I never knew that!

Mr Quatro · 02-19-17, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters

Cool! Then this building picture belongs in cool pic's, uh?

McBeck · 02-20-17, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Cool! Then this building picture belongs in cool pic's, uh?

I take pictures on a regular basis

Jimbuna · 02-20-17, 04:53 AM

America puts more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

Von Due · 02-20-17, 06:37 AM

Depth charges saw use as anti torpedo mines (reading a up bit on John Walker). That is one gutsy move.

Platapus · 02-20-17, 10:36 AM

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

Catfish · 02-20-17, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

America puts more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

prisons in the US are mostly privatized, it is a big industry.
So they have an urge to fill them up..

Platapus · 02-21-17, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

prisons in the US are mostly privatized, it is a big industry.
So they have an urge to fill them up..

I wonder if they are like the airlines and work with the courts to deliberately double book spaces?

An empty cell is lost revenue.

Platapus · 02-21-17, 05:33 PM

The Pentagon has twice the expected number of restrooms. The reason is that when it was built, Virginia still had segregation laws mandating separate restrooms for Whites and "Coloreds". The problem is that FDR signed EO 8802 in June 1941 eliminating discrimination in the Executive Branch.

What to do, what to do? The building, while under construction was governed under Virginia labour laws.

As the building was built in Virginia, the plans included separate (but equal?) restrooms. However, when the building opened and fell under the Federal control, the bathrooms were opened but never designated as restricted. For a short time, the Pentagon was the only government building in Virginia that had non segregated bathrooms.

Mr Quatro · 02-22-17, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The Pentagon has twice the expected number of restrooms. The reason is that when it was built, Virginia still had segregation laws mandating separate restrooms for Whites and "Coloreds". The problem is that FDR signed EO 8802 in June 1941 eliminating discrimination in the Executive Branch.

What to do, what to do? The building, while under construction was governed under Virginia labour laws.

As the building was built in Virginia, the plans included separate (but equal?) restrooms. However, when the building opened and fell under the Federal control, the bathrooms were opened but never designated as restricted. For a short time, the Pentagon was the only government building in Virginia that had non segregated bathrooms.

I didn't know that ... this would make great cocktail talk, uh? They could use the extra restrooms for the transgenders now couldn't they?

Just kidding ...

Thanks for this unusual topic being shared ... but how did you come by this information Platapus?

02-20-17, 04:53 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	America puts more of its citizens in prison than any other nation. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-20-17, 10:36 AM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-21-17, 05:33 PM	#8
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,373 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Pentagon: The battle of the bathrooms The Pentagon has twice the expected number of restrooms. The reason is that when it was built, Virginia still had segregation laws mandating separate restrooms for Whites and "Coloreds". The problem is that FDR signed EO 8802 in June 1941 eliminating discrimination in the Executive Branch. What to do, what to do? The building, while under construction was governed under Virginia labour laws. As the building was built in Virginia, the plans included separate (but equal?) restrooms. However, when the building opened and fell under the Federal control, the bathrooms were opened but never designated as restricted. For a short time, the Pentagon was the only government building in Virginia that had non segregated bathrooms. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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02-20-17, 06:37 AM	#4
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Depth charges saw use as anti torpedo mines (reading a up bit on John Walker). That is one gutsy move.