And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
alamy.com: "A regional train approaches passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)" Note that the crossing guard is down in case a Schwimmwagen, Amphicar, or amtrac comes along.
Looks like a scene from a Miyazaki movie.
ReplyDeleteIIRC that was in Germany in 2021 or 2022 when the Rhine flooded.
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Heard from several old timers to never build anything lower than the nearest railroad tracks. Unless of course you have a boat.
ReplyDeleteDon't move, your holding the world together!
ReplyDeletealamy.com: "A regional train approaches passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)"
ReplyDeleteNote that the crossing guard is down in case a Schwimmwagen, Amphicar, or amtrac comes along.
Oops, forgot to consider amphibious pedestrians.
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