Thread: Necessary Warning

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

People are idiots,my wife bought a new Iron last week,warning on box,DO NOT IRON CLOTHES WHILE WEARING

I have actually done this. When I was in the Navy, I had a uniform inspection and already had my dress whites on. The ribbons were perfect as my buddy helped me adjust them and I didn't want to take anything off for fear of messing anything up but there was a random crease on the sleeve so I had to iron it. I put took some card board and slipped it between my arm and sleeve and ironed away. It got hot but it worked.

Rifles come with warnings stamped on the barrels. And booze, and smokes, and motorcycles, and cars, and... We live in a suing culture (those of us who live in the US at least...)

It seems the new American Dream is "Don't work at all, and get rich quick"

Originally Posted by Phrank

In the opposite end, in my neck of the woods, or in this case one of the frozen Great Lakes, there are signs everywhere that say, "Stay Off - Thin Ice" or something to that effect, and every year, we see people dying from falling through the ice from walking on it, plunging through the ice on snowmobiles or ATVs, just tragic, and it seems people never learn.

I have heard that around here they don't want to mark the thin ice because there might be some at the other end of the lake and if someone falls through there they can sue for not being warned about that area then.

There seems to be no such thing as personal responsibility and risk anymore. It is the Governments job to protect us and if there is a 1 in 100,000,000 percent chance of injury or death it is Governments job to prevent us from doing it!

I suppose the government requires these warnings for all as Cali had to do it first! (Sorry, Cali guys! )
I get tickled every time I knock a bearing race out with this thing! Must be 40 years of it!
Sorry. Cannot upload pics, but it is a 12 inch tapered punch saying 'for line-up use only. Not for impact use!'
Hammer end is mushroomed!

I had a splittng wedge that was mushroomed,friend borrowed it.He lost an eye when it shatterd.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I had a splittng wedge that was mushroomed,friend borrowed it.He lost an eye when it shatterd.

Yeah, getting time to dress it out again!

I always wear gloves when using those things and one day a piece hit my little finger through the glove after a good hammer whack. I was changing pins on a backhoe bucket and when I took the gloves off I saw a cut on the inside of the second knuckle. No big deal but it hurt for weeks. About a year latter I grabbed something to keep from falling and ouch that finger hurt like heck again for a couple of days. After washing the big rig (which took a couple of hours) I noticed a dark spot on that finger and thought about that day. Took me 2 hours of digging with various blades and picks but I dug out a small piece of steel that was stuck in the bone. I wore glasses when doing that from then on. Just saying :<0)

I read all labels and warnings.....once in a while....

Originally Posted by WW243

I read all labels and warnings.....once in a while....

That one fits you to a 'T', Bill!

How many millions of dollars should society spend to protect someone from an accident or something that someone should know better about?

Seriously what is life worth?

Some people believe priceless.

I don't.

I think that there has to be a balance between things that are practical and things that are not.

I might have a tree fall down on my head tomorrow morning. Should we cut down all trees to make sure this hazard is removed???