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Creative Speculation

Stuart G

(38,726 posts) Wed Jun 30, 2021, 12:21 PM Jun 2021

What we cannot imagine going wrong, will still go wrong. Yes or No? [View all]

ok....Could you imagine a 13 story building collapsing in the Miami area?....Just collapsing all
...by itself, no earthquake, no odd weather....etc.....

........COULD YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT ONE??.

....well that happened..... or am I making that up?

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What we cannot imagine going wrong, will still go wrong. Yes or No? [View all] Stuart G Jun 2021 OP

Indeed. There seems to be no room in our minds for occurrences that might be or could be, yet Ninga Jun 2021 #1

Everyone thinks certain things .."won't occur"..I could name a dozen right now, Stuart G Jun 2021 #3

I understand what you mean now. For instance, an all electric car that charges in your garage. Ninga Jun 2021 #4

My speech to a 50 year HS reunion would ask... sanatanadharma Jun 2021 #5

That's just Murphy's Law Hekate Jun 2021 #2

Since 9/11, I believe anything can happen. Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #6

Of course I can believe it Of course I worked as an EMT here: flotsam Jun 2021 #7

LAMBIANCE PLAZA CONSTRUCTION FAILURE...Killed 28 Construction wokers in 1987 Stuart G Jun 2021 #8

Thanks Stuart flotsam Jun 2021 #9