My favorite is the weatherman I heard saying, "It's going to get colder as the temperature drops."
My doc from some years ago, when I commented on the plaster cast he was applying to my broken hand: "It'll cool down when the heat goes away." He, though, was kidding.
On the OP, I'm having a hard time seeing the downside of a government shutdown, especially after the one of a bit over a decade ago when various Departments had to furlough employees, and the EPA, among others, declared 90% of their employees excess and unnecessary, at least in the near- to mid-term.
My experience has been that with the exception of places like Mesa Verde, where you are not allowed off the beaten path, once you get 100' off the paved or most popular bark-covered trails, you lose 90% of the people. Get a mile up the trail, and you're down to 2-3% of the visitors going that far. Getting up early also helps.
I suspect the re-tweets and likes were done with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
As for closing down? The state of SD read the NPS the riot act when the NPS closed a state highway that allowed a glimpse of Mt. Rushmore during the last closing. The problem was that meant no fire/EMS/police service for a chunk of the Black Hills. The state opened the road and told the NPS to go, ahem, jump in a lake.
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"After The Narrows, the river widened."
I'm hoping the 16,200 who retweeted it and 123,300 who liked it were laughing.
Nobody goes to national parks any more anyway--it's too crowded.
My favorite is the weatherman I heard saying, "It's going to get colder as the temperature drops."
Are they sure? Really sure?
What if everyone takes that advice- would not the formerly crowd-less area become crowded?
And vice versa?
It all very confusing, perhaps they need a study group to assess this further.
My favorite is the weatherman I heard saying, "It's going to get colder as the temperature drops."
My doc from some years ago, when I commented on the plaster cast he was applying to my broken hand: "It'll cool down when the heat goes away." He, though, was kidding.
On the OP, I'm having a hard time seeing the downside of a government shutdown, especially after the one of a bit over a decade ago when various Departments had to furlough employees, and the EPA, among others, declared 90% of their employees excess and unnecessary, at least in the near- to mid-term.
Eric Hines
My experience has been that with the exception of places like Mesa Verde, where you are not allowed off the beaten path, once you get 100' off the paved or most popular bark-covered trails, you lose 90% of the people. Get a mile up the trail, and you're down to 2-3% of the visitors going that far. Getting up early also helps.
I suspect the re-tweets and likes were done with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
As for closing down? The state of SD read the NPS the riot act when the NPS closed a state highway that allowed a glimpse of Mt. Rushmore during the last closing. The problem was that meant no fire/EMS/police service for a chunk of the Black Hills. The state opened the road and told the NPS to go, ahem, jump in a lake.
LittleRed1
As one would.
Almost all the land here is National Forest. If you call for help, we’ll come for you even if the Feds don’t. We were going to get there first anyway.
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