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Posted by J. Clarke on June 10, 2006, 4:28 am
BobK207 wrote:
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> J. Clarke wrote:
>> BobK207 wrote:
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>> > J. Clarke wrote:
>> >> BobK207 wrote:
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>> >> > nickolas80@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> >> I'm installing cabinet locks and it seems that when im screwing in,
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> wood is splitting. Has anyone experienced this? Is there anyway
>> >> >> around it?
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>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >> Nickolas
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Forget the child locks...............talk to, read to, engage them &
>> >> > redirect your kids
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>> >> The trouble with that is that the kid is capable of drinking the rat
>> >> poison long before he is capable of understanding a dissertation on
>> >> why drinking the rat poison is a Really Bad Idea.
>> >>
>> >> > little people are amazingly smart
>> >> >
>> >> > the best safety device for a kid is an educated brain
>> >> >
>> >> > cheers
>> >> >
>> >> > btw BTDT, now they're young adults
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>> >> --
>> >> --John
>> >> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
>> >> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
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>> > John-
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>> > You missed the operative phrase "redirect them" ......no dissertion
>> > involved, just clear concsie direction
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>> > I never had any trouble with my kids (or nieces or nephews) driking rat
>> > poison or getting into stuff they shouldn't. They learned very early
>> > (as so as they were mobile) what locations were off limits & what
>> > places were for them to play.
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>> > Parenting is a hands-on, full time time job that I was unwilling to
>> > delegate to a plastic latch.
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>> > First of all I didn't keep deadly chems in the house (kitchen sink
>> > cabinet) that stuff went in the garage and little people didn't go in
>> > the garage. Of course even no "deadly" chem can be deadly in quantity.
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>> > The perfromance of passive barriers do not compare well with active
>> > systems.
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>> > But to each his own
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>> There is something called "defense in depth".
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>> --
>> --John
>> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
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> yeah, there is also something called "false sense of security"
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> witness the child drownigs is SoCal......too dependent on "child proof
> safety fences"
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> oops!
So how _do_ you keep other people's kids out of your pool when you are not
home?
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
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