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POD0000000004_S0000042 | BUCKY WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD | bucky wanted to change the world | |
POD0000000004_S0000043 | STARTING WITH BUILDINGS | starting with buildings | |
POD0000000004_S0000044 | SO HE STARTED MAKING THESE WEIRD STRUCTURES WHICH HE CALLED GEODESIC DOMES GEODESIC REFERS TO THE GEOMETRY OF CURVED SURFACES THE GOLF BALL BUILDING IN WOODS HOLE IS ACTUALLY THE OLDEST OF BUCKY'S DOMES THAT ARE STILL STANDING | so he started making these weird structures which he called geodesic domes geodesic refers to the geometry of curved surfaces the golf ball building in woods hole is actually the oldest of bucky's domes that are still standing | |
POD0000000004_S0000045 | THE STRUCTURE OF THE GEODESIC DOME IS BASED ON A LOT OF COMPLICATED MATH | the structure of the geodesic dome is based on a lot of complicated math | |
POD0000000004_S0000046 | BUT IN SHORT IT'S BUILT WITH A LOT OF TRIANGLES | but in short it's built with a lot of triangles | |
POD0000000004_S0000047 | A TRIANGLE IS A VERY STRONG SHAPE | a triangle is a very strong shape | |
POD0000000004_S0000048 | AND A DOME MADE OUT OF TRIANGLES IS EXTRA STRONG | and a dome made out of triangles is extra strong | |
POD0000000004_S0000049 | THAT MEANT THAT DOMES COULD BE MADE OF LIGHTER AND CHEAPER MATERIALS THAN NORMAL BUILDINGS | that meant that domes could be made of lighter and cheaper materials than normal buildings | |
POD0000000004_S0000050 | LIKE PLASTIC AND ALUMINUM INSTEAD OF STEEL AND CONCRETE | like plastic and aluminum instead of steel and concrete | |
POD0000000004_S0000053 | JOEL PETERSON IS GUNNAR'S SON HE DID MAKE A DEAL WITH BUCKY FULLER | joel peterson is gunnar's son he did make a deal with bucky fuller | |
POD0000000004_S0000054 | I DON'T REMEMBER HOW DAD MET HIM HE HE MAYBE CALLED HIM UP I DON'T YOU KNOW I MEAN HE TRACKED HIM DOWN ANYWAY AND BUCKY AND HIS WIFE CAME AND LIVED AT OUR HOUSE | i don't remember how dad met him he he maybe called him up i don't you know i mean he tracked him down anyway and bucky and his wife came and lived at our house | |
POD0000000004_S0000056 | AND AND THE FEELING IS THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE LIFE AS WE KNOW IT YOU KNOW THIS IS YOU KNOW WE'LL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN YOU KNOW | and and the feeling is this is going to change life as we know it you know this is you know we'll never be the same again you know | |
POD0000000004_S0000057 | AH THIS IS JUST HORRIBLE | ah this is just horrible | |
POD0000000004_S0000058 | ONE BUILDING | one building | |
POD0000000004_S0000059 | THERE WAS STUFF THAT HAPPENED THERE WAS THINGS STOLEN AND YOU | there was stuff that happened there was things stolen and you | |
POD0000000004_S0000060 | AH MEAN THERE WAS PAINT POURED ON THINGS THERE WAS THERE WAS JUST LOTS OF STUFF STUFF HERE MEANING PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ON TAPE | ah mean there was paint poured on things there was there was just lots of stuff stuff here meaning people didn't want to talk about this on tape | |
POD0000000004_S0000061 | BUT I JUST HAVE THIS MENTAL IMAGE OF A REALLY UGLY MOB UP IN ARMS ABOUT THIS DOME | but i just have this mental image of a really ugly mob up in arms about this dome | |
POD0000000004_S0000062 | THAT'S PROBABLY AN EXAGGERATION BUT YOU GET THE IDEA | that's probably an exaggeration but you get the idea | |
POD0000000004_S0000064 | AND ACCORDING TO JOEL IT WAS THE PLACE TO GO THE DOME WAS THE MOST ELEGANT PLACE AROUND I MEAN AT THAT TIME | and according to joel it was the place to go the dome was the most elegant place around i mean at that time | |
POD0000000004_S0000066 | IN A PLACE LIKE THE DOME | in a place like the dome | |
POD0000000004_S0000067 | YOU WORE A TIE AND THE WOMEN WERE ALL SPIFFED UP IT WAS A FESTIVE OCCASION AND THEY HAD A LIVE MUSICIAN | you wore a tie and the women were all spiffed up it was a festive occasion and they had a live musician | |
POD0000000004_S0000068 | SHE PLAYED THE ZITHER | she played the zither | |
