Increase In Pedestrian Deaths. Self-Driving Cars Are The Problem...Or Are They?

I once blogged that, that if all Smartphones disappeared overnight, the Federal Government would have to spend billions teaching drivers to drive with both hands on the steering wheel. That was silly...Or was it?

That lady walking her bike across the street in Arizona was killed by a Self-Driving Car and some blame the Self-Driving Car.

 

Arizona has banned Uber from testing of Self-Driving Cars in the state.

 

If the technology of the Self-Driving Car should be able to detect a Jay-Walking Pedestrian in the shadows, the Fella agrees the Self-Driving Car should have detected her presence but he also says we ought not get carried away with blaming, attacking and “doing something” about Self-Driving Cars. The real problem is right in front of us...

Pedestrians and Cars Driven By Human Beings Are the Problem

Don’t get excited, allow me to develop my daring to blame walking people. First, some statistics...

1.   Pedestrians were victims of about 15% of traffic fatalities in 2017, with the roughly 6,000 pedestrian deaths representing a level not seen in 25 years.

2.   Regulators are reckoning with a sudden rise in traffic deaths that follows a decade long improvement in highway safety.

3.   Pedestrian fatalities rose 27% from 2007 to 2016.

4.   Drivers are dealing with increasing distractions in the cabin of their cars (“Dealing With”...Huh? Drivers are looking at their Smartphones!).

5.   Americans are putting more miles on their vehicles amid a strong economy and low gasoline prices.

6.   There is an increase in both the number of people walking and driving.

7.   More people are using Smartphones both while driving and walking (see #4 above).

8.   There is a rise in drugged driving.

9.   75% of pedestrian fatalities occurred after dark and more than 70% occurred in travel lanes away from intersections.

10.        Some are working on ways to alert pedestrians via an application that a Self-Driving Car is about to cross their path.
>“Some” ought to be working on an application to warn that driver with a Smartphone in hand is about to cross their path.

 

If your neck of the woods is the same as my neck of the woods, this is what is going on out in your woods...

 

Jay Walking

Ø The Fella believes the most important of all the key points made above was missed by 83.7% of you. (I made up the 83.7%. There is no factual basis for this percent.)

Ø The most important key point is in #9, “70% occurred in travel lanes away from intersections” ... in other words, they were Jay Walking.

Ø We are seeing a dramatic increase in Jay Walking where I live.

Ø For me it started a few years ago when I saw someone Jay Walking and I was surprised because it was a long time since I had seen a Jay Walker.

Ø Now I see them every day.

Ø The other day I saw a mother Jay Walking as she ran across a large busy street eating a sandwich with one hand and leading her 2 children with the other hand.

Ø She had one of her children by the hand but the other had gotten disconnected from his sister’s hand and was lagging behind.

Ø He probably let go because he was shocked that his mother would be so stupid as to run across such a heavily traveled street.

Ø As with many of these Jay Walking Dare Devils, this mother and her kids were within a few car lengths of a Crossing Lane at the end of the block complete with Walk/Don’t Walk Signals.

 

I said above that the Uber Car should have detected the lady pushing the bike but a car driven by an old-fashioned human being would probably not have been able to avert hitting her. As I said, she was Jay Walking, it was Night Time (10pm), she was In Shadows and she appeared in view Only a Moment Before She Was Hit. Click below to see for yourself...

https://twitter.com/TempePolice/status/976585098542833664

 

Stop Signs

Ø My woodland friends pay little or no attention to Stop Signs.

Ø Many times I check my rear view mirror when I stop at a Stop Sign to make sure that I am not about to get rear-ended by the driver behind me because he does not expect me to be coming to a complete stop at a Stop Sign.

Ø I once stood back from the Stop Sign, which exits our subdivision onto a highway, and watched to see if the brake lights came on to confirm if they had even tapped the brakes. There was no tapping.

Ø I have been the lead car going onto this same highway in front of 4 other cars. When I pull out onto the highway, the 4 cars following me come right with me, bumper to bumper, as if they were making a turn on a NASCAR track.

 

Speed Limits

Ø Speed Limits are not completely ignored...Or are they?

Ø There are times I am passed by cars that are going so fast that I think my engine has quit and I have had to stop myself from opening the door and getting out to see what’s wrong with my car.

