The Rec Center I occasionally swim at has starting blocks. I am aware that is a swim device that I am supposed to use once in awhile. The pool is very deep and used for daily swim team practice and some meets. Yet, there is always a bright yellow cone placed on the blocks during lap swimming hours. No one may use the starting blocks at this time. I find it irritating. No one could possibly get hurt unless they were especially idiotic. I guess they're worried about lawsuits. I saw someone doing backstroke starts once, but who wants to do those? This practice will discourage me from ever entering a non-OW event.
Geek:
I must respectfully disagree. This is just the insurance company perspective on waivers.
Bottom line: waivers are not worthless. They just don't protect you from being sued because a lot of idiots file completely meritless lawsuits. This is not the fault of lawyers; it is the litigious nature of our society.
Hence, them not being worth the paper they are written on. As a family that relies on the insurance industry for our income I don't need a thesis to know they are worthless.
We can go back to starting blocks issue or the incessant kising up that is pervasive on this forum lately. Alternatively, we can have further exposure of igorance on insurance matters, which is actually more entertaining.
I myself have been suffering from un-Mindful neural imprinting defects recently. So you must be referring (among others) to your buddy Gull, formerly Gull80, who apparently is quite busy Mindfully honing his technique to do some guitar smashing in March.
But you're probably right. This is much more entertaining. I'll tell you how you're wrong about legal matters, and you can continue to correct my ignorance on insurance matters. How much insurance must pools take out to permit us the luxury of swimming in them? And why do we have to bother to sign waivers to swim at masters meets if they're worthless?
A lawyer vs. an insurance agent......kind of like godzilla vs. mothra.
You don't care who wins, and you know a lot of stuff is going to get broken before the end of the movie.
Bring it on.
Where is jimmy the greek when you need him.
Aw, if you don't care, why are you readin'?:thhbbb:
I somehow don't think that Geek is an "agent" though ...
We got Cruise; we don't need no Jimmy the Greek.
Peter:
I did notice that the Geek crawled out of his cave on the "Biggest Loser" thread, claiming that scyfreestyler typed the first "quality" post in a long while. Having just read portions of the closed "The Fastest Age" thread, I think we're now all a tame lot compared to the prior "vicious vulpine vituperation" on this forum. We're probably boring him.
Hence, them not being worth the paper they are written on. As a family that relies on the insurance industry for our income I don't need a thesis to know they are worthless.
Mr. Brief Poster/Zinger:
I wasn't trying to give you a thesis, just clarifying for others who may not be in the insurance or legal industry. :thhbbb: They were free to ignore my comments, as always.
As a family that relies on the legal industry for our income, I don't need an insurance man's input to know that there is difference between enforcability and complete immunization.
Where would these entities be without enforceable waivers? Even more screwed. But ridiculous lawsuits are not in my line of work anyway. I have, however, represented insurance companies.
Frivolous lawsuits involve lawyers who agree to represent the plaintiffs, n'est-ce pas?
Of course. But I'm not a personal injury plaintiff's lawyer. That's why I said ridiculous lawsuits were not in my line of work. I guess they're just in Geek's line of work, as he has been forced to pay to defend the irritating frivolous lawsuits. Of course, he may be denying coverage on some meritorious ones too.
However, I'm sure the ridiculous litigious McDonald's plaintiffs were very happy with their hot coffee proceeds. I guess McDonald's should have had a valid waiver or a "drink hot coffee at your own risk" sign.
anyone who would consider drinking the so called "coffee" that is served by mc d, deserves what they get, be it a burned crotch or big$, or both:laugh2:
How true! Yucky stuff. I think they deserve the burned crotch, but not the big $. That's what drives up insurance premiums. I'm sure Geek could elucidate further.
Ah, the Geek emerges from his cave, cranky as the dickens, nostalgic for the days when the forum crackled with viscious, vulpine vituperation of the most uncivil nature...
Alternatively, we can have further exposure of igorance on insurance matters, which is actually more entertaining.
A lawyer vs. an insurance agent......kind of like godzilla vs. mothra.
You don't care who wins, and you know a lot of stuff is going to get broken before the end of the movie.
Bring it on.
Where is jimmy the greek when you need him.
anyone who would consider drinking the so called "coffee" that is served by mc d, deserves what they get, be it a burned crotch or big$, or both:laugh2:
