Since we own one car, I often walk or bike to do errands. I came upon an absurd sight recently as I walked home.
The pedestrian and bike path was blocked by a flashing railroad crossing sign with the barriers down. There were no bikes, there were no trains, just me.
As I got closer, the arms raised again. To the right on the railroad bridge, I saw a worker. I realized he was manually activating the system to test it. It works!
Then I wondered if the gate should be more substantial, a racing cyclist might try to fly underneath…
What silly comment might you leave below? Gracias ; ) For serious comments, please see the Chilean democracy post from Thursday. ¡Olé! Rebecca
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I love your photo shares. They do make me want to put on a coat though. haha
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Thanks, Michele! We specialize in cold, snowy winters here; today is 0C/32F with flurries. 🙂
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Burrrrrr! 🥶
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When we’d visit relatives in AZ for thanksgiving, my dad would rent a convertible and drive it with the top down in the 50 degree weather. We’d see people gawk and shiver! Ha ha
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The winter is the absolute best time to open my sun roof. It is too hot in the summer! haha
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Los Angeles here is surprisingly warm this weekend, temperatures of 29C/84F! Very unusual in January, so I’m wishing for a bit of cold to lighten it up!
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I’ll throw a snowball your way! I’m happy with snow, but could we trade for an hour?
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Haha, of course!
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Our transporter room is ready ; )
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Hmm. I can’t think of anything witty just nw. As to your Chilean post, I’ve bookmarked it to read when I’ve got time to do it justice later today.
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Thanks for commenting so consistently, Margaret. It really makes my day.
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Happy to help 😉 !
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Interesting post, Rebecca. Our lives not only depend upon following safety rules, but also on the proper functioning of our automated safety devices.
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Yes, another good inadvertent metaphor!
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Thanks for pointing it out, Rosaliene. Love your perspective.
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If a cyclist did that, I would think that’s on them! I only know of one of these crossing’s here and when I think of a someone who gets to work with these rare crossings, it’s kind of cool!
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This isn’t a silly comment…it’s rather scary in fact. When I started school, I walked all the time as it was only about a mile from home. The problem was, there were railroad tracks and a depot between me and the school. Ninety-nine-point-ninety-nine percent of the time there were no trains at the depot. If there was one, it was parked so as not to block the crossing. On one particular day, I got to the depot and saw a long freight train blocking the crossing. Now what?
I could either go home and have to explain to my mom why I hadn’t gone to school; I could wait until the train left and be late to school having to explain to my teacher as to why. Or…I could duck under the train and hope no one noticed. And certainly hope the train didn’t start moving. I had no idea how long the train would be there and made up my mind to duck under the coupling. As I started towards the train, I heard a sudden, loud bang and saw the cars jerk. My heart almost exploded as I stepped back from the tracks. I sat down on a nearby bench to wait for it to pass on down the tracks, trying to get myself settled down. Never again would I even think about doing such a dumb stunt like that.
As I’ve grown up, that image has flashed thru my mind more than once when I’ve been faced with a dangerous situation. It taught me a lot about risk taking – when it should be done, when it should not be done, and when to trust you gut if you can’t answer the first two questions.
Good post.
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Thank, Larry. Glad you lived to tell the tale! Train safety is important.
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