 

Yea, I know I’m old fashioned. Yea, I know I am behind the times. Yea, I know I am in danger of being the victim of road rage because I made an unexpected stop at Stop Sign or I’m only going 50 in a 45 MPH Speed Zone but I am the way I am.

 

Wish me luck.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: It has been estimated that if 90% of vehicles in the U.S. were Self-Driving Cars as many as 4.2 million accidents could be avoided, saving 21,700 lives and $450 billion in related costs. The way we make knee-jerk laws in the Good Ole USofA don’t be surprised if we see Foghorn Leghorn stand up in the Senate any day now and propose that we outlaw Self-Driving Cars because that lady was killed in Arizona by one of those Evil Self-Driving Cars.

What Do You Mean I Am Going To Jail? What Did I Do Wrong? What Do You Mean You Are Not Going To Tell Me Why I’m Going To Jail?

If you are like Fella, you once were in fear and trepidation of ever breaking a Federal Law. After you finish with this Blog Posting (provided you read it), you will know that there is no need to be concerned about breaking Federal Laws because you probably break several of those suckers every day of your life and they have not come to get you yet and they probably will not come and get you...Or will they not?

 

The first part of this bit of foolishness will be a listing 10 of the umpteen Federal Laws citizens of the Good Ole USofA could be breaking every day without knowing that they have done anything “wrong”. (If the definition of the word “umpteen” is not, “More than you can count”, it ought to be.)

 

The list will be followed by a further listing of where you can find the actual words of the applicable laws. You can then read all you want in Agonizing Minute Detail. You don’t have to read much to come to the realization that you have read enough and you have better things to do today...At least I hope you have better things to do than keep reading this Agonizing Minutely Detailed List.

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There once was a time when we were told, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse”. Actually this is only part of that sentence. The whole sentence is, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse and we like it that way. Hold out your hands”...

1.           It is a federal crime for an egg company to let egg products come in contact with air from an unapproved source.

2.           It is a federal crime to sell tampons without saying how absorbent they are, unless they are vending machine tampons.

3.           It is a federal crime to keep more than 20 million detonators in a single storage magazine unless the ATF director says it's okay.

4.           It is a federal crime for someone who's licensed to have radioactive material to be expecting a package of radioactive material in a certain amount and not go pick it up right away.

5.           It is a federal crime to interfere with a tennis game being played in a park within the National Capital.

6.           It is a federal crime for a professional dog walker to walk dogs in San Francisco's Presidio without displaying their dog walker's badge.

7.           It is a federal crime to sell "egg noodles" that aren't ribbon-shaped.

8.           It is a federal crime to sell fireworks that someone might mistake for food.

9.           It is a federal crime to sell party poppers not labeled: "Hold in hand—jerk string".

10.         It is a federal crime to sell antiperspirant that "lasts all day" unless it reduces armpit sweat by 20% over 24 hours.

 

Are you holding out your hands?

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As promised above, here is the Agonizing Minutely Detailed List...

Google the Numbered Gibberish in the beginning and you will be taken to the specific part of the law that is being made fun of by Fella. For example: In the first one below, copy and paste “21 USC §1037, §1041& 9 CFR §590.504(p)”. The “p” at the end is your final destination.

 

1.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

21 USC §1037, §1041 & 9 CFR §590.504(p) make it a federal crime for an egg company to let egg products come in contact with air from an unapproved source.

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2.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

21 USC §§331, 352& 21 CFR §801.430(e), (g) and (h) make it a federal crime to sell tampons without saying how absorbent they are, unless they are vending machine tampons.

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3.        A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

18 USC §842(j), §844(b) & 27 CFR §555.213(a) make it a federal crime to keep more than 20 million detonators in a single storage magazine unless the ATF director says it's okay.

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4.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

42 USC §2273 & 10 CFR §20.1906(a) make it a federal crime for someone who's licensed to have radioactive material to be expecting a package of radioactive material in a certain amount and not go pick it up right away.

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5.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

18 USC §1865 & 36 CFR §7.96(b)(3) make it a federal crime to interfere with a tennis game being played in a park within the National Capital Region.

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6.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

16 USC §460bb, 36 CFR §1001.3 & 1002.6(b)(3) make it a federal crime for a professional dog walker to walk dogs in San Francisco's Presidio without displaying their dog walker's badge.

