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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by thrownaway954 on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:16PM (#20126734)
you are a moron if you are digging and haven't got the proper permits and surveys done. yes... accidents do happen but can mostly be avoided. but, i guarantee that someone digging up a line with a backhoe happens ALOT less frequent then some idiot in a car taking out a phone-pole.
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Re:Squirrels Are the Number One Culprit for Animal Damage to... by serf on Friday June 07, 2019 @07:34PM (#20129542)
>i guarantee that someone digging up a line with a backhoe happens ALOT less frequent then some idiot in a car taking out a phone-pole.

yeah, but can you guarantee that the repair costs total of the more frequently repaired option is greater than the repair costs total of the less frequently repaired option?

repair frequency is only a single metric -- what if the frequency was low but the cost to repair was 20x?

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