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Re: Two jailed after bridge built by blind man collapses!
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Originally Posted by BBKing
The word 'theoretician' was an insult in those days (tantamount to calling someone a 'Frenchman'), which explains why a man who unable to explain his calculations could be a successful engineer.
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It's a good thing that changed though. Otherwise we'd have missed out on the Forth Rail Bridge. Even my wife thought that a stop to admire its beauty was well worth it.
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