OT: Death of a tradition

[billbeck451]

Fight for your right for unlimited crab legs at the casinos

[RaginScotsman]

A chocolate fountain is the stuff of nightmares.

[Turbine]

Many many caterers use the buffet model.

[Turbine]

Mandatory masks will SAVE the buffet.

[ZoomZoom]

Well, here’s what is coming for churches. Don’t see traditional communion at Protestant or Catholic Churches much longer.

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[NOCajun]

Mandatory masks will SAVE the buffet.

Until someone slips the ladle under his/her mask to take a taste. 😖😝😜

[ZoomZoom]

Along with buffet and communion, brick and mortar universities are about to take a hit. When costs of attendance going up and on line being offered discounted, times will be changing faster than we all thought 6 months ago.

[HelmutVII]

Along with buffet and communion, brick and mortar universities are about to take a hit. When costs of attendance going up and on line being offered discounted, times will be changing faster than we all thought 6 months ago.

You are correct. Dorm fees, cafeteria fees etc. gone. If you think student attendance at football games was bad. It will be really bad from now on. Cajun Field renovation .......history it's dead.

[Esqueleto]

You are correct. Dorm fees, cafeteria fees etc. gone. If you think student attendance at football games was bad. It will be really bad from now on. Cajun Field renovation .......history it's dead.

This may be the end of college sports as we know it.

[CajunEXPRESS]

You are correct. Dorm fees, cafeteria fees etc. gone. If you think student attendance at football games was bad. It will be really bad from now on. Cajun Field renovation .......history it's dead.

Probably the university will have to weigh the cost of a mandated tare down vs renovation.

[facelessjonmoon]

Probably the university will have to weigh the cost of a mandated tare down vs renovation.

I don't see a renovation happening anytime soon with the oil & gas situation.

Seriously, other than the upper deck collapsing, at what point would a tear down be mandatory?

[CajunEXPRESS]

I don't see a renovation happening anytime soon with the oil & gas situation.

Seriously, other than the upper deck collapsing, at what point would a tear down be mandatory?

Don’t you believe that the upper deck will be condemned much sooner. The rebars are rusting more every year.

[HelmutVII]

Don’t you believe that the upper deck will be condemned much sooner. The rebars are rusting more every year.

While you will see some rebar rusting most of the rust you see at the underside of the upper deck are the feet of the high chairs. High chairs are used to keep the rebar up in the concrete at the design depth so the rebar will act as designed. I noticed that many of these areas were coated over. There are some rusted rebar that are exposed at the vomitories but they are not in the load path of the support of the upper deck. There is some rebar that I have seen that does indeed have rust on it, However, I have learned over the years that rust tends to expand to 3 to 4 times the volume of unrusted steel. It looks worse than it is. If it comes a time to condemn the upper deck, they will do it. No engineer will say "It's ok" when it isn't. Not gonna happen.

[CajunEXPRESS]

While you will see some rebar rusting most of the rust you see at the underside of the upper deck are the feet of the high chairs. High chairs are used to keep the rebar up in the concrete at the design depth so the rebar will act as designed. I noticed that many of these areas were coated over. There are some rusted rebar that are exposed at the vomitories but they are not in the load path of the support of the upper deck. There is some rebar that I have seen that does indeed have rust on it, However, I have learned over the years that rust tends to expand to 3 to 4 times the volume of unrusted steel. It looks worse than it is. If it comes a time to condemn the upper deck, they will do it. No engineer will say "It's ok" when it isn't. Not gonna happen.

I wasn’t suggesting it would be covered up, only that I was concerned. Certainly I’m confident that they would never let it become dangerous for economic reasons. Still at some point that may become a situation that can’t be pushed down the road. At that point the heavy cost of deconstruction may not be a big part of the restoration. In auto repair often access costs far exceed the cost of the damaged part and it’s actual installation cost. Hope you followed my thinking.