RE: Was: Conducting Telephone...Now Interview Questions

["Nuckols, Kenneth M" <Kenneth -dot- Nuckols -at- mybrighthouse -dot- com>]

Edwin Skau asked...

> 
> OK, if round manhole covers have such excellent reasons to be round,
then
> why are rectangular manhole covers rectangular?
> And should they be called personholes to avoid being gender-specific?
> 
> > However, only the round covers *cannot* fall in.  The rectangular
> > and square ones can, and occaisionally do.
> >

1. Rectangular manhole covers are rectangular for several reasons:
   - to distinguish underground electrical / utility conduits from sewer
   - to meet street planners "cubist" themed design approach
   - to give bored teens in the town a chance for causing mischief
   - to make passers-by say, "Hey--that's a rectangular manhole cover!"

2. The International Society of Sewer and Underground Utility Personnel
(ISSUUP) has recommended that "manholes" be renamed "Underground Wet/Dry
Conduit Maintenance Access Vertical Passages" (UWDCMAVPs), and "manhole
covers should be "Underground Wet/Dry Conduit Maintenance Access
Vertical Passage Security Lids" (UWDCMAVPSLs). 

It just rolls off the tongue so much easier than "manhole," doesn't it?


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