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.
Parents
Former Member
The two coffee makers in our house make fresh coffee at 167 and 172 degrees respectively. That may or may not be norm for household coffee makers. This is hot enough to burn you badly and quickly. How many lawsuits are there for these kinds of units?
I think darn near everyone would expect that coffee served in a fast food place (especially stuff served in cups intended to facilitate your getting it back HOT to your office group that elected you to fly the breakfast run) would be at least as hot as what comes out of their home caffeine dispensers.
Used as intended (keep in cup till transferred directly to mouth, with normal due caution in taking that first sip to determine drinkability), it is perfectly safe. As with all things, use in unintended ways increases risk.
If this lady had poked herself in the eye with the coffee stir and blinded herself would she have gotten a bigger settlement?
My solution - outlaw coffee altogether and let people drink a cold, refreshing Diet Coke for their morning caffeine fix.
Hmmmm....back in the days when drinking a cold beer whilst operating a pickup truck was a god-given right here in Texas, I had occasion to end up with a lap full of cold brew upon opening a recently agitated can that was between my legs. I wonder if I could have gotten a big settlement for cold-induced shrinkage?
The two coffee makers in our house make fresh coffee at 167 and 172 degrees respectively. That may or may not be norm for household coffee makers. This is hot enough to burn you badly and quickly. How many lawsuits are there for these kinds of units?
I think darn near everyone would expect that coffee served in a fast food place (especially stuff served in cups intended to facilitate your getting it back HOT to your office group that elected you to fly the breakfast run) would be at least as hot as what comes out of their home caffeine dispensers.
Used as intended (keep in cup till transferred directly to mouth, with normal due caution in taking that first sip to determine drinkability), it is perfectly safe. As with all things, use in unintended ways increases risk.
If this lady had poked herself in the eye with the coffee stir and blinded herself would she have gotten a bigger settlement?
My solution - outlaw coffee altogether and let people drink a cold, refreshing Diet Coke for their morning caffeine fix.
Hmmmm....back in the days when drinking a cold beer whilst operating a pickup truck was a god-given right here in Texas, I had occasion to end up with a lap full of cold brew upon opening a recently agitated can that was between my legs. I wonder if I could have gotten a big settlement for cold-induced shrinkage?
