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Stories that the Elite Media(tm) refuses to run ...

Not quite sure what to make of this.

Bridge in Palembang may collapse due to excessive urination
Muhammad Uzair, The Jakarta Post, Palembang
The Palembang Transportation Office will soon reroute heavy vehicles from Ampera bridge to the Musi II bridge in the near future because a section of the Ampera bridge continues to slope at an angle and cause an inordinate amount of resonance during heavy traffic.


Read about it here.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:-OHksS_rlqMJ:www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp%3Ffileid%3D20041127.D03%26irec% 3D10+urination+palembang&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_id

In fairness, if this really is the cause, I would have thought that sections of the NY subway would have collapsed ages ago.

[AnotherSillyAlias]

Well, apart from piddling all over the foundations, this might have helped a little too:

Another problem that was pointed out was that people had stolen pieces of the bridge.
In 1998, when the country was simultaneously in a state of euphoria and confusion sparked by the reformasi movement, thieves were known to have dismantled some parts of the bridge. They climbed the tower and cut off several parts.

[Ed]

Well, apart from piddling all over the foundations, this might have helped a little too:

Another problem that was pointed out was that people had stolen pieces of the bridge.
In 1998, when the country was simultaneously in a state of euphoria and confusion sparked by the reformasi movement, thieves were known to have dismantled some parts of the bridge. They climbed the tower and cut off several parts.


Ain't that a pisser.