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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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) |
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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. |
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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 |
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