Safety inflation
 

On 1/4/2018 2:29 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me.
Apparently puddles are now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on bikes
in Europe?

Not ime. Are pedestrians and bath users also warned about
the dangers of their activities?


Only French baths with French telephones:

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/03/pregna...-bath-7199416/

deadly!

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Safety inflation
 

On 1/4/2018 4:01 PM, wrote:
Opioids in Ohio ?


Yep, see the girl in the alley behind Frank's house.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Safety inflation
 

On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 12:21:57 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me. Apparently puddles are
now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on bikes in Europe?

--
- Frank Krygowski

When people can and do sue for the least little thing then you should not be surprised when warning stickers sart to appear that warn against anything and/or everything. Thank your litigious society for that bicycle sticker.

Cheers

Safety inflation
 

On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 16:56:47 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

But this is a country where inane warning labels are everywhere. It's
easy to find examples:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photo...warning-labels

LOL! My goodness, those are hysterical. At least the second picture
tries to prevent asshats.

Although the Dremel manual's question about "have you actually read this
manual" is apropos if the purchaser has the Y chromosome.

The linked page from your page is also amusing:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photo...-warning-signs

Bicycles get special treatment, though. 30 years of propaganda have
been used to portray bicycles as insanely dangerous.

Hmm, after this year's misadventures I had to do some convincing of my
wife that it isn't. :-P

Safety inflation
 

AMuzi wrote:
On 1/4/2018 2:29 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me.
Apparently puddles are now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on bikes
in Europe?

Not ime. Are pedestrians and bath users also warned about
the dangers of their activities?


Only French baths with French telephones:

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/03/pregna...-bath-7199416/

deadly!

Commie-named street, satellite dishes ... what kind of electrical literacy
could be expected? Written warnings don't work, sand bathing would be more
appropriate.

--
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/2018/01/01/enceinte-de-huit-mois-elle-meurt-electrocutee-dans-son-bain
http://www.20minutes.fr/faits_divers/2195279-20180102-grenoble-enceinte-huit-mois-jeune-femme-retrouvee-morte-electrocutee-bain

Safety inflation
 

On 01/04/2018 09:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/4/2018 3:29 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me. Apparently puddles
are now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on bikes in Europe?

Not ime.Â* Are pedestrians and bath users also warned about the dangers
of their activities?

No, they get no warnings - or at least, very few. But this is a country
where inane warning labels are everywhere. It's easy to find examples:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photo...warning-labels

Bicycles get special treatment, though. 30 years of propaganda have been
used to portray bicycles as insanely dangerous.

After one particular incident in our control room, I invested in a dozen
of these;

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....8L._SX355_.jpg

Manglement were not impressed, despite my protestations as to the
efficacy and cost advantages.

Safety inflation
 

On 1/5/2018 6:36 AM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 09:56 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/4/2018 3:29 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 01/04/2018 05:21 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
I saw a new version of the safety sticker on a kid's bike:

====================
WARNING!
Do not ride bikes
at night! Do not ride
bikes when it's wet
outside! Always ride
with an ANSI, Snell,
or ASTM approved
helmet! do not stunt
or jump with this
bicycle. Read and
obey your Owner's
Manual!
=====================

"Do not ride when it's wet outside" is new to me.
Apparently puddles are now deadly.

I'm curious: Does this sort of nonsense get stuck on
bikes in Europe?

Not ime. Are pedestrians and bath users also warned
about the dangers of their activities?

No, they get no warnings - or at least, very few. But this
is a country where inane warning labels are everywhere.
It's easy to find examples:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photo...warning-labels


Bicycles get special treatment, though. 30 years of
propaganda have been used to portray bicycles as insanely
dangerous.

After one particular incident in our control room, I
invested in a dozen of these;

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....8L._SX355_.jpg


Manglement were not impressed, despite my protestations as
to the efficacy and cost advantages.

The world is full of dangerous things so we need the advice
and wisdom of our civil service overlords to get through the
day, especially vulnerable populations and those of
diminished capacity such as citizens of Oregon:

http://ktla.com/2018/01/03/internet-...-takes-effect/

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Safety inflation
 

On 1/5/2018 6:26 AM, AMuzi wrote:
The world is full of dangerous things so we need the advice and wisdom
of our civil service overlords to get through the day, especially
vulnerable populations and those of diminished capacity such as citizens
of Oregon:

http://ktla.com/2018/01/03/internet-...-takes-effect/

The cited comments notwithstanding, I'm pretty sure Oregonians are calm
about this. I hadn't even realized there /was/ a new law until the
(non-Oregonian) media started hyping the "reaction."

'Course, it could be because the law only affects a tiny (and remote)
portion of Eastern Oregon. I have cycled there (in some of the affected
counties), and probably bought gas there too, don't recall. I think
they'll be fine.

Mark J. (Salem)

Safety inflation
 

On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-8, Mark J. wrote:
On 1/5/2018 6:26 AM, AMuzi wrote:
The world is full of dangerous things so we need the advice and wisdom
of our civil service overlords to get through the day, especially
vulnerable populations and those of diminished capacity such as citizens
of Oregon:

http://ktla.com/2018/01/03/internet-...-takes-effect/

The cited comments notwithstanding, I'm pretty sure Oregonians are calm
about this. I hadn't even realized there /was/ a new law until the
(non-Oregonian) media started hyping the "reaction."

'Course, it could be because the law only affects a tiny (and remote)
portion of Eastern Oregon. I have cycled there (in some of the affected
counties), and probably bought gas there too, don't recall. I think
they'll be fine.

Mark J. (Salem)

More fake news! MOGA! I think the escalating gas tax is more newsworthy and the home inspector pocket-padding energy audit now required in connection with the sale of homes.

BTW, Trump is totally f****** Oregonians with the new tax law (limitation/elimination of deduction for taxes), offshore drilling, threatening monuments, anti-dope (now generating nice tax revenues), etc., etc. Every time I turn on the news, it's WTF? What did I do wrong? Why do the feds want to f*** me and my fellow Ory-goonians? We're just fun-loving Bohemians in Nikes..

-- Jay Beattie.

Safety inflation
 

On 1/5/2018 1:14 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-8, Mark J. wrote:
On 1/5/2018 6:26 AM, AMuzi wrote:
The world is full of dangerous things so we need the advice and wisdom
of our civil service overlords to get through the day, especially
vulnerable populations and those of diminished capacity such as citizens
of Oregon:

http://ktla.com/2018/01/03/internet-...-takes-effect/

The cited comments notwithstanding, I'm pretty sure Oregonians are calm
about this. I hadn't even realized there /was/ a new law until the
(non-Oregonian) media started hyping the "reaction."

'Course, it could be because the law only affects a tiny (and remote)
portion of Eastern Oregon. I have cycled there (in some of the affected
counties), and probably bought gas there too, don't recall. I think
they'll be fine.

Mark J. (Salem)

More fake news! MOGA! I think the escalating gas tax is more newsworthy and the home inspector pocket-padding energy audit now required in connection with the sale of homes.

BTW, Trump is totally f****** Oregonians with the new tax law (limitation/elimination of deduction for taxes), offshore drilling, threatening monuments, anti-dope (now generating nice tax revenues), etc., etc. Every time I turn on the news, it's WTF? What did I do wrong? Why do the feds want to f*** me and my fellow Ory-goonians? We're just fun-loving Bohemians in Nikes.

-- Jay Beattie.


The rest of the nation bit their lip for eight long years.
You'll live, only 7 years left of DJT.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971