I stopped at a garage sale on the way to the tomato festival, and I
filled up my cooler at the festival, so when I stopped at Aldi's on
the way home, I had to take some back-up bungees out of storage to get
all my groceries attached.
After everything was battened down, I noticed a tag fluttering from
one of the new bungees and ripped it off.
It reads:
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Stretch cord carefully. Uncontrolled release can cause severe injury
to unprotected body parts, particularly eyes.
Maximum stretch-length 50% of unstretched cord. Overstretching cord
can cause hook failure, resulting in sudden, uncontrolled release.
Wear safety glasses when attaching and releasing.
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Man, I don't even *own* a pair of safety glasses! What a daredevil
I've been all these years.
Note that it never mentioned the danger in failing to attach all
hooks. A dangling bungee can catch in your spokes, which will wreck
the bungee, wreck the wheel, or send you over the handlebars.
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