Posted on 09/03/2013 4:02:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ironworker James "Fish" Sturgeon, who carefully -- and quietly -- removed the old troll from his perch on a shaded steel beam Friday, told its maker that after cutting the bolts and grinding down the welds, he grabbed the beast to pull it off and met resistance.
"It was as if it was fighting back, not wanting to go, knowing there was still a bridge to protect," he told the artist. "I had to wrestle it off."
Another odd thing, the troll's creator notes: When it was removed its shadow remained on the girder.
"The protective and benevolent magical energy that the troll has been casting on the Bay Area commuters and all the bridge workers has etched the troll's image into the steel," he said Tuesday.
The Bay Area Troll -- er, Toll -- Authority, meanwhile, has been puzzling over just what to do with the troll, and whether to move it to the newest bridge, a single-tower suspension span that cost $6.4 billion and was many years in the making.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
World class.
Dress it up like one of the village people and drop it off in the Castro district. They’ll know what to do with him.
An airplane guy told me they would go from slide rule/drawing board to the flight line in 2 to 3 yrs.
Now with CAD and computers it takes 8 to 10.
SF .... probably gay magic.
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