Comment on This manhole placement is more than mildly infuriating

Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  easy peasy. just lift the 100 kilo chunk of iron with some tongs. /s

  1. manhole covers are heavy af
  2. if improperly handled they can take your finger in an instant
  3. that square cover might be able to fall into whatever it is covering.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. No
    2. No
    3. No

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  • zephr_c@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If that were an actual manhole you’d be right, but its obviously not.

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    1. Manhole covers are not heavy as fuck. They're meant to be able to lift out. I've lifted far larger ones than this no problem.
    2. This manhole cover is at most 30x30cm judging by OP's foot, so weights at most a few kilos.
    3. This is a small cover, probably covering a drain, not a hole to the centre of the earth. I have a few around the house. Cable tie, piece of string, lift it out no problem. You lift and slide it aside, it's not going to fall in unless you're a complete moron.
    4. If you're worried that this would take your finger off, you're the kind of person who should hire an electrician to change a light bulb. The electricity will kill you in an instant, don't ya know.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because 10lb is so heavy

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  • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They really aren’t that heavy. When I was little, maybe 5 or 6, me and my best friend went to a construction site (excavators and cranes, so cool), snuck around on there during off hours (probably super dangerous, but here I am) and took some metal hooks, made from that metal grid stuff they use often in construction.

    We then went and opened the actual manhole covers in my backyard with them, and even climbed down there (not that interesting, basically a few meters deep, with a small open sewage line running at the bottom).

    Long story short, two pre school boys could open them by themselves in the 90s

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• Cosmos7349@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The twist: OP is actually the one who twisted this into the wrong orientation in the first place

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  • lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    🤣

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• sygnius@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a risk that if you try to turn the square cover that the cover will fall into the hole. It’s really strange that it’s square and not round.

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s really strange that it’s square and not round.

    It's not even slightly strange. These are incredibly common all across Europe and presumably the world.

    The chance of it falling in the hole is zero unless you're trying to do it on purpose. Lift and slide, done.

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  • zephr_c@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m pretty sure the reason is that the hole isn’t deep enough for it to matter. That’s nowhere near big enough to be a manhole.

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    • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      99% a cover for an inspection hole for the nearby drainpipe.

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    • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I've worked in construction and renovations for years and do all my maintenance.

      99% chance it's to service the nearby drainpipe.

      As you say, it won't be particularly big.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not how geometry works

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    • blargerer@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes it is.

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Depends. The cover is resting on the inside lip which prevents moisture getting in. Ie. this cover is actually significantly bigger than the hole it's covering.

        Eg. if this cover is 25x25, but it's covering a hole which is less than 18x18 (c=25.5), it'll be quite hard to drop the cover in.

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      • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The problem is the hole is smaller than the cover. If they were the same size it would fall though

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The cover is resting on the inside lip that's smaller than the outside lip, prevents moisture getting in, and probably small enough that this won't actually fall in easily if at all. Something like this:

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    • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes it is

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• BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or do it to post a picture

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  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But that wouldn’t be /c/mildlyinfuriating

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