Monday, June 26, 2023

Follow Up Monday

 

There is quite a bit of piling on following the death of five people in that submersible that was poking around the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic.

As I've noted here before, I'm not comfortable with tourists rummaging around the graves of the 1,514 people killed when the Titanic went down.  If you can afford it and know the risks, I'm not going to judge you.  However, the tourists did place the lives of the search and rescue people in jeopardy.

Independence Day is more than a week away, and the sound of fireworks already echoes throughout the neighborhood.  Many communities are trying to crack down-- limiting locations and hours where fireworks can be used.  Good luck with that.  There aren't enough police officers on the planet to enforce it, and the fine is a mere slap on the wrist.  Every police department and every fire department wants an end to consumer fireworks.  The legislature is indifferent because there is money involved, and as always, follow the money.

They took away our lawn darts years ago.  Explosives are still okay.