Another big recall: four million Aqua-Leisure Baby Floats. The leg straps can break, and the baby fall into the water.
Wolfgang Puck Toaster Oven/Toasters - Heat element stays on after toast pops up; fire hazard.
Wagner Spray Tech Heat Guns - Heat element stays on after gun is turned off; fire hazard. That sounds familiar.
Campbell Hausfeld 20-Gallon Air Compressors (Walmart) - Thermal overload sensor doesn't work; unit can overheat and, yes, catch fire.
Epic Threads and Greendog Hooded Sweatshirts (Macy's) - Strangulation hazard
Children's Necklace and Bracelet Sets (crayons and shiny hearts) - Choking hazard
JGR Copa Body Boards - lead paint
SmartSpark Energy Systems Battery Equalizers - Fire hazard
Orangatang Skateboard Wheels - Blowout hazard; risk of injury
Poseidon Diving Wings - Air bladders can break.
Crane Whirlpool Bathtubs - Hair can get tangled due to drain cover design; drowning hazard.
Loyal Bedding Mattress Sets - Do not meet flammability standards.
DEWALT Framing Nailers - Can fling nails at user.
PowerPlus Generators - Can cause power surges that damage appliances and cause fires.
Tabletop Rope Cutters - Can overheat; fire and burn hazard.
Polaris Recalls Snowmobiles - Rider can lose control of and/or be ejected from the snowmobile.
Ionic Salt Lamps - overheating; fire hazard.
Intermatic In-Wall Timers - electric shock hazard when replacing the battery.
Knorr Chicken Vegetable with Pasta kosher soup mix - undeclared egg ingredients.
Stop & Shop nonfat dry milk - Possible salmonella contamination.
]]>@RandaPanda: You sure you didn't borrow that story from Jeff Foxworthy?
]]>Basic IKEA crib that turns into a toddler bed = $169 plus $25 mattress. Nothing fancy, but it works.
]]>@Trai_Dep: I wondered how long it would take before someone would come up with a dead baby joke ;)
]]>@RandaPanda: that should read "weren't dumb enough..."
trying post while chatting with people doesn't lend to a cohesive post sometimes... ^_^
]]>@Trai_Dep: Yeah, my parents were of the school of "try it once and it hurts, you'll learn not to do it again."
For example. My sister (who is now 23) stuck a penny in an electrical socket. Shocked the hell out of her. My dad looked at her and said, "Hurts didn't it? Bet ya won't do that again." Needless to say, she never did, and the rest of us we're dumb enough to follow in her footsteps.
]]>Its a moving blade for u to run rope across....
]]>Good thing the amendment guaranteeing that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property never passed. What were they thinking when they proposed that?
]]>Legal aliens or space aliens, you choose.
]]>Thanks for your brilliant contribution. You'll go far!
]]>Watch:
The rights of the positive freedoms are of the negatives to the point of Free Market consequentialism that exists for the right to life in comparison to glib strawmen! My logic is incredible, my defense is impregnable, you just can't understand it because I'm THAT much smarter than you.
See, it just doesn't have that "throw the transmission into reverse on the highway" stupidity to it. You really need a 'bot to do it right.
]]>Please try harder.
]]>@legwork:
Back in the day, IIRC, they were filming the TV show Coach, and they used a fire extinguisher for some reason, which actually the propellant and material cought on fire and caused a huge flame up. It wasn't a grease fire or anything. It burnt one of the stars of the show.
Woot, took me 1 step less.
]]>I don't understand the hate for child safety products anyways. Most of these products come from a genuine need. Maybe not a need to protect from death but from bumps, bruises, and broken bones. Babies and toddlers have no understanding of danger; they have an instinctive love of novelty. They will drink floor cleaner and lick electrical outlets because it is new and different, not like playing with the same old safe toys.
]]>Educate yourself on the basics first before you try to smear my logic.
]]>don't feed the troll
]]>Nah, I don't think there's even a heartburn hazard.
]]>Personally I think the right to life is the most basic and important guarantee an individual can receive. On the other hand property rights are all in the news lately. DRM, RIAA, children being shot while mistakenly trespassing. The list goes on.
How many laws must businesses adhere to? Thousands? Millions? Are they unconstitutional too?
You fail to prove your point.
]]>I read way too quickly and saw "Knorr Chicken Vegetable with Pasta kosher soup mix-Fire Hazard".
]]>@BayardMozie: According to the full recall:
"Hazard: Bolts on the rear suspension can break causing the rail tip to become dislodged and interfere with the snowmobile's track. This can cause the track to lock up and the rider to lose control of the snowmobile, posing a risk of injury."
That's a key detail left out of the summary. But yeah, replace 'breaking bolts' with 'alcohol' and you've just described all snowmobiles.
]]>Are you serious? The free market DOES provide this. How about American Peanut Corp. Or Topps meat. Do you remember them? The companies that went bankrupt after consumers found out they distributed tainted products?
]]>I think a person's right to life or liberty trumps the spirit of free enterprise. Using your argument things like government mandated seatbelts, meat inspection, and legal drinking ages are also unconstitutional.
]]>HOODIES WERE RECALLED JUST FOR HAVING DRAWSTRINGS.
BECAUSE APPARENTLY DRAWSTRING HOODS ARE DEADLY NOW.
According to the linked PDF on that page, due to the fact that a total of 22 kids died between 1985-1999 from drawstrings on their clothes, the CPSC thinks they're deadly. I'm sure 3x as many kids died in that period from getting tangled in their own shirts but they aren't mandating that kids go topless. What the HELL?
How did my generation (I'm 25) ever survive before they had outlet covers, drawer locks, cabinet locks, childproof doorknobs, velcro hoodies... WTF.
]]>Too bad the free market only corrects itself after a few babies are killed.
I'm not American and haven't really studied the constitution but I don't remember anywhere in that document that promises businesses the right to sell crappy products.
Troll?
]]>Instead of a heavy handed government the free market provides for shoddily made products. Companies that make dangerous or bad merchandise simply get weeded out in natural competition efficiently without bureaucratic mixups to infringe on your freedoms.
]]>Just curious, has there ever been a fire-hazard alert for a fire extinguisher?
]]>Made in China?
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