POD0000000004_S0000069 | AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HAD DINNER WITH ZITHER MUSIC | and i don't know if you've ever had dinner with zither music | |
POD0000000004_S0000070 | IT'S RATHER PLEASANT | it's rather pleasant | |
POD0000000004_S0000071 | THE RESTAURANT IS RIGHT ON THE OCEAN | the restaurant is right on the ocean | |
POD0000000004_S0000074 | AND PEOPLE WERE MAKING THE AMERICAN DREAM COME TRUE AND I THINK THAT THE DOME WAS A SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A WAY | and people were making the american dream come true and i think that the dome was a symbol of the american dream in a way | |
POD0000000004_S0000075 | IT FELT LIKE A PROSPEROUS OPTIMISTIC TIME | it felt like a prosperous optimistic time | |
POD0000000004_S0000076 | IT MADE SENSE THAT THE DOME REPRESENTED THE FUTURE FOR SOME PEOPLE | it made sense that the dome represented the future for some people | |
POD0000000004_S0000077 | IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE WERE SOME REAL STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DOME FIRST THE STRUCTURE ACTED LIKE AN ACOUSTIC AMPLIFIER | it turned out that there were some real structural problems with the dome first the structure acted like an acoustic amplifier | |
POD0000000004_S0000078 | SO ALL THAT ZITHER MUSIC GOT BLASTED ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD | so all that zither music got blasted across the neighborhood | |
POD0000000004_S0000079 | AND A BUILDING WITH THAT MUCH GLASS WORKED LIKE A GREENHOUSE SO IT GOT HOT INSIDE | and a building with that much glass worked like a greenhouse so it got hot inside | |
POD0000000004_S0000080 | AFTER THE FIRST SEASON THEY COVERED THE DOME IN WHITE FIBERGLASS TO BLOCK OUT THE SUN | after the first season they covered the dome in white fiberglass to block out the sun | |
POD0000000004_S0000081 | THAT MEANT DINERS COULDN'T SEE THE STARS ANYMORE | that meant diners couldn't see the stars anymore | |
POD0000000004_S0000082 | GEODESIC DOMES DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT BEAMS THOSE TRIANGULAR WINDOW FRAMES DO ALL THE WORK | geodesic domes don't have any support beams those triangular window frames do all the work | |
POD0000000004_S0000083 | EACH FRAME RESTS ON THE ONE NEXT TO IT WHICH CAN BE A PROBLEM IF THE BUILDING MATERIALS ARE FLEXIBLE AND MOVE IN THE WIND HERE'S ARNIE GREPSTAD HE WORKED AT THE RESTAURANT SATURDAY NIGHT | each frame rests on the one next to it which can be a problem if the building materials are flexible and move in the wind here's arnie grepstad he worked at the restaurant saturday night | |
POD0000000004_S0000084 | HORRIBLE WEATHER OUTSIDE | horrible weather outside | |
POD0000000004_S0000085 | AND THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT | and this particular night | |
POD0000000004_S0000087 | AROUND SEVEN THIRTY WITH A CHOCK FULL RESTAURANT | around seven thirty with a chock full restaurant | |
POD0000000004_S0000089 | AND JANE TOOK HER UMBRELLA OUT | and jane took her umbrella out | |
POD0000000004_S0000091 | IT WAS JUST FUNNY | it was just funny | |
POD0000000004_S0000092 | BUT THAT FACT IS | but that fact is | |
POD0000000004_S0000093 | THE GEODESIC DOMES MOST OF THEM LEAK LIKE SIEVES | the geodesic domes most of them leak like sieves | |
POD0000000004_S0000094 | AGAIN JAY BALDWIN BUCKY'S FORMER STUDENT I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF BUCKY INSIDE HIS DOME | again jay baldwin bucky's former student i have a photograph of bucky inside his dome | |
POD0000000004_S0000095 | IN CARBONDALE | in carbondale | |
POD0000000004_S0000096 | WITH AN UMBRELLA IN ONE HAND | with an umbrella in one hand | |
POD0000000004_S0000097 | A BOOK IN THE OTHER AND A FLASHLIGHT IN HIS MOUTH | a book in the other and a flashlight in his mouth | |
POD0000000004_S0000098 | READING THE BOOK | reading the book | |
POD0000000004_S0000099 | AND THE THE UMBRELLA IS NEEDED | and the the umbrella is needed | |
POD0000000004_S0000100 | I TOLD BUCKY I'M GOING TO FIND OUT WHY DOMES LEAK | i told bucky i'm going to find out why domes leak | |
