OT: How the hell does THIS happen?

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.10.04.21.48.14.15523@ae86.gts...
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> The reason they do this isn't to protect US, it's to protect themselves![/color]



That's it, they are protecting themselves. Yeah, they like protecting you
and I, but they want you and I to come around with our wallet open to buy
more of their stuff. If we likk ourselves first, then they just lost a
potential customer.

"\"Dbu''" <nttspam@s2-pc.om> wrote:
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>In article <6a25k1pt6ep0pjhbo4j58ve9macnrumnoq@4ax.com>,
> Scott in Florida <JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:24:27 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
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>> >(AP) Tenstrike, Minn. A Tenstrike, Minn. woman has
>> >died in a lawnmower accident.
>> >
>> >Marilyn Jane Fellows, 58, was dead at the scene.
>> >
>> >Beltrami County deputies responded to a report of someone
>> >trapped under a riding lawnmower just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
>> >
>> >The sheriff's office said Fellows was apparently mowing grass
>> >and had gotten off the lawnmower when she was run over.
>> >
>> >"The Chief was right! Never leave the f@cking lawnmower!!!! NEver leave
>> >the f@cking lawnmower!!!"[/color]
>>
>> The first thing you do is defeat the safety shutoff mechanism.....
>>
>> I'm not much on safety stuff....but do wear my bike helmet....buckle
>> up in a car....and leave the f*ing safety cutoff on my lawnmower in
>> place...[/color]
>
>I defeat the safety shutoff on the lawn mower. It's more of a hazard
>than safety feature. I do wear seat belts and have since 1966 even when
>they weren't law except in California. Seat belts are a good thing.[/color]


Interesting!...how do you figure that?...I'm very interested in
safety features, so that's why I ask...if you can convince me
that your reason is sensible then I'll follow suit...
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

In article <rou5k1dsvda7o6ddidq6jvb42q4v7achab@4ax.com>,
Gord Beaman <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote:
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> "\"Dbu''" <nttspam@s2-pc.om> wrote:
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> >In article <6a25k1pt6ep0pjhbo4j58ve9macnrumnoq@4ax.com>,
> > Scott in Florida <JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:24:27 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.gts> wrote:
> >>
> >> >(AP) Tenstrike, Minn. A Tenstrike, Minn. woman has
> >> >died in a lawnmower accident.
> >> >
> >> >Marilyn Jane Fellows, 58, was dead at the scene.
> >> >
> >> >Beltrami County deputies responded to a report of someone
> >> >trapped under a riding lawnmower just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
> >> >
> >> >The sheriff's office said Fellows was apparently mowing grass
> >> >and had gotten off the lawnmower when she was run over.
> >> >
> >> >"The Chief was right! Never leave the f@cking lawnmower!!!! NEver leave
> >> >the f@cking lawnmower!!!"
> >>
> >> The first thing you do is defeat the safety shutoff mechanism.....
> >>
> >> I'm not much on safety stuff....but do wear my bike helmet....buckle
> >> up in a car....and leave the f*ing safety cutoff on my lawnmower in
> >> place...[/color]
> >
> >I defeat the safety shutoff on the lawn mower. It's more of a hazard
> >than safety feature. I do wear seat belts and have since 1966 even when
> >they weren't law except in California. Seat belts are a good thing.[/color]
>
>
> Interesting!...how do you figure that?...I'm very interested in
> safety features, so that's why I ask...if you can convince me
> that your reason is sensible then I'll follow suit...
> --
>
> -Gord.
> (use gordon in email)[/color]

Gord, see my other post regarding the safety.
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"\"Dbu''" <nttspam@s2-pc.om> wrote:
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>> >
>> >I defeat the safety shutoff on the lawn mower. It's more of a hazard
>> >than safety feature. I do wear seat belts and have since 1966 even when
>> >they weren't law except in California. Seat belts are a good thing.[/color]
>>
>>
>> Interesting!...how do you figure that?...I'm very interested in
>> safety features, so that's why I ask...if you can convince me
>> that your reason is sensible then I'll follow suit...
>> --
>>
>> -Gord.
>> (use gordon in email)[/color]
>
>Gord, see my other post regarding the safety.[/color]

I did take the bother to look upstream only to find this answer.

In one breath you assert that "seat belts are a good thing"
(which, of course, they are) THEN you say the following:
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> I defeat the safety shutoff on the lawn mower. It's more of a hazard
> than safety feature.[/color]
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>Because every time I have to release the damn mower safety device thingy
>the engine shuts off then I have to pull on the damn recoil starter to
>get it going again which is not good for my back and also my temper.[/color]

But I don't see the hazard...


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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)