Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bruce Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Smithey Ironware Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:15:31 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <67282070$1$1895497$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 05:15:37 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9598538ed184ad2e30bbc338993c7d47"; logging-data="1455217"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18QO+ho7SLs0sWQY3ko/4PX" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:cKA+MhrhtKreR3+HmFdC+HTWtgk= Bytes: 2972 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 22:48:26 -0500, Ed P wrote: >On 11/4/2024 8:11 PM, Bruce wrote: >> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 20:09:00 -0500, jmcquown >> wrote: >> >>> On 11/3/2024 9:19 PM, Ed P wrote: >>>> On 11/3/2024 8:26 PM, Bruce wrote: >>>>> >>>>> That's what I meant. That garage door could also have been a little >>>>> girl crossing the street. >>>>> >>>>> Compulsory safety checks are a pain, but a necessity IMO. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I lived in states with mandatory inspection.  Waste of time and money. I >>>> can tell you stories of how people that truly have problems get around >>>> them. >>>> >>> (snippage) >>> >>> Michael is driving around with children (including twins who are only a >>> few months old) in his car. Required inspections or no, it's a safety >>> hazard to not be concerned about car brakes. >> >> Exactly. It sounds obvious but isn't, apparently. And you haven't even >> mentioned other people's children. Or their parents. Or grandparents. >> Or people who don't even have any children. >> > >We don't know if he is using it as a "family car" or if it it just a >collector car he is going to restore. He has a few. Why not ask before >making assumptions? This happened on his property, not the public streets. When you're run over by a car with faulty brakes, what does it matter if it's a family car or not? Besides, this isn't about Michael but about any state or country that doesn't check the safety of cars. I only have to drive a bit north to get there. -- Bruce