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james_s:
I hate those screwed shut battery compartments, I was just talking to my friend about that the other day, it had never occurred to me that it was some kind of a legal requirement. I also hate "child proof" packaging, what a joke, I still remember when I was about 4 years old my grandmother used to ask me to open her medication bottles for her because she had difficulty with the "child proof" caps while my small nimble hands could open them without difficulty.

It's easy to say "it would matter to you if it was your child" and yeah that might be true, but you have to look at the big picture. All manner of things around the house are hazardous to kids and it's a minor miracle that any of us make it to adulthood but we did, even with the much more lax safety requirements that we had when I was a kid. There is IMO far too much legislation intended to protect everyone from themselves and much of it brings unintended consequences. Useless feel-good legislation is a plague.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Someone on December 23, 2020, 01:18:28 am ---You joke, but hot water from the tap is legislated in Australia to be "warm water" for just this reason.:
https://www.vba.vic.gov.au/consumers/guides/hot-water-safety
With special lower limits for the very old and very young.

Owing to plumbers not wanting to run multiple hot water feeds within a house all outlets have the same temperature. This leads to people boiling water in a kettle when they want to do the washing with "hot" water.

--- End quote ---

Can you not just turn it up? My water heater has a line on the dial that says something to the effect of that being the recommended maximum temperature, however there is nothing stopping a person from turning it up much higher. I learned pretty quick when I was a young child not to turn the tap too far to the hot side because hot water is... hot.  :palm:

Tom45:

--- Quote from: blueskull on December 23, 2020, 02:22:54 am ---I learned to use a screwdriver before learned to use chopsticks.

Nothing stops a determined kid, or a grown up with equal curiosity.

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At age 75 I still haven't learned to use chopsticks. I'm quite proficient with screwdrivers though.

james_s:
Neither have I, but I think if one grows up in China it's far more ingrained in the culture and something that most people learn from an early age.

David Hess:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 23, 2020, 04:56:27 am ---I also hate "child proof" packaging, what a joke, I still remember when I was about 4 years old my grandmother used to ask me to open her medication bottles for her because she had difficulty with the "child proof" caps while my small nimble hands could open them without difficulty.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrap_rage#Frustration_and_injuries

According to a British study, over 60,000 people receive hospital treatment each year due to injuries from opening food packaging.  The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated that attempts to open packaging caused about 6,500 emergency department visits in the U.S. in 2004.

Before I received an injury which would require stitches, I started using tin snips to open bubble packaging which is much safer than a knife or scissors.

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