Showing posts with label cruising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cruising. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Pointless Transportation, the Series

 John Kennedy was told, there was no hope of winning Texas in the next election. He insisted on going to an even in a parade car to try to sway voters. He was assassinated. 

In the absence of hands on procedures, all work should be done from home. That would save a lot of money, time, environmental pollution, deaths from crashes. It is estimated that 10,000 of the 40,000 crash deaths take place during the commute. Highway hypnosis makes people arrive at work half asleep. Then tired people endure that sedative effect driving home. Sleepy people are as impaired as drunk people. Traffic deaths are surging despite improving technology in all aspects of driving. The most powerful way to drop these horrific tragedies would be to presume working from home in the absence of a hands on work requirement. 

In this case, wealthy and responsbile people decided to enjoy the sensation of being on a yacht. These are the sensations of poor people traveling from Europe to America. A storm arose, and their boat sank in 15 minutes. It also took a daughter. 

Let me see if I understand the concept of cruising, even on a city size liner. You made money. You own a beautiful, spacious home. It is comfortable. You trade your spacious home for a small cabin that is moving in 2 dimensions at the same time. You are crowded in with other people. You touch a handrail, and you catch the Norwalk virus. It gives you explosive diarrhea for a week. You watch less talented shows from Broadway or from Vegas. You have no escape. This is true during a hurricane like Helene, via Tik Tok.


 



9/2/2024: Audi boss Fabrizio Longo, 62, killed in 10,000-foot fall while mountain climbing in Italy. Mountain climbing, another form of pointless transportation. 

 James Dean

    - Date: September 30, 1955
    - Incident: Car accident in Porsche 550 Spyder
    - Location: Cholame, California
 Princess Diana
    - Date: August 31, 1997
    - Incident: Car chase and crash in Mercedes-Benz S280
    - Location: Paris, France
Paul Walker
    - Date: November 30, 2013
    - Incident: Car accident in Porsche Carrera GT
    - Location: Valencia, California
Ayrton Senna
    - Date: May 1, 1994
    - Incident: Formula One racing accident
    - Location: Imola, Italy
Steve Irwin
    - Date: September 4, 2006
    - Incident: Snorkeling accident with stingray
    - Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
John F. Kennedy Jr.
    - Date: July 18, 1999
    - Incident: Plane crash in Piper Saratoga, after skipping instrument landing class, and flying at night
    - Location: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Carole Lombard
    - Date: January 16, 1942
    - Incident: Plane crash in Transcontinental & Western Air DC-3
    - Location: Mount Potosi, Nevada
Ricky Nelson
    - Date: December 31, 1985
    - Incident: Plane crash in Douglas DC-3
    - Location: De Kalb, Texas

Buddy Holly.Date: February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy HollyRitchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson. It's snowing. The Beechcraft has few avionics, or weather information.  Let's fly it in an Iowa snowstorm. Oh, and the new wife is pregnant.