thank you dan you said it better than i could have. with less profanity grin. jim in minnesota At 12:46 PM 5/1/2007, you wrote:
>On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Ricque wrote: > > > Sounds to me like a waste of money to protect an idiot. > > The buyer has to be saying to himself, > > "I better have this, since I'm stupid and careless" > >Rick, so you have removed the blade guard from your circ saw, your table >saw, and other safety features since you don't really need them as long as >you are not an idiot. > >You can still do everything right and have an accident. No one is >perfect. And when the lack of perfection comes with the price of losing >fingers, some extra safety is well worth it. > >For years, skydivers used to complain about using automatic activation >devices which initiate deployment of your reserve if you go too low while >still in free fall. After a few very experienced skydivers bounced >because of accidents that weren't of their own doing. and they could have >been saved with an AAD, many more skydivers are using them now. And, >deaths due to no pull or low pull have significantly decreased. > >I still submit that it is impossible to be 100% safe 100% of the time. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel:(412) 268-9081 > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: >5/1/2007 2:57 PM To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
