You can't teach stupid

[COLVERT]

Originally Posted by another_clean_sheet

There is no such thing as basic common sense. Common sense is based on your previous experiences of the particular situation (or something similar) or you have read about it or someone has talked to you about the situation.
You cannot weigh things up, do risk assessments or understand the consequences unless you have some knowledge of the situation or something similar.

Totally agree with you and it comes in different sizes too.----( common sense. )

Those car/boaters obviously never got their fair share.--

Having said that about risk assessments I really, really hated having to use up my time doing those things for lots of other folks.

[another_clean_sheet]

Originally Posted by COLVERT

Having said that about risk assessments I really, really hated having to use up my time doing those things for lots of other folks.

I agree. I used to have to do them when running projects to calculate the likely fee (profit) on the program and also to calculate the likely schedule impact. A question of tabulating all the risks and the likelyhood of them happening and then the same for opporunities (negative risks).
Do not miss it. Now the only risk calculation I do is whether it is going to rain whilst I am out walking the dogs.

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by another_clean_sheet

There is no such thing as basic common sense. Common sense is based on your previous experiences of the particular situation (or something similar) or you have read about it or someone has talked to you about the situation.
You cannot wiegh things up, do risk assessments or understand the consequences unless you have some knowledge of the situation or something similar.

Of course there is, no one with any sense would just plough into a ford of completely unknown depth, unless their mind was not on their driving or they it was a life or death situation.


I have crossed many fords, but I have twice come across floods of unknown depths. Once up near Blackpool, middle of the night and I stopped waited to see if a local might come driving along to let them go ahead and see how deep it might be. No one turned up, it was a fairlu isolated road, so I progressed very slowly and very carefully.


Second time, towing in Wiltshire, the main road was flooded and as far as I could see - I waited, another car came along, obviously a local slowed right down and they had no problem so I followed slowly, again without a problem.



Sometimes local knowledge can be very useful.

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by another_clean_sheet

Do not miss it. Now the only risk calculation I do is whether it is going to rain whilst I am out walking the dogs.

Nor I, it felt so very silly doing what I had done all of my working life without even need to think about it.



If you bang your head on a wall and it hurts, then you naturaly learn to be more careful for next time.