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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 17:09
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quote:Er, saving lives, generally speaking. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 17:14
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Usually because there's always someone who will ignore the risk warning. So we save their life, with mandatory recalls. -------------------- You Shall Die Laughing: http://www.worfthecat.ermarian.net/converted The Roost: www.roost01.proboards104.com. Birds of a feather flock together. Posts: 794 | Registered: Thursday, July 27 2006 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 20:35
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Recalls keep people from seeing if it might really be safe. I found out when a friend got a flat that he was still driving on recalled Firestone 500 tires (it's an 80s thing). He had gotten his money back from the recall and they didn't want the tire so he kept using it. At least he had it on the rear so the blow out on the highway didn't cause him to lose steering. As long as a product is out there, someone will use it. Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 20:47
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That's weird, I thought when they recalled things like that they made you give them back. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 20:56
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You mean like all the cribs that have been recalled over the years? I love how it has become the responsibility of the classified advertising editors to enforce laws against reselling those cribs. So yeah, recalls don't mean very much, except that the company is willing to take back an item they should never have sold in the first place. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 3 2007 22:16
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For food and drugs they usually take it back, but large items they assume you will dispose of so they don't have to. That's why there are the Darwin Awards to help clear out the gene pool. ET ought to approve of them. [ Wednesday, April 04, 2007 08:56: Message edited by: Randomizer ] Posts: 4643 | Registered: Friday, February 10 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, April 4 2007 04:06
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Democracy doesn't work because, on average, there will be more stupid than smart people because stupid people do stupid things. Since the less intelligent have more children, democracy tends to make bad decisions. For that Plato did not believe in a democracy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato [ Wednesday, April 04, 2007 04:09: Message edited by: Leftover Sauerkraut ] -------------------- "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981 "But what ... is it good for?" --Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. Posts: 152 | Registered: Monday, November 6 2006 08:00 |
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By Committee
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written Wednesday, April 4 2007 04:46
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That's why almost every government these days calling itself a "democracy" is actually either a representative or parliamentary republic. Posts: 2242 | Registered: Saturday, April 10 2004 07:00 |