YMMV?
Gary
Chuck Utzman wrote:
> Rhkratzse@aol.com wrote:
>> CW, I'm trying to relate that to shear walls and engineering. Let's
>> see, get your engineer (as the homeowner) to engineer stronger walls
>> and then just use half of them .... No, that doesn't work.
>>
>> :)
>>
>> In a message dated 10/22/07 8:48:40 AM, chrisw@skypoint.com writes:
>>>
>>> On Oct 22, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Rhkratzse@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> > Somehow this reminds me of a method of "saving" money on medical >
>>> care: Just cut your pills in half and take half as much; it >
>>> "saves" you 50% of your med cost. Of course you might die,
>>>
>>> Maybe, maybe not. Save yourself half of your co-pays by having
>>> prescriptions written for pills with twice the required dosage and
>>> having the pharmacy split each in half. One prescription lasts twice
>>> as long so you pay half the co-pay over a year. Doesn't keep you
>>> from falling off a ladder but you do get the right dosage, and it
>>> works especially well for proprietary drugs with high co-pays.
>>>
>>> Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
>>> chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
>>> .......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
>>> 1864)
>>> http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/
>>
>>
>>
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> No. Reinforcing an opening in a shearwall & putting the tiedowns at
> the ends is a recognition of how the walls really function under
> load. In the mechanical engineering world, it is more akin to the
> difference between engineering a tractor & an airplane. A good
> engineer tries to find the right balance between cost & function but
> YMMV.
> Chuck Utzman, P.E.
>
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