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Channeling Andrew
I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Channeling Andrew
On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 1:16:57 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. After all, bureaucrats have to make sure they're needed. |
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Channeling Andrew
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:16:52 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city. I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I was once "written up" during a safety inspection because a floor mounted drill press did not have a belt guard. when I pointed out that I couldn't reach high enough to stick my fingers in the belt drive, nor could the inspector, his answer was "nope, you gotta belt you gotta guard it" :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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Channeling Andrew
On 3/18/2021 3:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I see a few every week but I took Mr Lieberman's critique to heart and stopped sharing. The interested reader could probably find the two Citi Bike customers robbed of their crappy heavy rentals in NYC at knifepoint today. Now there's a game not worth the candle. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Channeling Andrew
On 3/18/2021 8:35 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/18/2021 3:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I see a few every week but I took Mr Lieberman's critique to heart and stopped sharing. The interested reader could probably find the two Citi Bike customers robbed of their crappy heavy rentals in NYC at knifepoint today. Now there's a game not worth the candle. I was astonished that someone would try the trick this guy tried - to "beat" a rising drawbridge, as might be portrayed in some action movie, but using (say) a Porsche. Part of my interest may have been triggered by an event in Amsterdam a couple years ago. My wife, a friend and I were walking around the city when we stopped on a bridge to gaze at a canal scene. Then some noise started up - a bell or whistle, I forget - and we looked around wondering what it was. Turns out we were standing on a drawbridge that was about to open. We didn't try any daredevil moves. We got off the bridge immediately. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Channeling Andrew
On 3/18/2021 8:17 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/18/2021 8:35 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/18/2021 3:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I see a few every week but I took Mr Lieberman's critique to heart and stopped sharing. The interested reader could probably find the two Citi Bike customers robbed of their crappy heavy rentals in NYC at knifepoint today. Now there's a game not worth the candle. I was astonished that someone would try the trick this guy tried - to "beat" a rising drawbridge, as might be portrayed in some action movie, but using (say) a Porsche. Part of my interest may have been triggered by an event in Amsterdam a couple years ago. My wife, a friend and I were walking around the city when we stopped on a bridge to gaze at a canal scene. Then some noise started up - a bell or whistle, I forget - and we looked around wondering what it was. Turns out we were standing on a drawbridge that was about to open. We didn't try any daredevil moves. We got off the bridge immediately. I did something equally stupid at 12 years old, just not fatally. Reasoning that riding a 3" highway stripe was ridiculously easy, I got halfway across a concrete foundation on a 4" steel beam. Hence my first stainless steel body parts. As with so many human tragedies, "Seemed like a good idea at the time". Which would make an excellent tombstone quip. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Channeling Andrew
On 3/18/2021 9:27 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 3/18/2021 8:17 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/18/2021 8:35 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/18/2021 3:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I see a few every week but I took Mr Lieberman's critique to heart and stopped sharing. The interested reader could probably find the two Citi Bike customers robbed of their crappy heavy rentals in NYC at knifepoint today. Now there's a game not worth the candle. I was astonished that someone would try the trick this guy tried - to "beat" a rising drawbridge, as might be portrayed in some action movie, but using (say) a Porsche. Part of my interest may have been triggered by an event in Amsterdam a couple years ago. My wife, a friend and I were walking around the city when we stopped on a bridge to gaze at a canal scene. Then some noise started up - a bell or whistle, I forget - and we looked around wondering what it was. Turns out we were standing on a drawbridge that was about to open. We didn't try any daredevil moves. We got off the bridge immediately. I did something equally stupid at 12 years old, just not fatally. Reasoning that riding a 3" highway stripe was ridiculously easy, I got halfway across a concrete foundation on a 4" steel beam. Hence my first stainless steel body parts. As with so many human tragedies, "Seemed like a good idea at the time". Which would make an excellent tombstone quip. Was that on a bike or walking? As a young and overconfident man, I once walked the center longitudinal beam of a bridge that was closed for deck replacement. It was maybe 30 feet above the bottom of a gorge and 20 feet across. All went well until I got to the intersecting beams at dead center. I stopped to look around, then suddenly froze. It took all my will power to go the rest of the way across. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Channeling Andrew
On 3/19/2021 10:28 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/18/2021 9:27 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/18/2021 8:17 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/18/2021 8:35 PM, AMuzi wrote: On 3/18/2021 3:16 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote: I'm channeling Andrew here, posting the bad bike news: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bicyclist...115205702.html The article's conclusion says: "The Downtown Development Authority has been working with the Florida Department of Transportation to install gates that would block people from going under the arms, Miami Commissioner Ken Russell said. “To me, this is about cycling safety and making sure the city, county and state have the right infrastructure to make cycling safe for everyone in the city.” I'm reminded of my time as a plant engineer, when the plant safety committee inspected a machine installation of mine and required additional guarding. It was not enough that an employee couldn't accidentally hurt himself. It must be impossible for an employee to _deliberately_ hurt himself. But you can't really make things foolproof. Fools are too determined and ingenious. I see a few every week but I took Mr Lieberman's critique to heart and stopped sharing. The interested reader could probably find the two Citi Bike customers robbed of their crappy heavy rentals in NYC at knifepoint today. Now there's a game not worth the candle. I was astonished that someone would try the trick this guy tried - to "beat" a rising drawbridge, as might be portrayed in some action movie, but using (say) a Porsche. Part of my interest may have been triggered by an event in Amsterdam a couple years ago. My wife, a friend and I were walking around the city when we stopped on a bridge to gaze at a canal scene. Then some noise started up - a bell or whistle, I forget - and we looked around wondering what it was. Turns out we were standing on a drawbridge that was about to open. We didn't try any daredevil moves. We got off the bridge immediately. I did something equally stupid at 12 years old, just not fatally. Reasoning that riding a 3" highway stripe was ridiculously easy, I got halfway across a concrete foundation on a 4" steel beam. Hence my first stainless steel body parts. As with so many human tragedies, "Seemed like a good idea at the time". Which would make an excellent tombstone quip. Was that on a bike or walking? As a young and overconfident man, I once walked the center longitudinal beam of a bridge that was closed for deck replacement. It was maybe 30 feet above the bottom of a gorge and 20 feet across. All went well until I got to the intersecting beams at dead center. I stopped to look around, then suddenly froze. It took all my will power to go the rest of the way across. My brand new first ten-speeder. Which escaped unscathed, unlike my arm. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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