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7.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

21 USC §§331, 333, 343(g) & 21 CFR §139.150(b) make it a federal crime to sell "egg noodles" that aren't ribbon-shaped.

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8.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

15 U.S.C. §§1263, 1264(a) & 16 C.F.R. §1500.17(a)(8) make it a federal crime to sell fireworks that someone might mistake for food.

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9.       A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

15 USC §1263(a), 1264(a) & 16 CFR §1500.14(b)(7)(xiii) make it a federal crime to sell party poppers not labeled: "Hold in hand—jerk string"

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10.   A Crime a Day‏ @CrimeADay

21 USC §352, 333& 21 CFR §350.50(b)(3) make it a federal crime to sell antiperspirant that "lasts all day" unless it reduces armpit sweat by 20% over 24 hours.

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This is one Blog Posting that, I’m sorry to say, really could go on forever.

 

I’m glad I stopped. I bet you are also glad I stopped.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

It Must Be My Imagination

It seems to me that our 9% Approval Rated Congress faces the Threat of a Government Shutdown every weekend.

 

It Must Be My Imagination...Or is it?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

The People Who Run The Tennis Channel On TV Don’t Understand Tennis And That Has Me Worried

I flipped on my TV the other night and stumbled on to a match between Federer and Djokovic. That got my attention immediately because I know Djokovic has been hurt and has not been playing much.

 

At first, I thought Djokovic Is Back! I eventually figured out that I was watching the finals of the 2015 U.S. Open Tournament. Of course, I did not remember who won so I settled in hoping for Djokovic would win.

 

It was nip and tuck (whatever that means). I got into it. It was as exciting as if it was a live match...

Ø They were into the 3^rd set when I turned it on.

Ø Djokovic had won the first 6-4.

Ø Federer had won the 2^nd 7-5.

Ø Djokovic was in deep trouble and it looked as if he was not going to win the 3^rd set but he did win it and he did it in spectacular fashion!

Ø If he would win the 4^th, my guy would be the 2015 U.S. Open Champion all over again!

Ø Djokovic got ahead 5-2 and was serving for the set and the championship.

Ø If you know anything about tennis, you know those guys usually win their serve.

Ø I felt confident.

Ø Djokovic looked confident.

Ø Federer looked worried.

Ø Djokovic lost his serve!

Ø The game score was 5-3.

Ø Federer won his serve easily (those guys usually win their serve).

Ø The 4^th set score was 5-4.

Ø Djokovic could still win the match if he could only hold his serve this time (those guys usually win their serve).

 

The Tennis Channel went to commercial break. When they came out of the break, the Tennis Channel voice in the background said that, due to time constraints, they were going to go right to the Closing Ceremony!

 

I jumped out of my chair and said to an empty room, “What! Who won?”!

 

As the Closing Ceremony got under way, I quickly figured out that Djokovic had won because he looked happier than Federer looked happy but I had questions...

Ø It must have gone more than that 1 game Djokovic was about to serve when they went to the Commercial Break.

Ø If they had Time Constraints it must have been more constraining than 1 single game because that not a lot of time to be constrained about.

Ø My mind raced to the possibilities...
>Djokovic must have lost that game.
>Federer must have won the 4^th set.
>They must have gone into the 5^th set.
>Heck, the 5^th set could have gone into a Tie Breaker.
>No, that’s not right because in Grand Slam Tournaments the 5^th and final set does not go into a Tie Breaker.
>They have to play it out.
> They have to win by 2 games.
>Golly gee, that 5^th set may have ended 27 games to 25 games.
>That must be it because that’s a lot of time that needed to be constrained about.
>They would not constrain time for one measly game!...Or would they?

 

I was in a tizzy because I had just missed the greatest ending to a match in the entire history of tennis so I could see the Closing Ceremony in its entirety!

 

You are thinking that, at this point, I just Googled to find out what the exact final game and set score was, and went to bed because it was very late by now but I did not do that. I kept waiting for one of those many people who were making those many speeches to mention what the exact final game and set score was but they did not. They just kept thanking all the wonderful people who made their wonderful tournament possible (the ball boys, the ball girls, the tournament director, the sponsor of the tournament, the loser for being such a great loser, the loser for being such a great champion up until tonight, the winner for winning, the chair umpire, the florist who put just the right flowers all around the beautiful stadium, the lines people, the hot dog vendors and last but not least etcetera, etcetera, etcetera). I started expecting to see the Late Yul Brynner standing in the background with the dignitaries eating a hot dog he had gotten from that wonderful hot dog vendor.  

