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I would think that would have been better measured to establish safety parameters BEFORE the buildings were finalized.
"Hmm, an inch shy... I'm afraid we'll have to knock them both down."
"Move the dumpster a few more inches, that doesn't look like six feet."
Hey!
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Alright, alright, alright.
'I say, let's not be too hasty. Just move this building .5" over, and this one .5" in the opposite direction, and Robert's your avuncular figure.'
Iirc, Liverpool had a health crisis due the expansion of the city during the industrial revolution. A lot of streets were very narrow, making it very difficult to clean up waste and provide access to firemans.
If a street was too narrow, they actually would demolish one of the buildings to make space
Edit: or buildings in plural now that I think about it. You couldn’t just demolish one of them if they are so close
Luckily we contracted the Germans to do a lot of the demolition work, for free, in the 1940s
Maybe he's checking whether a horse can fit through there. That would probably be important when making a city map back then.
It also would've been better measured by holding the tape with the numbers facing him and the tip actually against the wall. Kind of reminds me of these stock pictures about any trade with someone lying bricks with the help of a hammer, using a stethoscope without putting it in their ears, or grabbing a soldering iron by the tip and probing into a computer board...
Unless the point of it was a verifiable record of the measurement, I suppose. I don’t really know the state of photography back then, if that would be cost prohibitive for a government to employ or even worth doing.
Welp, i'm afraid to tell you that these 12 buildings have to be moved
The sad part is that even if had important safety concerns, he’s from Liverpool, so nobody can understand a fucking thing he’s saying.
The saddest part is that he's using imperial units
Why are they called Imperial units again?
Because only Stormtroopers are that precise.
SCP-106 on his home dimension
What part of the city was this? I can’t tell.
Andrew street entries that lad. Me nan got stabbed there for nicking some arl bute's baccy from the wethys.
I'm convinced you're making stuff up on purpose to fuck with everyone else
I'm really not, I'll translate: That's the Andrew street alleyway, my friend. I know because I remember my grandmother being assaulted there with a knife after she relieved a disagreeable old gentleman of his tobacco in a nearby Wetherspoon's.
Sorry I meant British people as a whole more than just you, but thanks for the translation I find British slang very fascinating, cheers
I’m trying to imagine it with a scope accent
jesus christ I really hope you mean Scouse or Stoke
Autocorrect. scouse aye
I lived in Liverpool for a little over a year and your comment made me laugh. Thank you.
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That part is called "alley"
All what?
The North American Truck Builders should have hired that guy years ago before things got completely out of hand.
Henry Mudgett