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minus-squareSeeMarkFly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoHow do you build ANYTHIING without a BLUEPRINT or a PERMIT??? I have to get a building permit to change my front door.
minus-squarebilgamesch@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 days agoYour absolute monarch doesn’t need those things. He’d proudly state “l’état c’est moi” if he was able to.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoRight, good reminder. He started this process without the proper permits, because a king needs no one else’s approval.
minus-squareMyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou walk in, say a bunch of words, approve all variances, and do it again the next day. That’s how you spend unlimited money
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoDemo doesn’t need a blueprint I guess.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoYes, it does. How else do you know what to demolish? Source: am former engineering draftsman. I can only assume the plans were drawn up a long time ago, well before any announcement.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoBlueprints aren’t needed if the project is going to be a boondoggle to swindle more cash out of investors. Just keep adding stuff, just keep claiming you NEED to add more stuff, and eventually you wind up with The Big Dig.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoSimple. You get in your excavator and start digging.
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd then have a big problem when you hit a sewer pipe or electrical cable.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI’m sure that “problem” only needs another few million dollars to fix. No one is getting paid anyway.
minus-squareNauticalNoodle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoJust change the door and store the old one in the shed or attic in case they tell you to revert your changes. -That’s what we always did.
How do you build ANYTHIING without a BLUEPRINT or a PERMIT???
I have to get a building permit to change my front door.
Your absolute monarch doesn’t need those things. He’d proudly state “l’état c’est moi” if he was able to.
Right, good reminder.
He started this process without the proper permits, because a king needs no one else’s approval.
You walk in, say a bunch of words, approve all variances, and do it again the next day.
That’s how you spend unlimited money
Demo doesn’t need a blueprint I guess.
Yes, it does. How else do you know what to demolish? Source: am former engineering draftsman.
I can only assume the plans were drawn up a long time ago, well before any announcement.
Blueprints aren’t needed if the project is going to be a boondoggle to swindle more cash out of investors. Just keep adding stuff, just keep claiming you NEED to add more stuff, and eventually you wind up with The Big Dig.
Simple. You get in your excavator and start digging.
And then have a big problem when you hit a sewer pipe or electrical cable.
I’m sure that “problem” only needs another few million dollars to fix. No one is getting paid anyway.
Just change the door and store the old one in the shed or attic in case they tell you to revert your changes. -That’s what we always did.
“If you build it, he will come”