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I would want to first investigate how it happened and take care of the victims and their families. Then I would start planning the shiny new thing.

by lukan 3y ago

laverya 3y ago
These two things can happen in parallel, unless we need to change how we design bridges to account for being rammed by neopanamax ships.
- giraffe_lady 3y ago
  We might want to consider it yeah.
  - lukan 3y ago
    Yes, some things can be probably improved, but making a bridge really resistant to a crash with a big ship would likely make it astronomically expensive. Maybe that at least not the whole bridge collapses, when something in the middle gets struck.
_giorgio_ 3y ago
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- lukan 3y ago
  As long as people are still in the water, I would be reluctant to use it for political gains, but you do you.
  - _giorgio_ 3y ago
    In Italy politicians promised to rebuild a fallen bridge, to repay the families, and to punish those responsible of the damage even before the funeral. Last thing was not perfect.
DonHopkins 3y ago
You're not qualified to run for president if you can't fart and chew gum at the same time. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/gerald-r-ford-1451818.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/gerald-r-ford-... >Lyndon B Johnson is often reported to have said of Ford that “He can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” What he did say was “He can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.” The US media deliberately misrepresented the remark in the interests of decency. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk_and_chew_gum_at_the_same_time https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk_and_chew_gum_at_the_same... >walk and chew gum at the same time (third-person singular simple present walks and chews gum at the same time, present participle walking and chewing gum at the same time, simple past and past participle walked and chewed gum at the same time) >(idiomatic, informal, chiefly in the negative) To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills. >Usage notes: Used in negative phrases to indicate incompetence, e.g. "He couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time." >1978, United States Federal Trade Commission, Statutes and Court Decisions, Federal Trade Commission: The philosophy communicated to T.E.C. salesmen was to enroll any person who could "walk and chew gum at the same time". Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE Ford on the Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg
- Gibbon1 3y ago
  I'm reminded of the press howling about how President Clinton needed to resign because his legal issues cough blow job cough prevented him devoting full attention to the presidency. Which was amusing since anyone paying attention could see it wasn't slowing him down at all. He went on to clobber Dole in the 96 election. Story about LBJ, one time a society matron buttonholed Lady Bird and told her that she needed to get LBJ to stop saying manure so much. Lady Bird said I will not because you have no idea how hard it was to get him to say manure.

I would want to first investigate how it happened and take care of the victims and their families. Then I would start planning the shiny new thing.

by lukan 3y ago

I would want to first investigate how it happened and take care of the victims and their families. Then I would start planning the shiny new thing.

laverya 3y ago

These two things can happen in parallel, unless we need to change how we design bridges to account for being rammed by neopanamax ships.

giraffe_lady 3y ago
We might want to consider it yeah.
- lukan 3y ago
  Yes, some things can be probably improved, but making a bridge really resistant to a crash with a big ship would likely make it astronomically expensive. Maybe that at least not the whole bridge collapses, when something in the middle gets struck.

_giorgio_ 3y ago

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lukan 3y ago
As long as people are still in the water, I would be reluctant to use it for political gains, but you do you.
- _giorgio_ 3y ago
  In Italy politicians promised to rebuild a fallen bridge, to repay the families, and to punish those responsible of the damage even before the funeral. Last thing was not perfect.

DonHopkins 3y ago

You're not qualified to run for president if you can't fart and chew gum at the same time. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/gerald-r-ford-1451818.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/gerald-r-ford-... >Lyndon B Johnson is often reported to have said of Ford that “He can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” What he did say was “He can’t fart and chew gum at the same time.” The US media deliberately misrepresented the remark in the interests of decency. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk_and_chew_gum_at_the_same_time https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/walk_and_chew_gum_at_the_same... >walk and chew gum at the same time (third-person singular simple present walks and chews gum at the same time, present participle walking and chewing gum at the same time, simple past and past participle walked and chewed gum at the same time) >(idiomatic, informal, chiefly in the negative) To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills. >Usage notes: Used in negative phrases to indicate incompetence, e.g. "He couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time." >1978, United States Federal Trade Commission, Statutes and Court Decisions, Federal Trade Commission: The philosophy communicated to T.E.C. salesmen was to enroll any person who could "walk and chew gum at the same time". Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bvxZgCryUE Ford on the Phone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIpAIqzbTg

Gibbon1 3y ago
I'm reminded of the press howling about how President Clinton needed to resign because his legal issues cough blow job cough prevented him devoting full attention to the presidency. Which was amusing since anyone paying attention could see it wasn't slowing him down at all. He went on to clobber Dole in the 96 election. Story about LBJ, one time a society matron buttonholed Lady Bird and told her that she needed to get LBJ to stop saying manure so much. Lady Bird said I will not because you have no idea how hard it was to get him to say manure.