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HASSAN ELRAMLI
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Lining By Asphalt

04/05/2012 11:50 AM

WHY ASPHALT IS NOT FIT FOR LINING OF HUGE WATER RESERVOIR.
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Re: LINING BY ASPHALT

04/05/2012 11:59 AM

BECAUSE IT IS TOXIC.

Bitumen is loaded with heavy metals. Bad for you and your pets.

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04/05/2012 12:17 PM

ASPHALT IS FINE. AS LONG AS THE WATER ISN'T INTENDED TO SUPPORT ANY FORM OF LIFE.

DM, just answering the question.
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04/05/2012 1:30 PM

I wonder...

If 400 or so of the regular CR4 club members all say pretty much the same thing about using asphalt as a tank liner, does that make us bad people?

CR4 Picture Day, 2011. Roger Pink snapped this photo

Maybe we are just a bunch of Little Rascals.

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04/05/2012 1:59 PM

Only if we all give each other GA's in kind.
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Re: Lining By Asphalt

04/05/2012 3:20 PM

HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!

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Re: Lining By Asphalt

04/06/2012 12:00 AM

Please ditch the all-caps.

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