Bin's controversial dimensions

Santiago Garcia Banhos sgarcia at uf-isf.es
Wed Nov 29 09:33:26 CET 2000


Don:

>From: Blasco Pisapia
>           1- the depth gauge is 100 feet high, hence the vault should
>measure
>              about 120 feet in height;
>           2- in the Bin there are 3 cubic acres of cash;
>  Of course, 3 cubic acres is not a real measure, but if it were, then
>the Bin should be about 3 times as big: 360 feet.
>>Yes, I go by the depth guage since that has been used so often, so
>>clearly,I could hardly ignore it. And I think Barks' exterior views of the
>>Bin have always looked like they were of an approximately 12 +- story
>>structure. If anyone can think of how to also respect the 3 cubic acres of
>>cash bit, lemmee know.

Maybe with a 260-feet basement? :-)

Or even a easier solution: the bin could have been built 100 feet high, and
years after was enhightened to 360 feet due to money-storage problems. ¿Uh?

Santiago.




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