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5 out of 10
A single explanation applied to everything it meets. When one member is carrying every load in the structure you inspect that member very closely indeed, and his doesn't survive the inspection. Five. I finished it, which may say more about me.
by@ivor_stackWritten 24 March 2026Read 25 March 2026
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