Subj : Re: Characters
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Sep 23 2020 07:11:00

Joe,

 >   Lately, on YouTube, I've been watching a few videos from Operation
 > Lifesaver Canada, showing the folly for trying to beat a train to a
 > railroad crossing, going around the gate, not looking both ways before
 > crossing the tracks, etc.

 JM>   I've seen a lot of static security camera videos of people doing
 JM> things like that.
 JM>   I put more trust in static cameras rather than someone just
 JM> "happening" to have a phone recording something.  I think a whole lot
 JM> of those are planned.

  Sort of wanting to make it look like they can get into a lawsuit to win.
Then, the "McDonald's Hot Coffee In The Lap" comes to mind. :P

 >   However, more of the "watching" has been soldiers coming back to
 > their families after deployment (for the holidays or permanently)

 JM>   Whenever I see newsreel film of soldiers from WWII (and others) and
 JM> see the sea of faces I wonder how many of them made it home safe.

  Likely far less than anyone wanted. :(

Daryl

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