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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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On 28 Jul 2025 20:46:53 GMT
rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

> > That may well be so - but I'd be willing to bet that they *didn't*
> > make a habit of *not checking where they'd put the end of the
> > bridge* and trusting that it'd work itself out as long as they
> > built extra.  
> 
> I'm not sure how to parse the double negatives but it reminded me of
> a local project to build a railroad overpass over a new road. Short
> story -- the crew building the rail bed missed the bridge. It was
> only by a few feet but I'm sure it was quite a cat fight while they
> figured out who screwed up.

A more-than-usually-literal segmentation fault...!