Tuesday, September 19, 2017

The Good Ship is on the hard

After a long day, and a lot of time trying to tie a knot under water the good ship is again on shore and in the process of being readied for the winter.  With his famous addled mind Kadizzle forgot to get all the sewage out of the holding tank.  So this pleasant job will have to be done in an awkward fashion.  Mrs Kadizzle cannot conceptualize a person forgetting something.  Laying in bed discussing the matter Mrs Kadizzle was getting on his excellencies nerves.  Mr Kadizzle uses the same nuclear missile every time to remind Mrs Kadizzle she is not infallible.  A couple years back Mrs Kadizzle backed our recently purchased car into a young man's car.  Now anyone can make a mistake, but Mrs Kadizzle did it in a special way.  Mr Kadizzle knew the possibility existed that someone would back into the renters car, so gave the renter very specific instructions where to park the car.  Mrs Kadizzle over rode Mr Kadizzles instructions and told the renter how to park in the ideal place where she could back into his car.

Mr Kadizzle bought the Toyota because it has several good safety features. First, it has a backup camera, so you can see what is behind you. Failure number one for Mrs Kadizzle.  Second it has a beeping alarm to warn you if you are going to back into something.  Failure number two for Mrs. Kadizzle.  Add in the third element whereby Mr Kadizzle had the renter park in a safe place.  When Mrs Kadizzle did the damage there were three safety systems working to prevent the disaster. Mrs Kadizzle defeated all three.  If Mrs Kadizzle happens to read this you will hear an explosion in the surrounding area.

Mr Kadizzle spent his entire life trying to prevent accidents.  In the course of his career as a safety director many stories went across the desk about people who defeated safety systems.  Kadizzle can remember the dragline operator who stuffed a rag in the alarm horn that was to tell him he was about to create a mechanical disaster.  A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.

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