Re: Piping on TV

From: <Christopher>
Date: Fri Nov 07 2003 - 23:33:00 EST

>Let's face it, piping design and construction is pretty boring for
>those not actively involved in it.

Judging from my family's reaction to shop talk, most people's eyes would glaze over with the first 10 minutes. What might be interesting though would be a history of piping and pressure vessel disasters and the evolution of safety codes. There's lots of interesting history here. For example how many people on the list know what the worst maritime disaster is US history was all abot?

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<a href="http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw">http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw</a> Received on Fri Nov 07 23:33:00 2003