So with all the Cassie Edwards flap going on, I decided to try to write a scene that made use of some passages from some of my reference books. To see how hard it was to incorporate someone else's text into your own story (I figured it'd be way easier to just write your own dialogue!). I, however, have credited the source book with those fun 'hover the mouse text thingees' (I hope) so I won't get in trouble. But I think I did a pretty good job of seamlessly blending a pick-up story with some reference material. Please feel free to fawn over my 'accurate research' and 'great facts'. ;)
He eyed her warily. There were no visible warning signs, no band of razor wire encircling her heaving bosom. Sure, she was hotter than fresh asphalt in August, but he knew that even though it was law that
if the facility will be an “attractive nuisance” or is not considered to be reasonably safe, it may have to be fenced and/or signed, that didn’t mean it wouldn’t be foolhardy to whisk her off to his motel room, like a street sweeper brushes autumn leaves off the pavement. He threw caution to the wind, and not just any wind, like a soft spring breeze. No, this wind snatched up discarded plastic bags and wrapped them around tree branches, then continued to pummel them, making that obnoxious snapping noise.
He slid up to her, oozing down the bar like a punctured jelly donut. “Hey, did you know that
the primary function of an access hole is to provide convenient access to the storm drainage system for inspection and maintenance? As secondary functions, access holes serve as flow junctions, and can provide ventilation and pressure relief for storm drainage systems. What do you say about a little inspection?” His eyebrow raised suggestively.
She stared at him, then said slyly, “Well, you know,
discharge pipes are often used as outlet structures for detention facilities. The design of these pipes can be for either single or multistage discharges. I’m only interested,” she licked her lips, “in multi-stage discharges.”
Just then a buxom blond strode towards the pair like a mongoose dashing after a snake. She narrowed her gaze at him and said sharply, “I never thought I’d see your face around here again, considering. I’d have thought the shame would keep you away.” Her gaze settled on the other woman. “I really wouldn’t bother.”
“Hey!” he said sharply. “It’s not like I’m the only one at fault.
The hydraulic capacity of a storm drain is controlled by its size, shape, slope, and friction resistance. And
a change in head loss due to differences in pipe diameter is only significant in pressure flow situations. I think you might want to take a long, hard look at yourself before you besmirch the
skills of another person.”
“Excuse me,” the first woman said, “I think you are forgetting that
the correction factor corresponds to the effect another inflow pipe, plunging into the access hole, has on the inflow pipe for which the head loss is being calculated. I, for one, would be more than happy to experiment with a second inflow pipe and see what that does for my multi-stage discharge.”
He smiled at the first woman, and threw a scornful glance at the second. “You’d be well remembered that
most natural flow conditions are neither steady nor uniform. However, in some cases it can be assumed that the flow will vary gradually in time and space, and can be described as steady, uniform flow for short periods and distances.”
She snorted back at him like a pig rolling in particularly fine mud. “You just keep telling yourself that, hon.” She smiled at the other woman. “And when you discover his pipe diameter is undersized, don’t say I didn’t warn you. And remember, it’s all
a function of the angle of the incoming flow as well as the percentage of inflow coming through the pipe of interest versus the other incoming pipes. Don’t give credit where it’s not due.”
See, I bet you wouldn't even notice if I hadn't pointed it out! ;) Also, I did not realize how many suggestive phrases there were in storm water design...
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