I started diving off of starting blocks when I was eight years old. I am now 51, and train at the Y, almost always alone, as there is no Masters program in the county where I live, or in any of the immediately adjacent counties. (There are several age group programs.) I want to work on my starts, but none of the Y's where I swim will let me use the blocks - saying that a national Y policy prohibits anyone from using the blocks unless a team/club coach is on the deck.
I have never heard of anyone suing a YMCA because of an accident on a starting block.
Yes, perhaps a coach would be valuable to me in this regard, but I'm not looking for a coach - I need and want a cooperative facility. The age groups' program schedules are not conducive to my schedule, and besides, the age group coaches already have enough on their hands during those times with lanes full of kids working their programs. I also am not excited about having to dodge those kids to do the work I need to do.
Anyone find a way to conquer this litigation-fear-induced insanity yet? Thank you.
Originally posted by aquageek
Being a Southerner I am familiar with the process of frying. You do realize that in order to fry potatos, they have to be much, much greater a temperature (350 range) than what McDs serves coffee at? So, we can now look for the hot fry suit soon.
You can also make fried ice cream in 350 degree oil, with most of the ice cream still frozen.
Geek, are you aware that the air in your oven could get as hot as 450 degrees? Madness, madness I tell you!
But when you open your oven door (to look inside), you expect a wave of hot air. If there is steam inside, you might even expect to get a mild 1st degree burn. You would not expect 3rd degree burns. (On the other hand, a pressure cooker can give you 3rd degree burns, which is why there are a lot of safety precautions to make it difficult to open one by accident.)
If you spill hot french fries in your lap, you can brush them off and likely not get burned. You spill your coffee on your arm at home (because the kids run by and hit your chair), you have time to take off your shirt and run cold water. Maybe a 1st degree burn. You take a 195 degree liquid and dump it on your arm sleeve, you won't have time to avoid a 3rd degree burn.
Maybe you feel that, for a speeding offense, there is no difference between a $100 fine and serving 20 years in a maximum security prison, because the person was stupid enough to break the law and deserves *any* punishment. (I would argue the latter is way out of proportion to the crime.) If that's how you feel, fine. But you have a habit of implying that other people are idiots for seeing things differently than you.
Originally posted by aquageek
Being a Southerner I am familiar with the process of frying. You do realize that in order to fry potatos, they have to be much, much greater a temperature (350 range) than what McDs serves coffee at? So, we can now look for the hot fry suit soon.
You can also make fried ice cream in 350 degree oil, with most of the ice cream still frozen.
Geek, are you aware that the air in your oven could get as hot as 450 degrees? Madness, madness I tell you!
But when you open your oven door (to look inside), you expect a wave of hot air. If there is steam inside, you might even expect to get a mild 1st degree burn. You would not expect 3rd degree burns. (On the other hand, a pressure cooker can give you 3rd degree burns, which is why there are a lot of safety precautions to make it difficult to open one by accident.)
If you spill hot french fries in your lap, you can brush them off and likely not get burned. You spill your coffee on your arm at home (because the kids run by and hit your chair), you have time to take off your shirt and run cold water. Maybe a 1st degree burn. You take a 195 degree liquid and dump it on your arm sleeve, you won't have time to avoid a 3rd degree burn.
Maybe you feel that, for a speeding offense, there is no difference between a $100 fine and serving 20 years in a maximum security prison, because the person was stupid enough to break the law and deserves *any* punishment. (I would argue the latter is way out of proportion to the crime.) If that's how you feel, fine. But you have a habit of implying that other people are idiots for seeing things differently than you.
