response 1 of 51:

Aug 4 22:42 UTC 1994

(Shouldn't this be in the tabloid conf?  ;-)

response 3 of 51:

Aug 6 02:08 UTC 1994

I know Greg's not making this up, because I can see it from the window
of my office. Maybe its related to the airport? (I'm just guessing)

response 5 of 51:

Aug 6 16:14 UTC 1994

Boy am I glad you posted this, I thought I was seeing things. I don't have
a clue as to what it is though.

response 7 of 51:

Aug 6 21:12 UTC 1994

I saw it today, on the wy to the Airport to pick up yagi, and it is indeed
weird.

response 9 of 51:

Aug 7 11:58 UTC 1994

So maybe Ann Arbor is an Ypsilanti wannabe rather than a Seattle wannabe.

response 11 of 51:

Aug 7 22:48 UTC 1994

Yes, and the flare at the top of the column looks like the beginning
of the bulb. The central tower would let them lift the panels that
form the bulb, for welding. If this is correct, we will have to watch
carefully how the extract the tower and close the bulb.

response 13 of 51:

Aug 8 04:36 UTC 1994

Maybe it's a big radar gun, since the spy planes have gotten too easy to spot.

response 15 of 51:

Aug 8 14:08 UTC 1994

That tower was constructed in the last month. I can see it out my window.
It rather dominates things. I would never have missed it.

response 17 of 51:

Aug 9 08:24 UTC 1994

Pattie, I am continually frustrated by a high degree of what I call
"fuzzy thinking" when I am trying to communicate with people. Way too
many people use it, and you just illistrated a prime example.

Consider:
1.) I was *speciffically* talking about a tower on the south side of I-94
    just west of State street. I was *very* specific in my original message
    about the location and description of this tower.
2.) You then stated in response #12:
    "I don't know what they are, but you can find these towers all over the
     place, along 23, etc.  I don't think there will be any more construction
     on this tower, since it's been as it is now for probably over a year."
3.) You will note in the above quote, that all you said was "on this tower".
    Myself, and anyone else following this discussion, would have to conclude
    that what *you* meant by "this tower" was the same one that myself, and
    everyone else here, had been discussing.
4.) However, on closer examination, I would have to guess that you actually
    have NOT seen the tower I was discussing along I-94. I would guess that
    you have seen a bunch of *other* towers and just *assumed* that they,
    and the one I was talking about, were one and the same. These kinds
    of assumptions are what lead to bad communnication.
5.) And finnally, in response #16, you confusingly state:
    "I'm talking about the red and white striped tower right near the
     intersection of Platt and Ellsworth, where Ellsworth jogs over I-94.
     That tower has been there for quite some time now."
6.) HUH?!? So when did the tower on Platt & Ellsworth enter the discussion?
    This illistrates what I call the: "Well, why wern't you reading my
    mind? Damnit!" school of conversational theory. In this mode of
    conversation, one or both parties goes off and continues part of the
    discussion or line of rationalization in their heads , but doesn't
    actually *say* anything. After a suitable interval, they again begin
    verbalizing again and just somehow assume this information has made it's
    way into the other person's head. Ussually, a fight will insue. :-)

Sorry to get off the subject, but this is kind of a hot button subject
with me, the medium in which we communicate here tends to aggravate the
problem, and a perfect example appeared here and I wanted to use it.
Maybe this should be linked to languages or something.

response 19 of 51:

Aug 10 21:24 UTC 1994

Again, what color was the antenna? ;-)

response 21 of 51:

Aug 12 00:09 UTC 1994

TOWNSHIP BUILDING ITS 1ST WATER TOWER
(RWOP from today's Ann Arbor News)
        Crews have been working for the past month and a half to construct
Pittsfield Township's first water storage tower, located just south of
Briarwoond  Mall off I-94 and State Street.
        The tank, sitting on 1 1/2 acres, will store about 750,000 gallons
of water and stand 155 feet tall, says Greg Elliot, director of community
development and utilities for Pittsfield.
        Construction should be finished with the $1.3 million structure
sometime during the fall, says Elliott.
        Township officials say the tower will improve water pressure to
homes and businesses.  In the past, there have been problems with weak
water pressure during times of high usage or when there are mechanical
problems or power failures.  During periods of high demand water pressure
slows.  But with a tower water is pumped high into the air and gravity
increases pressure, says Elliot.  The tower will allow for a nice even
steady water pressure and a good water supply, he says.
        Overall, Pittsfield Township provides water to about 3,000
customers, and the tower will serve about half of them, according to
Elliott, who added that plans for a water tower have been ready since 1987.

response 23 of 51:

Aug 12 01:59 UTC 1994

It is.  The "water tower" story is just a ruse.