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#19724 01/02/03 07:39 PM
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Just saw a tv news story about a family in Atlanta whose servic entrance shorted.So they go and rent a generator, looked as though they were using extension cords to run some things. They put the generator in the crawlspace,RUNNING! Fire dept said There was 20 times the normal carbon monoxide level in the house.Fortunatly, no one was seriuosly affected.WOW!

#19725 01/02/03 07:51 PM
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Makes you wonder, (for people who just aren't
knowledgeable of such basic hazards) if a course in basic safety, in different catagories should be taught in grade school [Linked Image]

#19726 01/02/03 08:11 PM
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One thing I learned early on is that sense is not common to about 75% of the people populating the Earth.

#19727 01/02/03 08:18 PM
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Yup, everytime I need some well grounded reality checks, I go to:
http://official.darwinawards.com

Joe T's links to accidents are a little too sobering for me. <shudder>
No slight intended towards Joe, seeing them once was educational enough!

#19728 01/03/03 01:19 AM
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How STUPID, can you get,
I thought that this would be the last thing that you would put up in your roof! [Linked Image]

#19729 01/03/03 01:26 AM
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Trumpy
Crawl space are typically under a house.


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#19730 01/03/03 09:18 AM
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I sometimes ask people if they have RARE sense. They look at me perplexed, I conclude that common sense is so uncommon.
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#19731 01/03/03 05:59 PM
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I'm afraid that common sense seems to be a rapidly vanishing commodity.

Why bother using it when you can have an army of lawyers to sue manufacturers for not including in their manuals warnings against doing things that no sane person would try to do? [Linked Image]

Like the guy who tried to sue the NYC Transit Authority on the grounds that they hadn't done enough to make him aware of the danger of jumping in front of a subway train. [Linked Image]


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