 

I thought the Closing Ceremony was never going to end. It must have taken 20 minutes.

 

They never did tell me the game score but, near the end of all of this ceremonying (yea, I know that’s not a word), I saw the stadium scoreboard in the background of one of the camera shots and I saw that the 4^th set score was 6-4. This means they had skipped the excitement of that one final game to go to the All Important Closing Ceremony!

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I know you are thinking back to the Subject of this Blog Posting and wondering why I said, “And That Has Me Worried”.

 

I like to watch tennis on TV. My fear is that, if the people who run the Tennis Channel don’t understand why I watch tennis broadcasts, they could take a lot of enjoyment out of my TV future tennis watching.

 

If they think that I tune in to see the Closing Ceremony and not the Tennis Match itself, am I going to hear these words come out of my TV the next time I pop my popcorn and settle in for The Big Match?...

“We at the Tennis Channel know why you tune in to the Tennis Channel. We know you really love to watch the Closing Ceremony. We always strive to bring to our watchers what our watchers want to watch. From now on we are going to skip the tennis match and take you right to the Closing Ceremony but, first a word from our sponsor, and when we come back, we will take you direct to Howard and the Closing Ceremony Live and In Color!”

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Is In My Blog’s Spotlight Again Because The Academy Could Be Long Gone But We Might Not Know It For Long Time

Seat Fillers Could Obscure the Disappearance of the Awards Ceremony...

Ø The Academy uses Seat Fillers to sit in seats at the Awards Ceremony when there is not a Celebrity to sit in those seats.

Ø The result is the Theatre Looks Full when it is not really as full as it looks.

 

Why might the Awards Ceremony be going away?...

Ø It may get to the point where Celebrities lose interest in the Awards Ceremony and don’t show up knowing the Seat Fillers will fill in for them because...
> They have to go see their divorce lawyer.
>They just got a new batch of Medical Marijuana and they are anxious to stay home and smoke a bunch of it so they can cure anything that is wrong with them.
>Their latest Tattoo is itching and they just do not feel up to smiling non-stop for 6 hours.
> These phony people may get to the point where they don’t care about phony Awards Ceremonies anymore.

 

How Bad Might It Get?...

Ø It may get so bad that the Academy will have to hire enough Seat Fillers to fill up 90% of the seats...
>5% of the seats are filled by the Award Winners (the no-show situation has gotten so bad that the Academy had to start notifying the Winners ahead of time that they are Winners to get them to show up).
> 5% are smiling heads on a stick held over the empty seat by the Seat Filler or the Notified Winner sitting in the adjoining seat.

 

Look on the Bright Side...

Ø This is big theatre and all those formerly-unemployed-but-now-employed Seat Fillers will be enough to reduce the latest National Unemployment Rate by One Blip.

Ø This One Blip increase, ought to be enough to re-elect all those who will claim credit for the One Blip Increase (local Councilman, the Mayor, the State Representative for the district where the theatre is located, 2 State Senators, the Congressman for the district, the Governor of the state of California and, last but certainly not least, the President of the United States).

Ø All those Tuxedo Rentals for all those Seat Fillers will boost the local economy.

Ø All those Limousine Rentals for all those Seat Fillers will boost the local economy even further.

 

This Is a Sad State of Affairs (and these people are experts on affairs)...

Think about the caliber of stars from the past (Jimmy Stewart, Tyrone Power, Marlon Brando, Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Alan Ladd, Laurence Olivier, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Lucille Ball, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Sean Connery, Maureen O’Hara, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Carey Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Gary Cooper, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney, etc).

 

Think about how today a movie star becomes a Celebrity after making one movie (or just by living with a Celebrity who made one movie) for which she is paid more money than Jimmie Stewart made in his entire career.

 

The final insult to our injury is when we hear Talking Heads discussing the fact that this particular Celebrity’s Strong Point is she knows how to take an Attention Getting Stand on the Red Carpet.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: Wow! Picked up several new List Members since the last Blog Posting, so I repeat...Analytics shows that a lot more people are reading my blog than are on my Notification List. This means that a whole bunch of people are disappointed after going to my blog only to find out that I did not publish that day because I do not publish every day. Avoid Disappointment by sending your email address to zooombuggy-forii@yahoo.com and I will add you to my There’s A New Blog Out There Notification List.

