Read that again?

[DonM435]

Thanks for the interpretation!

[Solfe]

I like these manhole covers. They are about 12" across, but underneath is a 2" lip, so less than 8" across.

I didn't really get that until I clicked on the picture! Maybe they are warning off the rodents.

It's months and months later, but I am bemused by the fact that no one noticed that I opened it to see the large lip around the opening.

[grant hutchison]

It's months and months later, but I am bemused by the fact that no one noticed that I opened it to see the large lip around the opening.

Well, your report doesn't really imply that you'd done such a thing.
It's common enough to pass a technician who has the lid off one of these access points, and I presume I'm not the only person who takes the opportunity to peer over the barriers and see what's inside. Or, I imagine, you might just have knowledge of the regulations that govern the design of access covers that people walk on. So when I read your post I thought, That sounds about right. And I've never removed one of these covers in my life.

Grant Hutchison

[profloater]

I do like the “fatal to enter” writing. So blunt and to the point. But without giving away the danger that lurks beneath. I guess it gives some legal protection but risks crying wolf. And I love that answer to why many manhole covers are round, it is nearly the only shape with which the lid cannot fall down the hole. As a manhole nerd, the most production efficient steel one was devised by a German engineer. One skin is pressed to have hemisphere bumps and these are welded at their high points to a flat skin making a sandwich. Adding a flange all round completes the cover, or tile or pressure surface.

[Trebuchet]

Our cable system has "Music Choice" channels up in the 900 range. I probably have that on on "my" TV more than anything else. To get in the spirit the past couple of days I put on the "Sounds of the Season" channel. The "MC" channels have no advertising but stick some blurbs on the screen. Seen today:

"Celebrate the Festival of Lights with a Hanukkah Yule Log from Music Choice!"

Say what?

[Gillianren]

. . . They just aren't even trying, are they?

[Roger E. Moore]

"Celebrate the Festival of Lights with a Hanukkah Yule Log from Music Choice!" Say what?

Oy vey.

[DonM435]

...
If Ohio State ends up on the cusp of eligibility, there's sure to be a flap. Disqualifying them from the conference championship game would enrage many fans. On the other hand, they would still have a shot at the national championship without risking a loss here -- depending upon how that committee looks at unplayed games.

Update: With one more cancellation (this Saturday), OSU doesn't meet the minimum of 6. I suspect that the administration will alter the rules to let them in anyway.

[jamesabrown]

I'd say this headline is missing a pair of commas. Even with them it would be clunky.

Man angry deposit hadn’t cleared threw animal trap through Ann Arbor bank window, police say

[Extravoice]

There is an auto insurance company TV ad showing two astronauts riding a Lunar Rover on the moon.

Small print at the bottom of the screen says “Do not attempt.”

[Van Rijn]

Hah! That really made me laugh, though I haven’t seen the commercial. My first thought was that it was a joke, but then I wondered if it was suspected the guys in the rover were doing something that some Earthbound fool might try to duplicate.

[Grey]

It sounded amusing, so I had to look. And yes, they drive the rover off the cliff at the rim of a crater, relying on the reduced gravity to allow them a soft (ish) landing. It's a cute ad.