This sequence of photos is hysterical, and a hat top to Warwick Holder for sending me a copy. Its the story of an attempt to recover a lost car. Its an old one (2004) and took place in Roundstone County Galway
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Hi Dave,
I always use this sequence of photos in workshops and lectures to demonstrate "Learning from past experience"...See that the second truck driver's name is Michael Long...as if it is longer then the previous one, it will sure help...
Posted by Yigal Chamish | February 21, 2009 12:04 PM
Posted on February 21, 2009 12:04
The insight gleened here: Size is not all that matters; it's the angle of the dangle, too....
I apologize, really.
Posted by Mario Rosales | February 21, 2009 6:10 PM
Posted on February 21, 2009 18:10
Would it be cruel to point out that the last picture is a fake: http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/crane.asp ? One crane did go in, though.
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February 21, 2009 9:38 PM
Posted on February 21, 2009 21:38
Spoilsport Mark ...
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February 21, 2009 9:50 PM
Posted on February 21, 2009 21:50
Some things are too good to be true, pitty. I like the fake version more then the true version. Does this mean that truth has less meaning in life?
Posted by René Schoenmakers | February 23, 2009 11:01 AM
Posted on February 23, 2009 11:01
what comes immediately to my mind is -
"Woh!" followed by "Try harder just to make the same mistake twice"
Posted by Simon Goh | February 25, 2009 2:14 AM
Posted on February 25, 2009 02:14
In addition to learning from experience, another lesson we could draw from this story is to be a little wary of situations whose narrative structure is too good. (When there are forces within a story that make us so want it to be true, maybe that's the time to switch logical levels.)
But of course, even if the story is part-fiction, that doesn't stop us learning from it. We do need to learn from experience, and experience includes fiction. The story is therefore True (at some level) because it is Relevant and Meaningful.
http://demandingchange.blogspot.com/2009/03/learning-from-experience.html
Posted by Richard Veryard | March 2, 2009 10:49 AM
Posted on March 2, 2009 10:49