Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!

Puckdropper

On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

On 12/31/2019 2:03 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:

On 12/31/2019 2:03 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

On 12/31/2019 9:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:

On 12/31/2019 2:03 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

I forgot it was a Canadian company. I know there was a Menards in Fort
Wayne and Indianapolis Indiana and several other mid western US cities.

It was my favorite place to shop when we live in Indianapolis.

I wish they would come to Raleigh, but I doubt if they ever will in my
life time.

On 12/31/2019 9:19 AM, knuttle wrote:
On 12/31/2019 9:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:

On 12/31/2019 2:03 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw.Â* It's a compound
miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table.Â* The sign said basically
"if you
feel comfortable using this, you can.Â* PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than
hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better
than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian.Â* In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

I forgot it was a Canadian company.Â* I know there was a Menards in Fort
Wayne and Indianapolis Indiana and several other mid western US cities.

It was my favorite place to shop when we live in Indianapolis.

I wish theyÂ* would come to Raleigh, but I doubt if they ever will in my
life time.

Menards is all over the US, even as far as Tennessee although none in my
immediate area. Being a Canadian company wouldn't help them a bit if they
were sued in the US but I'm sure that their legal staff and insurance
companies have vetted their practices. This will probably hold until some
litigious oaf takes them to court demanding $100M because they got an owie
using a self-service saw to trim their toenails.

On 12/31/2019 8:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
....


Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

Au contraire!!!

History
A family-owned company started in 1958, Menards® is headquartered in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin and has more than 300 home improvement stores located
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. ...

https://www.menards.com/main/footer/company-information/about-us/c-3582.htm

Current map appeared to have only one location in Canada.

--

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 09:39:24 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 12/31/2019 8:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
...


Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

Au contraire!!!

History
A family-owned company started in 1958, Menards® is headquartered in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin and has more than 300 home improvement stores located
in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and
Wyoming. ...

https://www.menards.com/main/footer/company-information/about-us/c-3582.htm

Current map appeared to have only one location in Canada.

Interesting. I don't know why I associate them with Canada.

However that being the case, they are going to get slammed _so_ hard
by some enterprising ne'er-do-well and his equally enterprising
ambulance chaser.

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.



1. Menards isn't Canadian.

2. http://tinyurl.com/vfruc9z

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ing-in-toronto

John T.

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:40:52 -0500, wrote:



Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.



1. Menards isn't Canadian.

2. http://tinyurl.com/vfruc9z

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ing-in-toronto

Do you have a point or are you just trying to troll us into a gun
control discussion?

J. Clarke writes:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:

On 12/31/2019 2:03 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:32:36 AM UTC-5, Puckdropper wrote:
Found my local Menards has a "self-service" saw. It's a compound miter saw
with a nice long infeed and outfeed table. The sign said basically "if you
feel comfortable using this, you can. PPE is near the saw in a box."

I had brought my own circular saw, but wound up using their saw instead.
It was really nice to control the tolerance of my cuts, rather than hoping
to find the guy who actually can read the tape measure and hold better than
1/4" tolerance.

Really neat, I hope they keep this for a long time!


https://img.memecdn.com/what-could-p...o_5802169.webp
Puckdropper

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian.

Since when? John Menard was from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and the company
is still privately owned and headquartered there.

On 12/31/2019 8:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:


[snip]

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

Unless Wisconsin seceded from the Union overnight, I believe you will
find that Eau Claire, Wisconsin USA is the company's base.

On Wed, 1 Jan 2020 17:35:09 -0600, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 12/31/2019 8:10 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 07:44:57 -0500, knuttle
wrote:


[snip]

I would expect this will not be around long as thier insurance company
will find the practice objectionable and their insurnance will go up

Remember that Menards is Canadian. In Canada the loser in a
litigation usually pays the winner's costs, there is a very low cap on
"pain and suffering", punitive damages are only awarded if malice can
be demonstrated, and per capita Canada has about 1/4 as many lawsuits
as the US, so the risk is much lower.

Unless Wisconsin seceded from the Union overnight, I believe you will
find that Eau Claire, Wisconsin USA is the company's base.
Never seen a Menards in Canada.