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"HeyBub" wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
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"HeyBub" wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


I think it's safe to say that nobody else in this discussion spent
any time in Long Island during the Shoreham debacle.

Agreed. But we do have people here who spent time in caves,
overseas, atop trees, in jail, flying airplanes, and negotiating
with a roofing contractor during the Shoreham debacle. They had as
much connection to the "deficiencies" at Shoreham as anybody living
on the same block.

Can you point me to an actuarial table somewhere with statistics of
fatalities caused by negotiating with a roofing contractor?

No, but inasmuch as homicides occurring during said negotiations are not
mentioned in the news, one can reasonably conclude that they a
a) Very rare, or
b) Very common.

"I don't know, officer. We were up on the roof. I explained all the
things that needed attention, and gave him a quote. He said I was out of
my ****ing mind. Next thing you know, he tripped over his shoelace,
fell, and landed head first on the concrete patio. It's an awful
tragedy, to be sure."