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[theweaselking]

A landmark bridge in Indonesia's Sumatra island may collapse because too many people are fond of urinating on one of its steel pillars.

Public works officials have found that the Ampera bridge, the landmark of Palembang city, the capital of South Sumatra province, has begun to lean on an angle and rocks slightly when traffic is heavy, the Jakarta Post said.

An official at the public works department in Palembang, Azmi Lakoni, was quoted as saying the bridge had deteriorated because people often took a leak on one of its piers, corroding the structure.

"We are concerned that one of its main support piers has been weakened by urine, as it is a popular spot for locals to relieve themselves," Lakoni said.

He added that the acidic fluid's corrosive forces could attribute to an eventual collapse of the bridge.

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[curbslide.livejournal.com]

Not meaning to intrude or anything, but I noticed you've got me listed as a Friend. I don't mind, but... who are you?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I'm nobody in particular. When Warren Ellis started his new livejournal and posted the "find me if you can" challenge, humanpawn posted to mistersleepless saying "gotcha" - and since humanpawn had only about 30 friends listed, I opened them all as a quick and dirty brute-force way to find Warren without having access to the search function.

While I was skimming, I found you. Your stuff, particularly the kind of thing you have on http://www.livejournal.com/users/curbslide/24533.html
looked very cool.

So I friended you.