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[Peter Gottlieb]

On 1/17/2016 7:22 PM, Bruce Long via ARC5 wrote:
> /
> You speak the gospel truth, Brian.  Designing for safety is treated in America 
> as a crime of psychotics and socialists and it is the patriotic duty of every 
> American to live dangerously by owning and using shoddily made electrical 
> appliances.  Every safety improvement made in American products has been done 
> under threat of litigation, not by our elected representatives working to give 
> us a safe and healthy environment.  It's been a rich harvest for product 
> liability lawyers for decades./
>
> Perhaps a little off topic but I remember reading many years ago that 30 years 
> of OSHA ( the Federal government work place agency here in the US) regulation 
> and inspections led to no detectable improvement in workplace injuries and 
> fatalities.  This sorta kinda makes sense to me.   If you are dumb enough to 
> work live electrical wires using an OSHA mandated non-conductive fiberglass 
> step ladder instead of an aluminum step ladder is not likely to make a whole 
> lot of different.
>
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> *From:* J Mcvey via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> *To:* Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>; Arden Allen <gumbear at pacbell.net>
> *Cc:* Boatanchors List <boatanchors at theporch.com>; ARC-5 List 
> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; Robert <w4rl at bellsouth.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 17, 2016 3:23 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [ARC5] [BoatAnchors] 125 VAC Line? Make Your BA's Happy, Cheap.
>
> Nicola Tesla used to refer to voltage as "pressure".  I think it stemmed from 
> an ohms law water analogy that was common in his time. Perhaps it stuck as 
> common usage in Australia?
> It's obscure here in the states...
>
>
> On Sunday, January 17, 2016 8:42 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> ATTENTION COMRADE ARDEN!
>
> Put down that dangerously hot, unlicensed, soldering iron and step away from 
> the workbench! The Safety Police will be arriving shortly to confiscate all 
> that dangerous unlicensed radio equipment with high tension, err high 
> pressure, err, high emf, err high voltage power supplies with Exposed Wiring. 
> It has come to our attention that most of your radios were manufactured by 
> Evil Corporations (redundant) led by Evil Executives (redundant again) who 
> attended Business Schools where they teach courses like "How to electrocute 
> babies for fun and profit".
> In return for the seized radio equipment, you will be issued 1 ea. D-Cell 
> battery and a small quantity of conductive paint.
> A Safety Monitor Telescreen will be installed in your home to ensure that you 
> don't swallow or otherwise misuse the D-Cell and paint.
> Have Fun!
>
> From Your Big Brothers at the Department of Redundancy Department
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Arden Allen <gumbear at pacbell.net 
> <mailto:gumbear at pacbell.net>> wrote:
>
>         .......Just as a point of interest, the number of electrocutions through
>
>     'playing with' 230 Vac is almost negligible. It is virtually
>     impossible even for idiots to get across the mains - modern connectors
>     make touching live circuitry extremely difficult. This is not the case
>     in the USA.
>
>     You speak the gospel truth, Brian.  Designing for safety is treated in
>     America as a crime of psychotics and socialists and it is the patriotic
>     duty of every American to live dangerously by owning and using shoddily
>     made electrical appliances. Every safety improvement made in American
>     products has been done under threat of litigation, not by our elected
>     representatives working to give us a safe and healthy environment. It's
>     been a rich harvest for product liability lawyers for decades.
>
>     Arden Allen
>     KB6NAX
>
>
>
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