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  • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I fucking hate Las Vegas. Had to go there in February for the World of Concrete this year and am fairly certain I got Covid, testing wasn't available yet so I just suffered for a week thinking I had the flu. The coworker I shared a room with was an anyone but Bernie lib, we watched Iowa caucus together. I remembering walking on the strip listening to Felix's monologue on how hopeless and lonley this country is. It was the weirdest feeling being around so much opulence and destitution in the same space.

      • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        A huge convention pertaining to concrete. I think it's in the top 10 for largest conventions.

          • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Sugar slows the chemical reaction of hydration. You cannot make a concrete milkshake as Andy Ngo would imagine. Adding a handful of portland cement to a milkshake will not make it stiffen up.

          • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Yes and no, It's a huge industry. I have done concrete for 15 years, my dad was a concrete contractor, he got me started as a teenager. I know alot about flatwork as I mostly finished.

          • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Every supplier or vendor in the industry gives out swag at their booths. Seminars consisting of lectures or hands on demos. This engineer, Tyler Ley, speaks there and he has some good youtube content.

    • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Oh cool, we might have met, my company sent me to World of Conrete too. Always love to see fancy new gadgets that don't work and fall asleep during lectures.

      • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Did you take any seminars? I attended the moisture and rebar classes, which were great, as well as the project management classes, which were absolutley useless.

        • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          I went to the five engineering ones, pretty interesting stuff although it was code heavy, which isn't as useful for us since we are Canadian. The hands on courses they do sound really neat though.