A Real Gem

 Every once in a while you come across a real gem, worthy of its own blog post:

It must be totally fine to lean a ladder on 3 sets of tangled wires if it's bamboo.  As safety master Bishop Bruce Dallin pointed out:  you do have a guy holding it at the bottom.  Good point-- I won't worry any more.

Safety is not really a thing here.  There are large screws sticking up out of sidewalks an inch or two, twisted wire poking a foot out of fences or other barriers, rusted barbed wire lining a busy sidewalk, a long fall into deep water protected by a single rope, holes several inches deep every few steps on sidewalks, rotting wooden on well-traveled bridges, the wiring job you see in the pictures above is very organized compared to some....  I could go on and on and on.  HOWEVER we are warned every 5 minutes in the subway station that the floors are very slippery.  I don't doubt that they are if they are wet, but we haven't witnessed that yet (maybe we'll be very thankful for that incessant warning come winter?).  The emphasis just feels a bit disproportionate--all so interesting!