FellaO

 

Subject Matter Wins Oscars And One Other Thing

Subject Matter Is King

Hollywood News-How It Used to Be:

Scarlett Butler scored big in Petunias Grow Down In The Valley with as a powerful a performance as she has ever given in a long history of powerful performances.

 

Hollywood News-What We Now Have:

I. B. Kool did not do very well in his efforts to convince the audience that he really cared about his character’s development in Why There?  but the Subject Matter of this film which centers on the world-wide implications of a nuclear meltdown at a power plant that was constructed right next door to a day care center for handicapped inner city children in Manhattan at a time when Manhattan is going underwater from the Melting of the Polar Icecaps demands that he be awarded this year’s Best Actor Oscar.

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You Got No Chance To Win

Some actors are Perpetually Barred from winning an award because of circumstances surrounding their circumstance.

 

A good example of this is Snidley Whiplash. This distinguished and accomplished actor has again been denied an award even after his herculean performance in Why Is It That Those Flowers Don’t Smell?  which has been acknowledged as the greatest single performance in the history of motion pictures. A spokesman for the Academy was quoted as follows...

“The Academy realizes that Snidley Whiplash is more deserving of than any other actor in the history of acting but we can’t have a winner of our prestigious award who has a violent name like ‘Whiplash’. Mr. Whiplash has appealed our decision by sending us certified documentation that he has never whipped any person, animal or tree and that he does not even own a whip nor has he ever even rented a whip. He even went so far as to show further documentation that he was only a cartoon figure and not a real person. He stopped groveling when he came to the full realization that in Hollywood Image Is Everything”.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: Analytics shows that a lot more people are reading my blog than are on my Notification List. This means that a whole bunch of people are disappointed after going to my blog only to find out that I did not publish that day because I do not publish every day. Avoid Disappointment by sending your email address to zooombuggy-forii@yahoo.com and I will add you to my There’s A New Blog Out There Notification List.

FellaO

I Must Be Smarter Than Even I Think I Am Smart

This proof of my smartness goes back to the beginning of the Electronic Age. Right from the get go, I was smarter than many “smart” College Professors because I knew they were doing something that was dumb but they thought was smart.

 

There I did it again. I confused you. I will now try and make it up to you, especially since I have succeeded in confusing myself.

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Several years back I read that College Professors were allowing their students to bring their Electronic Devices to class to use while the College Professors were lecturing them and use these wonders of the Electronic Age to “take notes”.

 

I said to myself, “If I were as smart as College Professors are smart, I would be smarter than they are smart because I would not allow my students to be using those things while I was imparting knowledge in their direction”.

 

I asked one of these “smart” College Professors why he was doing such a dumb thing. He looked at me with distain (they are very adept at looking at me with distain) and said, “Fella, don’t you know that Electronic Note-Taking has been invented?”

 

I looked right back into his distain and said in my best oh yea, smarty pants tone, “Oh yea, smarty pants, don’t you know that the Pad and Pencil have already been invented?”

 

Yea, I know that some of you just said to your collective selves, “What’s could be the harm? Electronic taken notes are so organized and neat looking and note-worthy.”

 

It’s my turn. Allow me to explain my objection...

Ø The College Professor says to his Electronic Note Taking Class, “The battle of Hastings was fought in 1066”.

Ø The College Student did not hear exactly what the College Professor said because he just got one or two Instant Messages from one or two of his different Electronic Thingies sitting on his desk. These are things like...
>An inquiry from Tom asking if he wanted to do lunch today.
>A notification from Dick that Jennifer and Chuck just announced they were calling it quits and getting a divorce.
>A cartoon from Harry showing a 12 foot high mound of cigarette butts and advising him not to smoke cigarettes because smoking cigarettes can kill him with a footnote informing him of the benefits of Smoking Medical Marijuana.

 

Back to our College Student’s Class Notes which are truly organized and neat and look like this...

  The battle of lusterthing was fought in 6610.

That’s progress! ... Or is it?

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I just finished reading the newspaper article that set my foolish juices flowing for this Blog Posting. I found this tidbit interesting... “Students complain professors just don’t understand how hard it is to write by hand”.

 

I have no sympathy. I wonder if they think they have it as hard as those farmers on the coast of England back in the 800’s who looked up every so often to see the Vikings coming out of their boats to burn down their houses and take all their livestock, all of their stored crops and all of their family members back to Scandinavia?

