On 2015-02-11, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
Ignoramus13634 fired this volley in
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It is supposed to stop blowing, or moving, if you let go of the
handle. That's a behavior that makes it very easy to stop if something
happens. Dead man safe, so to speak.

Aw, c'mon, Ig!
Two-handed anti-tiedown controls on presses? Thhhpppptt!
Deadman switches on mowers and snow-blowers? Nahhhhh!
Chip-guard interlocks on lathes? Ahh... just DISABLE all of them!

All that crap just gets in the way of having FUN!

Besides... it's fun learning to be left-handed when you've been a
'righty' all your life.

You use the remaining hand to pull out frozen newspapers from the
snowblower with the blades running

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