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Yes the refs suck, especially the DEI Viking shield maiden but add the Weeks brothers, Haulsey, Delane and Perkins and this is a different game, even without Nuss and Anderson, despite the poor arse officiating.

I sold some to the same shop early last week and got $1 less than spot too. If spot was less volatile, sell price on eagles are normally higher than spot. When spot was $26 a year ago, eagles were $33ish.

Still holding much more but I’m retired and needed to fund a project. Spot was $63 when I sold. I think I started the run lol

I doubt there is a span table for a piling/round post because they aren’t conventionally used for that. I couldn’t even find a span table for a 8x8 timber which is odd. There is a very rough rule of thumb to use 1” of thickness and width for every foot you are spanning, which would be a true 12x12 timber, but that’s not with a 6k rolling load. 8” piles are way light.

Spent my career in construction and Eng, and I have multiple bridges on my land in MS, and also low water crossings which support loaded log trucks (80k lb). Bridges that I drive my tractors over, 1 has 18”x24” beams with 3x12 decking and the other is an 18 wheeler float trailer.

If it was mine, I’d use 18x12 (18” in vertical) minimum with 3x12 decking, all treated at .80 pcf. And make sure the bridge is in a straight section of the creek, or it will wash out. Broken concrete or rip rap on the upstream side of the bridge will help it not wash but it still should be in a straight run of the creek.

When I was a kid in the late 60’s early 70’s, on Friday night we’d go to dinner. Either Phil’s on Government or Ruby’s under the Perkins Road Overpass. It wasn’t just the shrimp basket or steak burger, it was also the community gathering that made it special, and both were always lit when an LSU game was involved.

Norm Sloan

I haven’t seen Texas Tech but LSU is good, and fairly deep even after the Reed injury. 9 players who are Jr, Seniors or grad students so also mature. McCoach knows he’s got to produce this year so he went all in on upper class transfers. I think is will be a competitive game on a semi neutral court.

It seems like the rating services usually get the 30 or so consensus 5 stars mostly right, but after that, especially below the top 100, you’re right, they don’t mean shite.

The Bobcats are at home by a fire drinking egg nog.

Compare where TT is this year vs 90% of the other power 4 schools. They spent more early because they could, and it paid off.

They hit large on this play.

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