Re: SF Railfans: Quint St. Bridge Replacement Starts September 28
Author: Just a Passerby
Date: 09-15-2015 - 10:09
BOB2 Wrote:
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> Mook,
>
> Not another rationale response, you've once again
> wasted, to a rather pointless comment...?
>
> It's not really about the "trains", or the
> weather, it's just more of the typical kind of
> frustrated pointless whining for no real reason
> that seems to haunt open sites on the internet.
> In this case, by someone who usually has more
> interesting things to say, but who has apparently
> never worked on big multi-year construction
> projects, where "rain" is just another factor to
> deal with.....just like most folks have to do in
> real life.
>
> Yes, rain can complicate things, when working "out
> doors". But, so what.... Doesn't heavy equipment
> work in the rain? And, most construction workers
> I've know usually have rain gear.....just in
> case....
>
> It is about the "trains" to document these changes
> in our lives and our history for future
> generations, many of whom now clearly have no idea
> of where we came from, how we got here, or where
> we're going.....
>
> My latest proof for that thesis came when I was
> watching the Walt Disney biography on PBS last
> night, describing Walt and his wife arriving at
> Los Angeles "Union Station" in "1928". It's yet
> another example of just how easy it is to "erase"
> "history", due primarily to the sheer ignorance of
> "history", which is so common in our
> "communications" majors, who make up most our
> media types these days.
>
> BOB2
^^^ talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
jeeze...