POD0000000004_S0000101 | AND HE SAID | and he said | |
POD0000000004_S0000102 | DOMES LEAK BECAUSE THEY'RE MADE BY AMATEURS | domes leak because they're made by amateurs | |
POD0000000004_S0000105 | I SAID I THINK THEY'RE LEAKING GEODESICLY | i said i think they're leaking geodesicly | |
POD0000000004_S0000106 | THE OWNER JOEL PETERSON SAYS HE PATCHED A LOT OF LEAKS EVENTUALLY JOEL WANTED TO RETIRE FROM THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS | the owner joel peterson says he patched a lot of leaks eventually joel wanted to retire from the restaurant business | |
POD0000000004_S0000108 | IT'S BEEN SITTING VACANT EVER SINCE | it's been sitting vacant ever since | |
POD0000000004_S0000109 | I ASKED JOEL AND ARNIE TO GIVE ME A TOUR | i asked joel and arnie to give me a tour | |
POD0000000004_S0000110 | I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO TELL THEM I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE BEFORE | i can't bring myself to tell them i have actually been here before | |
POD0000000004_S0000111 | WE HAVE TO PUSH ASIDE BRANCHES TO GET TO THE FRONT DOOR | we have to push aside branches to get to the front door | |
POD0000000004_S0000112 | IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE | it's been a few years since i've been here | |
POD0000000004_S0000113 | AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I NEVER REALLY WANTED TO COME BECAUSE I MEAN | and to tell you the truth i never really wanted to come because i mean | |
POD0000000004_S0000114 | AND IT IS INCREDIBLY OVERGROWN I MEAN IT'S JUST SAD | and it is incredibly overgrown i mean it's just sad | |
POD0000000004_S0000117 | TELL YOU WHAT THIS IS AH NOT A PRETTY SIGHT | tell you what this is ah not a pretty sight | |
POD0000000004_S0000120 | I CERTAINLY I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING IT RESTORED ON THE OTHER HAND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS EXPENSE TO PUT THIS BACK | i certainly i wouldn't mind seeing it restored on the other hand i think it's going to be a tremendous expense to put this back | |
POD0000000004_S0000121 | SO IT'S IT'S WITH TWO | so it's it's with two | |
POD0000000004_S0000122 | OPPOSITE EMOTIONS THAT YOU LOOK AT IT | opposite emotions that you look at it | |
POD0000000004_S0000123 | BUT YOU HAVE TO BE REALISTIC AND UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CHANGE HERE IN LIFE | but you have to be realistic and understand that things change here in life | |
POD0000000004_S0000124 | IN TWO THOUSAND AND SIX A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PLANNED TO BUILD CONDOS ON THE SIDE AND FOR A WHILE IT LOOKED LIKE THE DOME MIGHT BE TORN DOWN | in two thousand and six a real estate development company planned to build condos on the side and for a while it looked like the dome might be torn down | |
POD0000000004_S0000125 | BUT THEN A FUNNY THING HAPPENED | but then a funny thing happened | |
POD0000000004_S0000127 | AND THAT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE | and that's going to be expensive | |
POD0000000004_S0000128 | SO THE WHOLE THING IS IN LIMBO UNTIL MORE CONDOS ARE PRE-SOLD AND REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT MOVING QUICKLY THESE DAYS | so the whole thing is in limbo until more condos are pre-sold and real estate transactions are not moving quickly these days | |
POD0000000004_S0000129 | IF THE DEVELOPER CAN'T PRE-SELL ENOUGH CONDOS TO JUSTIFY THE COST OF RESTORING THE DOME | if the developer can't pre-sell enough condos to justify the cost of restoring the dome | |
POD0000000004_S0000130 | THEN THE WHOLE DEAL COULD FALL APART | then the whole deal could fall apart | |
POD0000000004_S0000131 | IF THAT HAPPENED THE DOME WOULD STAY AS IT IS NOW CONTINUING TO DECAY | if that happened the dome would stay as it is now continuing to decay | |
POD0000000004_S0000132 | WAITING FOR THE NEXT OUT OF TOWNERS TO COME POKING AROUND WITH A FLASHLIGHT | waiting for the next out of towners to come poking around with a flashlight | |
