Big Ben leans to the left; Phers call for it to be abolished

[vonuber]

Quite interesting, I'll have a look next time I go past.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/23/lea...

[alfaman]

So viewed from the other side - it leans to the right ....right??

[DonkeyApple]

I think the biggest problem facing the building is the fact that the original builders put much of the stone the wrong way around. It is a very dense, laminated stone which should be placed with the laminations horizontally so that the pressures of the building maintain a pressure on the layers, just as the rock has had for millions of years.

What they did was place them vertically, so not only over time does the stone have to contend with the removal of pressure on the layers but actually has to cope with the weight of the building attempting to separate the layers.

Net result is that you can can see masonry de-lamination all over the building and there is bugger all that can be done about it.

[Negative Creep]

doogz said:

alfaman said:

So viewed from the other side - it leans to the right ....right??

Yup, so it leans to one side. But if you look at it the other way, it leans to the other side.

So it averages out. Problem solved.

I bet the BBC will show it leaning to the left though, a typical example of their bias

[DonkeyApple]

doogz said:

alfaman said:

So viewed from the other side - it leans to the right ....right??

Yup, so it leans to one side. But if you look at it the other way, it leans to the other side.

So it averages out. Problem solved.

That's just a ruse. Whichever side you stand on it is leaning to Brussells.

[jmorgan]

Nothing to worry about, they have formed a committee to look over it.

[Willy Nilly]

Big Ben is the bell.

[DonkeyApple]

Willy Nilly said:

Big Ben is the bell.

'can be done to stop the tower that houses Big Ben leaning any further and to shore up Pugin and Barry's neo-gothic edifice.'

If the tower containing Big Ben is leaning, then surely on a technical basis, so is the bell?

[br d]

DonkeyApple said:

Willy Nilly said:

Big Ben is the bell.

'can be done to stop the tower that houses Big Ben leaning any further and to shore up Pugin and Barry's neo-gothic edifice.'

If the tower containing Big Ben is leaning, then surely on a technical basis, so is the bell?

Pendulum DA, don't matter which way the tower is leaning the bell is plumb straight.

[CaptainSlow]

Are we discussing St Stephen's Tower?

[CaptainSlow]

Just checked, Big Ben in the office leans to the left, he also dresses to the left..

[Ozzie Osmond]

[DonkeyApple]

br d said:

DonkeyApple said:

Willy Nilly said:

Big Ben is the bell.

'can be done to stop the tower that houses Big Ben leaning any further and to shore up Pugin and Barry's neo-gothic edifice.'

If the tower containing Big Ben is leaning, then surely on a technical basis, so is the bell?

Pendulum DA, don't matter which way the tower is leaning the bell is plumb straight.

Assuming the pivot point is dead centre?