[QUOTE]I'd like to expand this idea beyond building a tunnel to the colleges. Think bigger... a public transportation underground system. Think how easy it would be to get from one place to another within the university if you could just hop on to a train/bus like service and get off where you needed to.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]I'd like to expand this idea beyond building a tunnel to the colleges. Think bigger... a public transportation underground system. Think how easy it would be to get from one place to another within the university if you could just hop on to a train/bus like service and get off where you needed to.[/QUOTE] I've heard the suggestion that we all get go-carts to ride around the tunnels in. That would really be cool. I suppose a little train would be fun too (but not as fun). =)[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]I've heard the suggestion that we all get go-carts to ride around the tunnels in. That would really be cool. I suppose a little train would be fun too (but not as fun). =)[/QUOTE] It would be awesome if we could have the tinkertown train to go through the tunnels we dig.. I wonder if we could steal it from there during the off-season..[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE] It would be awesome if we could have the tinkertown train to go through the tunnels..[/QUOTE] Brilliant suggestion. The tinkertown train would be perfect![/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]I'd like to expand this idea beyond building a tunnel to the colleges. Think bigger... a public transportation underground system. Think how easy it would be to get from one place to another within the university if you could just hop on to a train/bus like service and get off where you needed to.[/QUOTE] I heard our city is too small for underground public transportation. Suppose nobody is willing to take the cost risks…[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE]I'd like to expand this idea beyond building a tunnel to the colleges. Think bigger... a public transportation underground system. Think how easy it would be to get from one place to another within the university if you could just hop on to a train/bus like service and get off where you needed to.[/QUOTE] I heard our city is too small for underground public transportation. Suppose nobody is willing to take the cost risks…[/QUOTE] Well... we don't really need the underground transportation everywhere in the city. Just internal to the university. We already have some of the tunnels built, all we need is to get a motorized vehicle capable of carrying +or- 10 people at a time.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]...all we need is to get a motorized vehicle capable of carrying +or- 10 people at a time.[/QUOTE] I'd be interested to hear your method for carrying -10 people. =)[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE] It would be awesome if we could have the tinkertown train to go through the tunnels..[/QUOTE] Brilliant suggestion. The tinkertown train would be perfect![/QUOTE] You guys make me want to use the tunnels more! Well, only if you get the tinkertown train. I was on it this summer and it is just as much fun as when I was a kid about a million years ago.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE] You guys make me want to use the tunnels more! Well, only if you get the tinkertown train. I was on it this summer and it is just as much fun as when I was a kid about a million years ago.[/QUOTE] I went on it this summer too!! I think I was more excited than the little kids... I think we need to remain focused though! We've got a lot of digging to do.. does anyone have some spoons or stuff we can use to dig? If we do a little each day then it'll go by fast.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]...does anyone have some spoons or stuff we can use to dig? If we do a little each day then it'll go by fast.[/QUOTE] I wonder if a spork would work better.. I think could rummage up some plastic sporks. What do you guys think?[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE]...does anyone have some spoons or stuff we can use to dig? If we do a little each day then it'll go by fast.[/QUOTE] I wonder if a spork would work better.. I think could rummage up some plastic sporks. What do you guys think?[/QUOTE] How bout we round up all the cute annoyin little bunnies running about in Winnipeg and train them to dig for us :P Anyways I agree...we def need more tunnels... to St. Pauls, Johns and...U Lot.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE]How bout we round up all the cute annoyin little bunnies running about in Winnipeg and train them to dig for us :P Anyways I agree...we def need more tunnels... to St. Pauls, Johns and...U Lot.[/QUOTE] Hrm.. it would probably be difficult to train that many bunnies.. I'm thinking maybe some kind of high-velocity bunny-cannon-drill is in order.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE]I'd like to expand this idea beyond building a tunnel to the colleges. Think bigger... a public transportation underground system. Think how easy it would be to get from one place to another within the university if you could just hop on to a train/bus like service and get off where you needed to.[/QUOTE] I heard our city is too small for underground public transportation. Suppose nobody is willing to take the cost risks…[/QUOTE] Actually, I think it has more to do with the fact that the bedrock is quite deep and the city sits on a clay structure I have heard called "hardpan"... -b[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE][QUOTE][QUOTE]How bout we round up all the cute annoyin little bunnies running about in Winnipeg and train them to dig for us :P Anyways I agree...we def need more tunnels... to St. Pauls, Johns and...U Lot.[/QUOTE] Hrm.. it would probably be difficult to train that many bunnies.. I'm thinking maybe some kind of high-velocity bunny-cannon-drill is in order.[/QUOTE] I like your thinking.[/QUOTE]

Re: Think bigger!!!!

[QUOTE]Wow.. why didn't I think about that! Going to St. Paul's/John's is such a drag. Even my faculty (Human Ecology) connects to the tunnels! .. and that's HUMAN ECOLOGY for pete's sake. Tee hee.[/QUOTE]

Re: It's so cold, can't we dig them now?

[QUOTE]used to go to st. pauls a lot last year...it seems like its not part of the campus! definitely needs a tunnel there...since its snowy, why not an above ground tunnel?! lets do it up![/QUOTE]

Re: definite need of a tunnel

[QUOTE]Engineering books are in the Sciences and Technology Library, and the most recently received books are in the D.W. Craik Engineering Library. We also have a large number of print and electronic full-text journals in excavation engineerng too. You can find it all using the BISON online catalogue at http://umanitoba.ca/libraries Just sayin' ;-) --Ryan Schultz.[/QUOTE]

Re: Want to Dig a Tunnel?

[QUOTE]Cool, I really dig that information, thanks Ryan! :P[/QUOTE]

Re: Want to Dig a Tunnel?

[QUOTE]i'm so down for some good tunnel-age action from anywhere to st paul's...let's get a petition goin or somethin...lol[/QUOTE]

Re: TUNNEL! TUNNEL! TUNNEL!

[QUOTE]I agree. Preferably it connects the Helen Glass building to St. Johns and then to St. Pauls. Getting inside sometimes is a struggle because SO MANY people walk in and out! >>burn1down Sure, a petition is a great idea![/QUOTE]

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