Common sense isn't.
After visiting the windmills, around sunset one evening we found our way to an abandoned mine. The opening was still accessible (unobstructed), and we looked around and took a few pictures.
There were two mine shafts.
The first is seen in the left center of this picture, and the
second was farther to the left. Towards the right, past the
Suburban, is seen the remnants of ventilation ducting. A steady
stream of water was draining out from the ducting, into a settling
pool, and down the hill.
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This blurry, poorly lit
picture shows the view from the opening into the shaft.
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This picture shows the
second shaft opening, which is nearly covered with brush and
debris.
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A few weeks later we took
these pictures of a piece of mining equipment next to the road a
short distance from the mine. By this time, workers were using
a bulldozer to cover the mine opening and prepare the area for
seeding. Subsequently, this equipment was removed.
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| Quote of the moment |
| All the experts here ... say “There will be no war.” They said the same thing all through July 1914.... In those days I believed the experts. Today I have my tongue in my cheek. This does not mean I am become cynical; but as President I have to be ready just like a Fire Department! |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. Letter, March 16, 1936, to Ambassador William E. Dodd. The Roosevelt Letters, vol. 3, pp. 173-174, ed. Elliott Roosevelt, George G. Harrup & Co., Ltd. (1952). Roosevelt saw the responsibility of his office as being obliged to provide leadership in times of crisis and be prepared for unwanted contingencies. This is one of the chief requisites for greatness in a national leader. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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