POD0000000004_S0000133 | THE PERSON WHO SEEMS LEAST SENTIMENTAL ABOUT THIS IS JOEL PETERSON | the person who seems least sentimental about this is joel peterson | |
POD0000000004_S0000134 | IF I WERE DOING THE PROJECT THAT THEY TALK ABOUT DOING | if i were doing the project that they talk about doing | |
POD0000000004_S0000135 | I'D TEAR IT DOWN | i'd tear it down | |
POD0000000004_S0000136 | BE HONEST WITH YEAH | be honest with yeah | |
POD0000000004_S0000138 | WHY NOT | why not | |
POD0000000004_S0000139 | MAYBE IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL TRANSPARENT PLACE AND PEOPLE WILL GO THERE AND DO | maybe it will be a beautiful transparent place and people will go there and do | |
POD0000000004_S0000140 | FANTASTIC ENERGIZING WORK THAT WILL HELP HUMANITY WHAT DO YOU THINK WE WOULD LOSE IF IF IT WAS TORN DOWN | fantastic energizing work that will help humanity what do you think we would lose if if it was torn down | |
POD0000000004_S0000141 | WHAT WOULD WE LOSE | what would we lose | |
POD0000000004_S0000142 | WELL | well | |
POD0000000004_S0000145 | WELL I THINK IT MEANS THAT WE WE'VE MOVED ON | well i think it means that we we've moved on | |
POD0000000004_S0000146 | AND AND THAT DREAM | and and that dream | |
POD0000000004_S0000149 | BUCKMINSTER FULLER CLAIMED THAT HIS IDEAS WERE FIFTY YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIME | buckminster fuller claimed that his ideas were fifty years ahead of his time | |
POD0000000004_S0000150 | AND NOW IT'S BEEN OVER FIFTY YEARS BUT DOMES HAVE NOT REPLACED TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT | and now it's been over fifty years but domes have not replaced traditional buildings but you know what | |
POD0000000004_S0000151 | I'M ROOTING FOR THE DOME | i'm rooting for the dome | |
POD0000000004_S0000152 | I THINK IT REPRESENTS BUCKY'S OPTIMISM THAT WE COULD SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS WITH GOOD DESIGN | i think it represents bucky's optimism that we could solve the world's problems with good design | |
POD0000000004_S0000153 | AND EVEN IF YOU COULDN'T | and even if you couldn't | |
POD0000000004_S0000154 | YOU COULD STILL STAR GAZE THROUGH TRIANGULAR WINDOWS | you could still star gaze through triangular windows | |
POD0000000004_S0000155 | LOOKING OUT OVER THE SEA | looking out over the sea | |
POD0000000005_S0000003 | IT CAN HARDLY BE A COINCIDENCE THAT NO LANGUAGE ON EARTH HAS EVER PRODUCED THE EXPRESSION AS PRETTY AS AN AIRPORT | it can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression as pretty as an airport | |
POD0000000005_S0000004 | AIRPORTS ARE UGLY | airports are ugly | |
POD0000000005_S0000005 | SOME VERY UGLY | some very ugly | |
POD0000000005_S0000006 | SOME ATTAIN A DEGREE OF UGLINESS THAT CAN ONLY BE THE RESULT OF A SPECIAL EFFORT | some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort | |
POD0000000005_S0000007 | THIS UGLINESS ARISES BECAUSE AIRPORTS ARE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TIRED CROSS AND HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THAT THEIR LUGGAGE HAS LANDED IN MURMANSK | this ugliness arises because airports are full of people who are tired cross and have just discovered that their luggage has landed in murmansk | |
POD0000000005_S0000008 | MURMANSK AIRPORT IS THE ONLY EXCEPTION OF THIS OTHERWISE INFALLIBLE RULE AND ARCHITECTS HAVE ON THE WHOLE TRIED TO REFLECT THIS IN THEIR DESIGNS | murmansk airport is the only exception of this otherwise infallible rule and architects have on the whole tried to reflect this in their designs | |
POD0000000005_S0000009 | FROM DOUGLAS ADAMS'S THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL | from douglas adams's the long dark tea-time of the soul | |
POD0000000005_S0000010 | I THINK SO MANY AIRPORTS WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW | i think so many airports were not designed for the things that they have to do right now | |
POD0000000005_S0000011 | AND SO | and so |
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