Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!oliveb!orc!bu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Manhole Covers Message-ID: <59791@bu.edu.bu.edu> Date: 27 Jun 90 14:08:21 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Reply-To: Sean Malloy Organization: Navy Personnel R&D Center, San Diego Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 460, Message 1 of 11 In article <9206@accuvax.nwu.edu> rees@dabo.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees) writes: >>Has anyone ever noticed non-round manhole covers? Nashua and Hudson, >>N.H. have TRIANGULAR ones - don't know what service or utility. >I think this has been discussed before. Round covers are popular >because it's impossible for the cover to fall into the hole. You're missing the other reason -- manhole covers are round because it reduces the complexity of the decision the workers have to make when putting it back. Sean Malloy Navy Personnel Research & Development Center San Diego, CA 92152-6800 malloy@nprdc.navy.mil P A T R I C K A. T O W N S O N (The Cheerful Iconclast) ptownson@cs.bu.edu ptownson@chinet.ch.il.us ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu Unique Zip Code 60690-1570 MCI Mail: 222-4956 AT&T Mail: !ptownson