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Old 10-17-2017, 07:12 AM   #19 (permalink)
pete c
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Originally Posted by wdb View Post
Aluminum, riveted, like the 60 year old airplanes in which we still fly, correct? And not subjected to the extremes of stress and temperature. So let's say halfway through their practical lives, at most.

Oh my heavens yes. Hire someone to design a new chassis; lift, replace, repeat.

But it sounds entirely too practical for a bureaucracy with the depth and breadth of the US federal miasma.
this^^^^

The Federal government is absolutely incapable of doing anything with any sort of financial responsibility. I work for a company who's largest customer is the federal government (TSA) and the way they burn through cash is astonishing. I suppose I shouldn't complain as it keeps me in a well paid job, but as a tax payer it does bother me.
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