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Shrinkage that can't be blamed on climate change

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:50 am

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/surv ... c-28991476

The Washington Monument now officially 554 feet 7 11/32 inches due to a standardized measurement change an a bit of lightening damage. 10 inches less than previously claimed.
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#2 Post by mrkelley23 » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:14 am

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/surv ... c-28991476

The Washington Monument now officially 554 feet 7 11/32 inches due to a standardized measurement change an a bit of lightening damage. 10 inches less than previously claimed.
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#3 Post by a1mamacat » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:26 am

Bravo!

most men wouldn't acknowledge shrinkage of any kind......
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#4 Post by Bob78164 » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:12 pm

a1mamacat wrote:Bravo!

most men wouldn't acknowledge shrinkage of any kind......
And I was just thinking size doesn't matter. --Bob
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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:26 pm

Here's a news flash, there's plenty of guys out there that experience shrinkage well before they get to be the age of the Washington Monument and it wasn't anywhere near 554 feet to begin with.
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#6 Post by danielh41 » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:58 pm

Global warming (or at least art studio warming) is usually good to combat shrinkage.
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#7 Post by smilergrogan » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:13 pm

The last time I was in the Lincoln Tunnel it seemed unusually dry. I wonder if that was due to climate change.
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#8 Post by rayxtwo » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:11 pm

Officials have been looking at surveillance camera footage to see if Tom Brady or Bill Belichick were anywhere near the monument in the last few months.

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#9 Post by silverscreenselect » Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:59 pm

rayxtwo wrote:Officials have been looking at surveillance camera footage to see if Tom Brady or Bill Belichick were anywhere near the monument in the last few months.

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Brian Williams actually went to the top of the monument when they built it to measure the exact size.
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