Cancer Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Secure your balls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 $136 sounds really light. I suspect insurance companies will add a skosh to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Sociotard said: $136 sounds really light. I suspect insurance companies will add a skosh to that. The insurance company also has to take over all the other effects. Like all those car repairs and the cleanup. It is easy to bash Insurance Companies, if you do not understand how important they are for a stable, modern economy: https://youtu.be/GKtNuzakzMA?list=PLmKXQuG1OdOyGI0ZyjgiqMQW9r03Fs60k&t=215 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 I wasn't bashing. I was just saying at least some of those cars were covered, and the insurance companies aren't going to take the expence without a fight. Of course, he is also likely to have his own insurance, which may come into play. Basically same as your comment. Sorry if I came across as bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 12 hours ago, Sociotard said: $136 sounds really light. I suspect insurance companies will add a skosh to that. Yeah, I am certain that the fine is larger than that, and there are additional penalties mandated by law if a spill occurs. I suspect the TV reporting crew botched that number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 ...nopenopenopenopenope... Titanic II to set sail in 2022, will follow path of original ship Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Oh, sure, after 110 years of anthropogenic climate change and exterminated the icebergs. Cheap shot. Hermit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Will the iceberg strike twice? (Three times is enemy action) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Sheesh you guys, don't you know iceberg jokes are for squares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 17 hours ago, Sociotard said: $136 sounds really light. I suspect insurance companies will add a skosh to that. In Oregon it used to be 450$ Differant state though. It would have been fun to stop by the shop, "what'd you find today?" "Wrote one driver for Improperly securing his balls"..."OK, I need more context..." Christopher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, Pattern Ghost said: Sheesh you guys, don't you know iceberg jokes are for squares? We are the IceBorg, Titanics are futile, prefer to be icesimilated! Lucius, BoloOfEarth and Duke Bushido 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Hermit said: We are the IceBorg, Titanics are futile, prefer to be icesimilated! But as icebergs are mostly water, does "icesimilated" simply mean a form of sinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 From 'razor gloves' to 'lipstick knife,' the man behind TSA's wildly popular and bizarre Instagram account unexpectedly dies at 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 23 hours ago, Sociotard said: $136 sounds really light. I suspect insurance companies will add a skosh to that. 13 hours ago, Christopher said: The insurance company also has to take over all the other effects. Like all those car repairs and the cleanup. It is easy to bash Insurance Companies, if you do not understand how important they are for a stable, modern economy: https://youtu.be/GKtNuzakzMA?list=PLmKXQuG1OdOyGI0ZyjgiqMQW9r03Fs60k&t=215 I suspect he will also have to answer to whoever is paying him to drive the balls to Salt Lake. Those look expensive, and while companies are not especially cruel in circumstances like this they will want to know the whole story because they're taking a loss on it as well. Insurance, especially on the industrial level, is economically vital. But when you take a loss, and the insurers thinks it's likely you will take another, it will have an effect. My current temp job is with an insurance clearinghouse. My opinions about health insurance are at best complicated, as I'm not sure the insurance model is a particularly good way to pay for healthcare. Insurance is based on the notion of spreading risk, which is in turn based on the motion that most of your customers will never have a claim (at least not a major one) freeing their money to pay the claims you do get. But everyone will have accidents or get sick at some point, so it seems the model would break down a bit in that field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Bazza said: Will the iceberg strike twice? (Three times is enemy action) If you don't learn from history it repeats itself, and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 “History doesn’t repeat itself, if it does rhyme.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Congratulations, and may the winner spend the money wisely and well As fort he rest of us, there's still the big Powerball jackpot Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Michigan city bans clowns on Halloween because they are too scary. https://www.ksat.com/news/no-clowns-allowed-michigan-city-bans-clowns-on-halloween Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: I suspect he will also have to answer to whoever is paying him to drive the balls to Salt Lake. Those look expensive, and while companies are not especially cruel in circumstances like this they will want to know the whole story because they're taking a loss on it as well. Insurance, especially on the industrial level, is economically vital. But when you take a loss, and the insurers thinks it's likely you will take another, it will have an effect. It appears the issue came from a 3rd Party that was responsible for packing those balls. The only mistake of the driver was that he apparently did not verify the load was properly secured. 10 hours ago, Michael Hopcroft said: My current temp job is with an insurance clearinghouse. My opinions about health insurance are at best complicated, as I'm not sure the insurance model is a particularly good way to pay for healthcare. Insurance is based on the notion of spreading risk, which is in turn based on the motion that most of your customers will never have a claim (at least not a major one) freeing their money to pay the claims you do get. But everyone will have accidents or get sick at some point, so it seems the model would break down a bit in that field. And that is why a single payer/single rate healthcare Systems is the only reliable way to go. The century is still young. Maybe the USA finally learns that in the next 80 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 hours ago, archer said: Michigan city bans clowns on Halloween because they are too scary. https://www.ksat.com/news/no-clowns-allowed-michigan-city-bans-clowns-on-halloween Clownaphobia, the last acceptable hate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 More formally designated, "coulrophobia." But Hermit, look who you hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pattern Ghost Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: More formally designated, "coulrophobia." Not to be confused with its MCU counterpart, "coulsophobia." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: More formally designated, "coulrophobia." But Hermit, look who you hurt. Well now I feel bad I used to know that word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 13 hours ago, Hermit said: Clownaphobia, the last acceptable hate WHat's wrong with hating clowns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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