On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:48:39 -0400, Percival P. Cassidy wrote in
alt.home.repair:

Somebody even said that some states prohibit the
sale or rental of the special tools to untrained persons.

Not likely. The only "special" tool that you wouldn't already have is a
pair of 1/2" (3/8"? - I don't remember) steel bars, about 2 feet long.

You also need a functioning brain and a LOT of fear. Familiarity breeds
contempt and contempt kills. Or at least maims, but it's not nearly as
bad as getting careless around a table saw. Mostly...

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Why put fault tolerance in the OS, when it's already built into the
User?