[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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Simple gasket screw-up shut down the bridge from New Jersey to Delaware for 6 hours on one of the busiest travel days of year

[mindburglar]

Somewhere a fat former governor is laughing.

[from occupied ga]

Ethylene oxide is nasty stuff. It is toxic and has a wide concentration range of explosive mixtures with air (which is why they use it in air-fuel bombs)

[gigster]

Tell that to the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger.

[Ikeon]

The title is misleading , A gasket can be simple , its the installation that takes skill and isnt always that simple. Thats why a good mechanic can make 100k a year installing “ simple gaskets”. A better headline should have said “ Gas leak shuts down bridge” and leave the ignoramic phrase “ Simple gasket” out.

[kenmcg]

Been there that night, unbelievable traffic jam. Only warning was “Bridge closed find alternate route”. Found our way out of rundown Wilmington thanks to “On Star”.

[Larry Lucido]

"See this gasket? I have no confidence in that gasket!"

[PAR35]

I’ll bet when they test the gasket, they’ll find it didn’t have any asbestos in it. Those asbestos gaskets work really well.

[Gamecock]

George, I have a very important job for you. I want you to come by twice a day and flush the toilet so the gaskets don't dry out and leak."

He had one job to do.

[SaxuminMD]

I know the site manager. He was furious the bad gasket leaked. he called for the shut down until they could confirm no other problems. Could not have come at a worse time -busiest travel day of the year.

[null and void]

A simple gasket failure killed seven astronauts.

[Vaduz]

Small things mean a lot it’s the little things that count.