asked Sep 6 '11 at 21:08

is it the reason for deleting?

back in my childhood days there were two concrete roads, both leading to the same spot which is an old airport, converted from ww-2 era military air base

not sure why the roads were made of concrete plates, but must be some reason behind

since my summer house was exactly near the airport, I rode bicycle to there very often and it was weird, because of the relatively wide gaps between the plates filled with wooden planks. Made an interesting ride

@Rilakkuma no its a dumb troll answer from a new user.

the question is fine.

wood in the roadway is really unusual. Might be as a cracking/movement relief.

please call me dumb but I only see two answers there and both seem somewhat legit

googled few concrete road pictures and noticed that most have more narrow gaps than those I've seen near the summer house

it is likely that the reason is related to the climate, though. It gets approx -30C during the winter and same, but with plus sign in summer there. 60 degrees difference requires some gaps for expanding and shrinking

Oh okay it'll be gone already

Can you see this ? bicycles.stackexchange.com/posts/47526/revisions

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OK well it wasn't an answer, it was trolling.

I see! Well, good it's gone. :D

have not been here for a long while. How is PeteH doing? I remember he have had some health problems and wonder if he is good now.

No idea - He's not been in for a long time

@peteH are you alive ?

@Criggie just a random shot, do you understand stuff about management accounting, such as BEP calculations and stuff?

nah

I had 19 different teachers for accounting in my 5th form year.

Our assigned teacher was with us for exactly 4 days in the entire school year

why so many? (not like I don't have a clue why, but want to hear an opinion)

.: I don't understand accountnig.

Unions - the main teacher was chairman of the teacher's union and was forever away on union business. But he had to be a real teacher too, else he's not eligible to be in the union.

crazy

so the school used any warm body that was available to teach the class

I see. The reason for asking was because last year i thought "why not?" and using the newly acquired lack of fear of England acquired from PeteH entered Master's study in one of English universities. And now we are having accounting there and I am all like: @_@

yes, it is super hard to find good accountants, not even speaking about accounting teachers

our instructor now is also a little weird, but there's nothing much the uni can do

heh

bach in Latvia I've studied in one of the best schools at first, then in a mediocre college and now the English uni took back that almost forgotten feeling of a "good school". Very nice and unexpected after so many years.

@Criggie speaking of unions, how powerful are they where you are?

Depends totally on the industry. There is no computer-wallah's union because the field is too new. On the other hand the teacher's union rules with an iron fist, and has massive bargaining power. I used to work at a school (not a teaching role) and could see first-hand how much disruption they could cause by having a stopwork meeting or a strike day.

Unions are good to have on your side in event of a dispute

I see. Sounds good. Here, in Japan, unions are mostly "to keep the corporate harmony", which is exactly what unions do normally, just the totally opposite.

No, unions should work for the workers. Not the corporate

I know! That's why the "totally opposite" remark.

in the briefing of my current company we were given an unambigous instruction, which was along the following lines: "if you feel like you are abused in the company, go to talk with your manager, not the union, because if you get union involved, we and every other corporation in the industry blacklists you as a troublemaker"

which sounds rather frightening. Truth to be said, the company is good and does not do much abuse.

"the company is good and does not do much abuse"brilliant line

I always thought the bits of wood in concrete roads where left over from pouring

yeah a good company doesn't need unions. A bad one does, to protect the workers.

alex: boxing? No that's normally fairly scrap wood and is certainly not treated for longterm ground contact.

Have you never seen concrete sections laid?

normally you box in an area, fill it with reinforcing rod / rebar, and then pour in wet concrete, which is cement mixed with aggregate.

then you tap it about with a hammer to release the bubbles, and float the top with a trowel.

wait a couple weeks then the boxing comes off

and you can pour the next section using the edge of the current section as boxing.

@Criggie wouldn't they need a gap to accommodate thermal expansion? I am not certain if i remember correctly: they put a thin strip of foam, maybe 1 cm, between plates for a pavement.