonder if it was the particularly brutal winter many of us had the misfortune of experiencing.
At least here in Metro Detroit, we have lost three or four 8-inch gas mains in Detroit due to sinkholes, and nearly part of the electric service to downtown because of the one that opened up on Jefferson. If they hadn't managed to get the sand in there quickly, we might have had a cable failure.
Then again, I have this image of some poor foreman coming back from a coffee break and seeing his guys standing next to their excavators and shouting, "WHAT DID YOU DO???"
They talked about that on the news today here in Nashville. That's the second sinkhole in the middle TN area in the last week. Both near construction zones. It was a colder than usual winter as well that helped to cause the sink hole. I believe the Louisville sink hole was a little more unique just because it happened in a tempature controlled envioronment where no construction had taken place as of late (I dont think?).
That stupid thing on Jefferson. When it opened up in January they said it'd be fixed by the 31st of the month, or a week later in February. Welp, guess what.
When I lived in Detroit for 14 years, we just called them potholes. They're everywhere.
Is this the preferred term now? Am I now the guy who says "handicap" and you say..."no, no, no, person with disability."
it is just now that "potholes" does not do them justice. There are potholes and then there are some of the things that on Detroit "roads" right now. Some fairly high traveled roads are nearly impassable, and there is not being much done about it.
...got it.
For a city called the motor city, you'd think the roads would be better.
"WOW!....what a hole" would be perfect here, but I'm too lazy
That hole opened up deeper and faster then Karen Duggars after the 19th kid.
17. but i got a B in calc 215.
I am sure there is a good MGrowOld's first wife comment in here as well.
this would have been a good story for Adrian Karsten to cover.
Let's Go Peay into a hole?
you would have thought Michigan's program was the pits. Go figure.
Loved this bro in Return of the Jedi.
Sinkholes terrify me. That is all.
You should be fine, just make sure you never walk on the ground.
Sinkholes are the brain aneurysms of the terrestrial world. You never know when one will happen, or if you'll survive it.
Sweet dreams.
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Okay, who called in the tip that Jimmy Hoffa was there ?
"Oh Shit! The work order says 40 inches!"
Jimmie's stepson was right there a minute ago...
Time for Sean Connery to brush off his suit and stand up....( Diamonds are Forever )
I'm glad we've got someone to fill his shoes