Comments on: Musing about flood inspectors http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/ a blog about information Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Accidental Light » It’s A Mad World http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/comment-page-1/#comment-204881 Accidental Light » It’s A Mad World Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:35:33 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/#comment-204881 [...] on from recent posts on risk from myself, Dom and JP on the subject of risk, quantification of risk and the management of risk I had the great [...] [...] on from recent posts on risk from myself, Dom and JP on the subject of risk, quantification of risk and the management of risk I had the great [...]

]]> By: Abhijit Bhattacharya http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/comment-page-1/#comment-202790 Abhijit Bhattacharya Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:36:48 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/#comment-202790 Thought of sharing this quote which I got from one of my friends. Do you see some similarity between risks and worries ? When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. - Winston Churchill, 1874 - 1965 Thought of sharing this quote which I got from one of my friends. Do you see some similarity between risks and worries ?

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

– Winston Churchill, 1874 – 1965

]]> By: David Butler http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/comment-page-1/#comment-199739 David Butler Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:53:41 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/10/03/musing-about-flood-inspectors/#comment-199739 Talking about perceived risk, there was a wonderful cartoon in Punch some years ago showing an aged couple walking at night through a graveyard. The old man cowers in terror as an owl hoots high in a tree. The old lady says, 'Don't be silly. Of course it's not Tony Benn.' Talking about perceived risk, there was a wonderful cartoon in Punch some years ago showing an aged couple walking at night through a graveyard. The old man cowers in terror as an owl hoots high in a tree. The old lady says, ‘Don’t be silly. Of course it’s not Tony Benn.’

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