 

Others complain that it’s hard to read their own handwriting. To continue with my unsympathetic posture I say, “Write so you can read what you write and you will be able to read what you write”.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: I can’t believe that I just heard one of you say that professors at Cornell University have no sense of humor. To that one of you I offer this from my newspaper article...

“The Cornell University student government last year unanimously passed a resolution encouraging the faculty to allow “greater freedom of student laptop usage.” Charles Van Loan, an emeritus professor of computer science and faculty dean at Cornell, said there was “zero interest” from the faculty senate in having such a policy for laptop use. “Keyboard noise is not protected under the First Amendment,” he said.”

The Passing Of A Bureaucrat

I am posting this Foolishness...Or Is It to the memory of a dedicated government worker you may never have heard of.

 

I.M. Abureau Crat has died. Thankfully he was featured on 60 Minutes two months ago so we can fully know about his achievements as he diligently worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture during his 35 year career of service to us all. Mr. Crat died the day after he retired. The cause of death was listed as a horrible feeling of loss now that he no longer worked for the USDA.He simply felt there was no longer any reason to go on.

 

Here is a small excerpt from the 60 Minutes episode that aired exactly 2 months to the day before Mr. Crat’s passing...

 

Interviewer: What was your greatest achievement in your 35 year career working for the USDA?

 

Mr. Crat: The thing of which I am most proud is the publication of U.S. Trade Descriptions for Poultry.

 

Interviewer: Ah, yes, we have all heard of that publication and the good citizens of the Good Ole USofA are most appreciative of that herculean effort and 60 Minutes wishes to thank you, on behalf of that grateful citizenry. What other publications have you worked on during your long and illustrious career?

 

Mr. Crat: None.

 

Interviewer: None? You mean this one publication is your life’s work?

 

Mr. Crat: I hope I do not detect a feeling of distain in your question. You need to understand that this publication says all that needs to be said about U.S. Trade Descriptions for Poultry. It is an all encompassing compilation of what every poultry processor needs to know to properly process poultry.

 

Interviewer: Huh?

 

Mr. Crat: I see I need to give you more information. Consider this before you start showing such distain for someone’s life’s work. This vital publication contains:

Ø 178 pages when it is converted from PDF Format to a Word Document.

Ø There are 47,517 carefully chosen words in this publication that I carefully chose.

Ø There are 299,952 characters (with spaces) contained therein.

Ø There are 11,750 lines that are chock full of much needed drivel that Poultry Processors have been waiting to gaze upon ever since I started on this project 35 years ago.

Ø I feel compelled because of your snide use of the word “Huh?” to point out that this publication is also chock full of Textboxes, Footnotes and Endnotes that greatly contribute to the overall sense of confusion generated by my dedication to minutia in all things related to poultry.

Ø One final point, Mr. Smarty, I am not a Touch Typist which means putting all of this together was really hard!

Ø I am proud of what I have done and, to prove my point, this publication has been part of the Public Record for 2 months now and already 2 people have looked at it for a combined accumulation between the 2 of them for 57 seconds!

 

To give you, My Dear Readers, a feel for the confusion generated by Mr. Crat’s life work, here is a paragraph from near the beginning of the publication...

71.20 Purpose of Standard

(a) The purpose of this standard is to facilitate trade at the wholesale level by better communicating product and packaging specifications for raw poultry products among buyers, producers, and traders. The trade descriptions provide concise word and picture descriptions of product composition and define a coding system to precisely specify product and packaging characteristics. The producer should certify that delivered product satisfies all product and packaging characteristics specified by the buyer. For additional assurance that delivered product will meet the purchaser’s specified options, the buyer or seller optionally can use the services of USDA or another third party. When examinations are limited to final products, third parties will not normally be able to certify certain purchaser-specified options, specifically: production and feeding systems, slaughter system, and the adequacy of product labeling.

 

If you have not had enough, here is a link to the entirety of the U.S. Trade Descriptions for Poultry... https://t.co/kLyAmTh2RE

Special Note To My Dear Readers...I know you are reluctant to click on the above link. Please click it and simply skim through it. You have not seen Minutia till you have seen this Minutia.

 

Allow me to say that it was not all Drivel and Bureaucratic Confusion. I particularly found enlightening the distinction made between Chicken Feet and Chicken Paws (pages 78 through 81)...Or did I?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella