Unrelated, but I just watched a video about a train accident and your post reminded me of it. In this one, a train had a quickly escalating problem that ultimately resulted in a rail switch getting moved after part of the train had already passed that spot. Catastrophe ensued.
A 134-foot concrete truss? I don’t think the truck driver was the only person at fault. That’s obviously an oversize load and I’ve always seen a vehicle in front and back of the truck, with OVERSIZE LOAD signs and flashing lights, clearing traffic and such. For something as large as this, there should have been coordination with the local police and whatever company operates that train track, to make sure the track was shut down for the necessary time.
That costs too much. Trucking stuff around must be deregulated to the max. Hell, why should the drivers have to be licensed?
Absolutely correct. At the very least, the cops should have blocked the intersection so the truck could pass through without having to stop for the red light.
They don’t! They have a right to travel and licenses are unconstitutional!
If only we required licenses these sorts of things wouldn’t happen.
If anything, the truck driver (in the case of the Chattanooga crash) may not have been at fault. Driving a truck carrying a load that size (and I’m still amazed at how big it was) was hard enough; it was up to others to ensure the route was clear of obstructions, including freight trains.
There is an RR crossing near my house that has a four-way intersection just after. The crossing is on a hill that is just high enough that you cannot see if there are cars stopped on the other side.
Someone spent us$3500 on a Dior advent calendar and claimed it was a rip-off, not worth a quarter of the price. Apparently they fail to comprehend the dynamic of designer label cachet.
But, to reiterate, someone spent $3500 on a fucking advent calendar.
It seems like it contains a small designer “gift” item behind each door. Perhaps their complaint is that even if you value these items assuming inflated designer label prices and add them up, it’s still only a fraction of the $3,500. I mean, imagine if someone gave you a budget of $3,500 and told you to and buy a bunch of “surprise” fancy little designer items, but you spent only $1,000 and pocketed the difference… that person would be upset with you, beyond the question of whether these designer items were really worth $3,500 / $1,000 / $50 in the first place. It’s an additional layer of ripoff.
One of the “gifts” was a candle in a can. A later “gift” was the fucking lid.
Dior’s official response:
“For many years we’ve been ripping you off by charging outrageous prices for products that aren’t particularly expensive to produce. We assumed that was what our customers expect from us, and this advent calendar continues that time-honored tradition.”
(Not really but it might as well be.)
Perfecto!
I worked for a few weeks around the holidays at the Seattle Fur Exchange many year ago. The manager received a box in the mail, which he unwrapped to reveal one of those plastic model airplane kits. He opened the box (not clueless, since he knew where it was from) to do a count of the labels inside. He explained to us that a hundred-dollar coat becomes a two-thousand-dollar coat with the right label.
“Do you work in business?” the prime minister asks the man at one point during the conversation, as he hands him a plate of sausages, toast and eggs.
“No, I’m homeless. I’m actually a homeless person,” the man replies.
Dude. You’re at a homeless shelter. People there are probably homeless. Even if they do have jobs, the odds are that there would be very few businessmen there.
Boy, that’s a “let them eat cake” moment if I’ve ever heard one.
Vandals damaged a 22,000 year old sacred site in a cave in Australia.
Kansas Kops bust dying man in hospital for THC.
My home state, ladies and gentlemen.
What’s next, impound all his worldly goods as a suspected drug trafficker?
Dr. Oz would’ve asked him if being homeless made it difficult to find the proper crudité ingredients.