[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2011-11-30 15.01, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> 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!!

Since this thread refuses to die...
Be happy you are not living in Jefferson County, Alabama. They filed for 
bankruptcy about two weeks ago...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/us-usa-alabama-jeffersoncounty-idUSTRE7A87WW20111110

	Johnny