On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 14:24:39 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote:
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> ""Dbu''" <nttspam@s2-pc.om> wrote in message
> news:nttspam-DF54C9.15581404102005@news-rdr-03.rdc-kc.rr.com...[color=green]
>> In article <w7-cnbScB8r-Md_eUSdV9g@ptd.net>,
>> "Josh" <anony@anonyanonyanony.com.blackhole> wrote:
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>>> "Dbu'' wrote:
>>> > In article <6a25k1pt6ep0pjhbo4j58ve9macnrumnoq@4ax.com>,
>>> > Scott in Florida <JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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...
>>> >
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> Why is it a hazard?[/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. So
>> I disabled the damn stupid device and use my mower like I've used mowers
>> ever since I was 15 or 16. Never had an accident with a lawn mower or
>> with a car. Common sense is where it's at. The more people are
>> released from common sense the more they get into trouble. These safety
>> devices only make people lazy and unattentive.
>> --
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> The reason they have to put that crap on our stuff is because there are too
> many people that are complete idiots that haven't got a lick of common
> sense. The whole reason they need safety stuff on a lawn mower is because
> some putz mowed his toes off.[/color]
A guy I worked with readed under the mower to pull out a branch that had
gotten stuck in it.
Luckily, it only BROKE his fingers...
The reason they do this isn't to protect US, it's to protect themselves!
Look at all the assinine lawsuits in this country brought because the
PLAINTIFF was a DUMBASS! Lawsuits almost killed Civil Aviation in the
country; check the price of a new light aircraft. The lawsuit is built
into the price of the plane. Same with just about everything else these
days. Because Americans are Sue Happy, we ALL pay.
Let's see if Ray O reads this one: My stepfather was driving a '76 0r '77
Hi-Lux when the heater core let go all over his leg at about 212 degrees.
SEVERE burns.
Never did a thing. Insurance paid the medical bills and he retired shortly
after that.
Hey, Ray, remember the little elbow that would rot through...and dump
collant all over the driver's leg?
He never even THOUGHT of filing a lawsuit, and I bet Toyota would have
paid him a quarter mil without batting an eye...
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