[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 11/29/2011 11:56 PM, AEF wrote:
> On Nov 29, 12:45 pm, JF Mezei<jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca>  wrote:
>> AEF wrote:
>>> Well, understanding or otherwise, those who get the fat paychecks
>>> won't care until the limo they're riding in goes over a bridge while
>>> it's collapsing due to neglect due to lack of funding!
>>
>> This is happening in Qu bec.
>
> Is this a joke by you? The very name of the province is broken?
> Perhaps you could use an underscore to patch it up for now. (~_^)
>
>>
>> In the 1960s, a lot of money was spent to build Montreal into a large
>> city. A huge elevated and complex highway interchange was built in
>> montreal.  Well, this thing is expected to collapse any day now.  They
>> have people 7/24 applying duct tape to keep it together, but the govt
>> doesn't have the money to rebuild it quickly enough that it won't
>> cripple montreal's economy.
>>
>> Fiscal responsability since the 1990s has meant lots of cutbacks.
>>   And bridge maintenance cutbacks was something people didn't notice
>> until a bridge collapsed and an inventory of the province's bridges
>> showed that a whole bunch had been poorly maintained, were  reaching end
>> of life and many were closed until they could be fixed. For some
>> critical bridges, metal scaffoliding was added under it to help support
>> the bridge.

New York State had a similar problem.  A bridge on the NY Thruway 
collapsed and people found themselves taking a flying lesson without 
their wings!  Something like six hundred feet straight down!  I'd say it 
was a little late to start maintaining their roads and bridges!!

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