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re: Shawshank Redemption question (spoilers)
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:50 pm to CocomoLSU
Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:50 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:I thought it was supposed to be ceramic.
That used to bother me. But he was a rock expert and would’ve known what rocks would have been hard and strong enough to break that pipe. That’s how I always straightened that out.
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Posted on 2/9/26 at 1:51 pm to PJinAtl
quote:Andy was sentenced in the 40s. Especially in smaller towns, commercial bankers actually had gravitas and cachet back then.
any bankers in your life? Can't speak for the 1940s, but today banks hand out VP titles like candy on Halloween. Very rarely does the title also come with a commiserate salary. I believe that trend at least goes back to the 80s if not earlier.
Posted on 2/9/26 at 2:12 pm to Sunnyvale
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The rock breaking steel pipe has already been pointed out.
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Bro it was Cast Iron not steel. Cast Iron will break.
As we have seen in New Orleans quite often-- most notably just a little over a week ago:
As it was a drainage pipe and not a water supply pipe, the one in the prison may have also been terra cotta, which was used for drainage during construction up into the 1950s. Stuff is very brittle:
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