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R2D2 (alfa@bravo.co) 2019/02/11 12:33

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:27:54 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:

>"R2D2"  wrote in message news:o8306ehpujjh1ugetv9ht9hl8ju3o2fjs3@4ax.com...
>
>On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 18:40:30 -0600, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>>
>>>"R2D2"  wrote in message
>>>news:27et5e9cd55fqlmpdshvkqg56fts8o2p0i@4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>> A lucky hit on the catapults or arrestor gear and it's off to the
>>>> shipyard
>>>
>>>As if luck can always be relied upon...
>>
>> You can't *rely* on it, but you have to plan for it. Because shit happens
>> when you least expect it.
>>
>> It's called "worst case scenario" or "Murphy's law"; you have to plan to
>> suffer it.
>
>Sounds like you might be interested in the "what if" books. They're
>collections of short essays by different authors. Example:
>https://tinyurl.com/gl8yy2m
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If%3F_(essays)
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_If%3F_2
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Ifs%3F_of_American_History

I have quite a few, but many are so outlandish they might as well be
pure science fiction. Besides when have stuff happen in real life like
"lone torpedo dropped by obsolete  in a near storm hits rudder", who
needs that kind of fiction?...

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