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From: Catman on 26 Nov 2009 14:17 Andy Bonwick wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:43:15 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge >> <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> typed >>> Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm >>> >>> I honestly don't see what the problem is, after all it *should* be >>> their choice to take such a risk. >> Just so. With a clear understanding that if it all goes pear-shaped, *no >> one* is coming in after you, you're on your own. >> > It's easy to say nobody would try to save them or go searching for the > bodies but the reality is that rescue teams would feel obliged to do > so. There would be a public health issue as well. Rotting body stuck (or not) in a washed out car.... -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: steve robinson on 26 Nov 2009 14:28 Andy Bonwick wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:43:15 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel > <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > > > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge > ><the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> typed > > > > > > Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. > > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm > > > > > > I honestly don't see what the problem is, after all it should be > > > their choice to take such a risk. > > > > Just so. With a clear understanding that if it all goes > > pear-shaped, *no one* is coming in after you, you're on your own. > > > It's easy to say nobody would try to save them or go searching for > the bodies but the reality is that rescue teams would feel obliged > to do so. > > > I'd give it a go, in their place. > > So would I if I was faced with getting out of bed an hour earlier to > go to work. > > The army should blow the bridges up and be done with it. It carries telephone , power cables as well as a gas pipe , its been reported that engineers are rerouting the services
From: steve robinson on 26 Nov 2009 14:31 Sean_Q_ wrote: > ginge wrote: > > Oh my god, people putting their own lives at risk. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8381395.stm > > The authorities seem very slow dealing with the problem > considering that the Viet Cong repaired bombed bridges > on the Ho Chi Minh Trail overnight. > > SQ The army engineers could sling a Bailey bridge accross there in less than 24 hours i'm sure
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 26 Nov 2009 16:05 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> saying something like: >There would be a public health issue as well. Rotting body stuck (or >not) in a washed out car.... Doesn't seem to matter most of the time, elsewhere.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 26 Nov 2009 16:07
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> saying something like: >The authorities seem very slow dealing with the problem >considering that the Viet Cong repaired bombed bridges >on the Ho Chi Minh Trail overnight. Yebbut, they had a million little yellow people and no need for safe working practices. |