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You want WHAT for your birthday!!!??

Awww no kitty kat, it wasn't that loud.

There are a lot of remarks flying around about responsibility, lawyers etc. Lets look at this whole thing a little differently.

Remember the lady in California who spilled hot coffee on her lap and got 15 mil from McDonalds? Was that fair to McDonalds? Of course not. Deep pocketed lawyer? Screwy jury? Or some of both! Maybe she should have had a lead lap cover.

If I'm boiling water for hard boiled eggs and I knock the pan off the stovetop, who's to blame? ME, naturally!
Will any of you say I'm only PARTIALLY at fault?
This is no different. Who will I sue? The stove manufacturer for not providing a high fence across the front to prevent the accident. How about the pan manfacturer for having the extra long handle I bought when shorter handled versions were available? Where is COMMON SENSE????

This case should never have gone this far.

Following the logic mentioned in some of these remarks regarding manufacturer responsibility, all stovetop manufacturers will be required to put permanent front fences on their appliances (something far less expensive for the stovetop manufacturer than the Saw Stop technology on a portable saw). Then there is the pan manufacturer. The same arguments would require very short handles or no handles in favor of two loop handles like on large soup pots.

There is no difference. There are products in all price ranges for all economic classes, or more simply, personal preference or need. REQUIRING a DIY handyman who only occasionally needs a table saw that can be stowed under his bench, or the flooring installer who needs portability, to purchase a saw weighing hundreds of pounds and cost thousands of dollars is tantamount to requiring anyone who needs a car to purchase a Rolls Royce. Afterall, tanks are much safer that tin cans. Maybe we can start suing auto manufacturers when someone gets injured in a car accident, and heaven forbid if anyone is killed.

Norm and the NYW has been a Saturday and Sunday staple at my household for almost 10 years. I've recorded just about all of his programs and refer to them often to catch his take on jigs etc for some of the special projects he does. This has lead me to design and use many jigs, some of which I hope to see printed some day soon.

Good luck Norm. I truly hate to see you and the NYW go.

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