[HN Gopher] Ladders last a long time: Reading Raphael Samuel
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       Ladders last a long time: Reading Raphael Samuel
        
       Author : pepys
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-05-17 13:53 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | neonate wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/PZjJr
        
       | IncreasePosts wrote:
       | A very literal case in point:
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       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo_(Jerusalem_and_Be...
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       | That ladder has been there for probably 300+ years
        
         | paulryanrogers wrote:
         | It looks like wood out in the elements. Wouldn't it have rotted
         | to dust after a few decades?
        
       | hi-v-rocknroll wrote:
       | Speaking of ladders, about 2020 I recycled the last 2' of a 30'
       | aluminum sliding ladder after the rest of it melted into
       | nothingness when a forest fire burned the very large shed the
       | ladder was stored in. There wasn't much left but a hole in the
       | ground.
        
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