Falling five storeys from a New York rooftop changed my life

Post by rootusrootus » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 2:45 AM UTC

TwoBit wrote: post #88

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> The meaning is clearly that there shouldn't be a gaping hole on the top of a 5 story building that people can access. Or at least that you shouldn't walk around a building you're not familiar with at night. Looking at the pictures, I'd vote for another option. The roof of that building isn't designed for casual use. The wall around the edge of the building is calf-height with no railing. What they're doing is likel…

How do you know it's calf height? Did I miss that in this classically drawn out prose? There's a picture with him leaning over a ~4 foot high ledge. That ledge wasn't it?

Post by WalterBright » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 3:25 AM UTC

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My father served in the 8th Air Force at a time when the odds of completing a tour were about 20%. The airmen had various ways of coping with this, my father's way was to simply accept that he wasn't going to make it and just do his job as best he could. He told me that after the war, whenever he felt down, he'd think about what a miracle it was he survived, and would feel better. He lived to be 93.

Interestingly, the way the survivors have reckoned with it in the past 10-15 years at the end of their life was to build a number of monuments to their units at the 8th air force museum in Georgia. It's worth a visit.

Post by yownie » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 3:37 AM UTC

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everydayDonut wrote: post #42

I don't understand how he takes no meaning out of this. The meaning is clearly that there shouldn't be a gaping hole on the top of a 5 story building that people can access. Or at least that you shouldn't walk around a building you're not familiar with at night. Anyone who thinks there's no meaning to take from these kind of events is wasting a huge opportunity to learn that small things like a gap in a roof can mean…

This is thoughtful but stupid because it goes in the wrong direction - new York is already at being close to the pinnacle of protecting people from their own stupidity so to speak - does this person take zero responsibility for ambling in the dark on an unknown terrace without looking _while_ drunk? When do we tell people they are just clumsy and need to own up to it? Many new york rooftops are closed for this reason…

Post by ramraj07 » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 4:33 AM UTC

yownie wrote: post #115

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This is thoughtful but stupid because it goes in the wrong direction - new York is already at being close to the pinnacle of protecting people from their own stupidity so to speak - does this person take zero responsibility for ambling in the dark on an unknown terrace without looking _while_ drunk? When do we tell people they are just clumsy and need to own up to it? Many new york rooftops are closed for this reason…

He's just an idiot as far as I'm concerned.

Post by billforsternz » Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 5:05 AM UTC

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I find it bonkers that the surgeon had no prior involvement in reviewing the case before the patient is brought into the operating room. That's really scary.

Requiring a surgeon's consultation before scheduling seems like it would be a huge hassle to arrange, and greatly reduce the amount of surgeries they could perform. Beyond that, I'm not sure what benefit there would be to a surgeon independently reviewing the case early. Thinking about what they'll need you do in tomorrow's surgery would distract them during today's surgery.