tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post1271753594295003137..comments2024-03-28T21:08:05.411+01:00Comments on A Yankee-in-Belgrade: Risk your life!Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00241553607254199559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-75833117563119179632008-06-08T14:57:00.000+02:002008-06-08T14:57:00.000+02:00Are those antiquities showing in your photo? Like,...Are those antiquities showing in your photo? Like, walls in danger of collapse, is that the idea behind the sign? The English version does sound sinister.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-45980914023611232632008-06-02T16:34:00.000+02:002008-06-02T16:34:00.000+02:00Of course, this sort of thing has reached ridiculo...Of course, this sort of thing has reached ridiculous proportions in the United States. American law doesn't necessarily expect people to use common sense (and this applies to our government, as well). However, the opposite can be true. Some American states don't have motorcycle helmet laws, notably Illinois and California, and almost no one there uses them. The highways do not have signs reading "Caution: if you are dumb enough to ride a motorcycle at 60 mph / 100 kph without a helment, be sure your organ donor card is signed."<BR/><BR/>- Strangetastes<BR/>Attorney at LawBob Crowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276510331824603844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-47819200031711985182008-06-02T11:39:00.000+02:002008-06-02T11:39:00.000+02:00Well, the person should at least be happy he/she d...Well, the person should at least be happy he/she didn't die, and "only" broke a leg!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241553607254199559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-87713080403735858842008-06-02T11:04:00.000+02:002008-06-02T11:04:00.000+02:00If you go walking on a glacier in New Zealand ther...If you go walking on a glacier in New Zealand there is an equally explicit sign. Something like 'danger of death'. I forget it, exactly. I was in a group with three glacier guides and we had every kind of precaution. But guess what... our tour was held up for some time because someone had ignored the initial sign and gone into the area alone and, sure enough, fallen and broken a leg.parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5080984325144354995.post-38712180711470212492008-06-02T00:38:00.000+02:002008-06-02T00:38:00.000+02:00Bibi, thanks first for your dedication of this pos...Bibi, thanks first for your dedication of this post.<BR/><BR/>I've seen similar signs near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone NP. Common sense, where it concerns the common man (or woman) is anything but "common", "universal" ... or "the exercise of prudence". I see people all the time on mountain trials wearing flip-flops, or riding Harley's wearing tank-top, shorts and Birkenstocks. Dumb!! But, we humanoids have that curse of "free will" ... and of course we must exercise it.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is Caveat emptor. (The buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made.<BR/><BR/>~ChuckChuck Pefleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886326288618029812noreply@blogger.com