Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Dana
CTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:14 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage > > > > well, there is a theory called attractive nuisance. This is the one > > that says if you have a pool you need to keep it fenced so small > >

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ian Skinner
That is because the case is judged by a jury of the plaintiff's peers. Who are just as dumb as he is. Who could not figure at way out of jury duty, as the old joke goes. -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. R

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Jerry Johnson
D] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage > > Right, so if they accidentally fell then they'd have a case. This was no > accident. I can count one hand all of the stupid pranks, dares and idiocies that have

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage > > well, there is a theory called attractive nuisance. This is the one > that says if you have a

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ken Ketsdever
Let natural selection do it thing, commission taller buildings. -Original Message- From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:41 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage Because for every 100 responsible, social usersthere is 1 who gets

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread G
Because for every 100 responsible, social usersthere is 1 who gets twisted and jumps off a roof. > Drugs always get the bad rap...how did they get involved in this? > > Ray > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Nick McClure
I kinda just did that to make a joke, sorry for the confusion. > -Original Message- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Garage Jumping all the rage > > Drugs always get the bad r

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ian Skinner
Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning -Original Message- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Ga

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ray Champagne
would want to go >around jumping from roof top to roof top. Unless of course they had >superpowers or were on drugs. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:14 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject:

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Nick McClure
Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage > > well, there is a theory called attractive nuisance. This is the one > that says if you have a pool you ne

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Dana
well, there is a theory called attractive nuisance. This is the one that says if you have a pool you need to keep it fenced so small children don't wander in. I haven't looked at the link yet but I don't think a simple roof would qualify, on the other hand. Dana On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:43:02 -0800

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Nick McClure
You know, a lot of cases get overturned our penalties dropped on appeals, that just doesn't make the news. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Garage Jumping all

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Nick McClure
ect: RE: Garage Jumping all the rage > > This I have always wondered about the US legal system? Is it possible to > sue for, in this example, a fence to be installed? No personal and/or > emotional damages. Just to get the fence installed? > > I would agree that the city and

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Garage Jumping all the rage > > Right, so if they accidentally fell then they'd have a case. This was no > accident.

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ian wrote: > This I have always wondered about the US legal system? We need to operate more like Europe does: if you file a personal injury lawsuit and lose you're liable for all costs incurred by the court and the other side. Example: A friend used to live in Amsterdam and the entrance to his

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Tony Weeg
you just cannot protect EVERYONE from themselves the minute they cant jump of garages, it'll be a discrimination lawsuit... welcome to the wild wacky world we call the good ole U S of A tw On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:43:02 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This I have always wondere

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ian Skinner
This I have always wondered about the US legal system? Is it possible to sue for, in this example, a fence to be installed? No personal and/or emotional damages. Just to get the fence installed? I would agree that the city and/or the private owners do not owe this kid or his family any money

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Howie Hamlin
Right, so if they accidentally fell then they'd have a case. This was no accident. --- On Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:23 PM, Jim Davis scribed: --- > > OSHA must place 10' razor-wire-equipped railings over every drop of > greater than 8'. > ~

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Garage Jumping all the rage > > LOL...whatever happened to Misty? That was one of my favorite guilty > pleasures! Now t

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Ray Champagne
LOL...whatever happened to Misty? That was one of my favorite guilty pleasures! Now they just have the same 5 reruns on the SciFi Channel on Saturday morning, or at least they did the last time I checked. At 01:23 PM 3/1/2005, you wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Nick McClure [m

RE: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Garage Jumping all the rage > > http://www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html > > OK, so a boy gets hurt while trying to jump from rooftop to roofto

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread G
Natural selection at work. Get the lemmings to the edge, watch em leap!! Er..waiti'm in Kansas. This was God's "intelligent design" at work. Yesvery intelligentthe design here. > http://www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html > > > > OK, so a boy gets hurt while trying to jump from

Re: Garage Jumping all the rage

2005-03-01 Thread Howie Hamlin
Welcome to the USA where there is no personal resposiblity. --- On Tuesday, March 01, 2005 12:42 PM, Nick McClure scribed: --- > > http://www.local6.com/money/4239256/detail.html > > > > OK, so a boy gets hurt while trying to jump from rooftop to rooftop, > so the > natural reaction of the par