truckloads of neat cement… not too many people have seen that around Jack Trice Stadium.Neat cement can get rather sloshy depending on how much water you use.
(But also not a good replacement for concrete in a retaining wall)
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Yeah, more likely to see loads of whiskey or scotch being served neat on game day in the parking lots.
I was a sophomore then and spent plenty of time in those bars as well. That was when you had a choice of going downtown or hanging out in campustown.Your post had me doing a quick google search. Cement mixers do sound disgusting. Great ingredients: Bailey’s Cream and lime juice. But the combo equals curdled cream……yuck!
I may have been to Cy’s Roost. I was in a bar in that general area in the 80’s.
Fun fact: Cy’s Roost used to Cy’s Lounge before the building was destroyed in the 70’s (look at the sign in the photo). https://www.amestrib.com/lifestyle/...ves-think-ya-used-enough-dynamite-there-butch
* unless there was both a Cy’s Lounge and Cy’s Roost
I didn’t do the bar scene too much. The only ones I remember for sure being at are Whiskey River on Main, the Tip Top and a bar in the basement of a building sitting where Dunkin Donuts is now (across from campus).
Wow, looking at campus with google maps, I hardly recognize it with all the new buildings!!
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Drove by that place a few years ago. Gal out front weighing in at least 200, smoking, tiny little outfit, talking to half dozen desperate guys. Guess there's demand for that.
That sounds right. I went there a couple of times when I lived on the corner of Hyland and Lincoln Way (in an old sorority house that had been converted to a rooming house).
Yes. Got to witness a young lady named Rebel earn tuition money there.
And with the recent discussion, I was a little nervous about any "long boom" references...
To be sure I knew where you were talking about, I checked Google Earth. Turns out I’m old—the little KwikShop (and the whole block) is gone.
To be fair, the old rooming house I once lived in at Ash & Lincoln Way is long gone.
Oh. And to be on topic, I’m quite disappointed I missed seeing the long boom stretch for that pour. I’ve been watching guys wander around the walkways, doing nothing that I can see on my phone.
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I saw that they are using big styrofoam blocks on the inside of the retaining wall in lieu of soil. Typically the engineer relies on the weight of the soil as weight to prevent the tip-over of the retaining wall. Must've been cheaper to increase footing size and use foam vs. compacting all the soil at the inside of that wall.
