sigh - another one bites the dust........

K-dawg

 

 

 

...The taxes, fees and red tape is enough to kill even the most energetic show owner...

One of those funny stories... my guy stocks (stocked  ) Humbrol enamels. He got hit with provincial red tape this past summer. It seems that all the warnings etc. were printed on that tiny little tin of paint in english only. (NB is the only officiall bilingual province up here) So, he had to wrap each & every one of those tins with a new sticker with english & french info. Uhh, hello, common sense calling - it's paint: use it on models, don't eat it and use a thinner that plays nice with enamels! He even tried to have a large sign placed on the display rack instead of the new labels, wasn't good enough.

Oh that's not cool at all!...

K-dawg

Oh that's not cool at all!...

Nope, not at all. And just imagine all those instructions... in two languages on a Humbrol paint tin no bigger than 1" high. What a waste of time!

VanceCrozier

Uhh, hello, common sense calling - it's paint: use it on models, don't eat it .....

Just remember this:

Every warning you've ever seen on a product, no matter how silly it may seem that it is there, is there because at some point, someone did what the warning is now there to advise against.

Common sense is not as common as we would like to believe.

This is probably true.

It is also true that bureaucracies need to self-perpetuate.

And it is likely that this proliferation of intrusion has fostered an attitude that "the gubmint will protect me". No need for thought.

PaintsWithBrush

 

VanceCrozier:

Uhh, hello, common sense calling - it's paint: use it on models, don't eat it .....

 

Just remember this:

Every warning you've ever seen on a product, no matter how silly it may seem that it is there, is there because at some point, someone did what the warning is now there to advise against.

Common sense is not as common as we would like to believe.

Oh I know, that's why I don't take the toaster into the shower anymore. It just seems excessive
to me that a sign with the product at its point of sale isn't enough.

OK....go ahead....make fun....but, you can never be too careful.

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Edit: sorry, it's a cut and paste. Maybe it's dangerous.

hmmmm di-hydrogen monoxide...

I've been out of chemistry class for a few years now, but 2 hydrogens and an Oxygen sounds like water to me! 

Check out the link.

WallyM3

OK....go ahead....make fun....but, you can never be too careful.

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

Edit: sorry, it's a cut and paste. Maybe it's dangerous.

... do I understand correctly that the website is warning folks who  make BOMBS ?! that DHMO is the dangerous component ?!!!

.....as well as warning folks who perform cult rituals ?

....but doesn't mention cats.

Well, since it doesn't mention cats in cult rituals I'm gonna presume it's a joke......obviously they never observed judges at a plastic model contest or they would know the truth.....

MEOW !