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Bill Lancaster <[log in to unmask]>
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Bill Lancaster <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:57:18 -0800
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Which reminds me of what we used to say in the Navy:  There is the Right
Way, the Wrong Way and the Navy Way!

Bill

At 11:46 AM 12/17/1999 -0800, Michael D. Hensley wrote:
> >From The FAQ: http://www.urbanlegends.com
>
>T. Soldiers break step when marching over bridges (trivially observed).
>
>U. Bridge falls down if soldiers don't break step when marching over.
>
>Fb. Bridge falls down due to resonance if soldiers don't break step
>marching over.
>Broughton suspension bridge, England, 14 April 1831, fell under soldiers
>march, but
>prob just overloaded, not resonating. Mark Brader posted Times story!
>
>F. Otherwise sound bridge falls down if soldiers don't break step marching
>over.
>(There have been no documented instances of this)
>
>Notes:
>
>T means "100% scientific truth"
>U means "unanswered and may be unanswerable"
>Fb means "believed false, but not conclusively proven"
>F means "100% falsehood"
>
>
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