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Dec 28, 2018 19:55:51   #
10MPlayer Loc: California
 
Robertl594 wrote:
Never would have guessed! This was in the Nikon Z7 Users guide. And I thought I knew a little about photography. Guess not. Glad I got this, now I know. Can’t wait to get to the QTip and ear section.


And don't handle your lens after you picked your nose. Wash your hands first. That sounds like a lawyer wrote it.

Festus said: Nikon is just covering their behind. There will always be at least one moron and 2 idiots out there that will actually do exactly what Nikon warns about. And you can bet your D5 or Z7 that they will try to sue!

Probably already happened and that's why it's there.

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Dec 28, 2018 21:18:14   #
burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC
 
Bill_de wrote:
My doctor said she has a habit of reading labels. One item she keeps on her desk just for something to make her and her patients smile is a little is a bag of Planters peanuts. It's not candy or anything like that, just roasted peanuts. It even has pictures on the label.

On the label on the back: Warning - this package contains peanuts.

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Peanuts can be fatal to someone with a severe peanut allergy. I know three!

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Dec 28, 2018 21:33:02   #
Bill_de Loc: US
 
burkphoto wrote:
Peanuts can be fatal to someone with a severe peanut allergy. I know three!


Hopefully they know that a bag of peanuts has peanuts in it.

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Dec 28, 2018 21:53:27   #
Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.
 
Do not abandon your film rigs. You will return to them.

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Dec 28, 2018 22:08:51   #
boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
 
Suppositories say "Do not eat" But I think that the foil would get stuck in their teeth. YUM

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Dec 28, 2018 22:56:45   #
DaveyDitzer Loc: Western PA
 
that's called "McDonald's coffee cup lawyer speak"

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Dec 29, 2018 00:40:28   #
Jagnut07 Loc: South Carolina
 
Also, if you take a break for a cup of tea then do not leave the teaspoon in the cup while drinking.

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Dec 29, 2018 04:57:10   #
Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.
 
In the dark, do not brush your teeth with birth control cream...😬

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Dec 29, 2018 05:21:37   #
PRC-NH Loc: New Hampshire
 
And that pesky lens cap...so much to remember!

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Dec 29, 2018 07:00:56   #
authorizeduser Loc: Monroe, Michigan
 
Robertl594 wrote:
Never would have guessed! This was in the Nikon Z7 Users guide. And I thought I knew a little about photography. Guess not. Glad I got this, now I know. Can’t wait to get to the QTip and ear section.


This is called COVER YOUR ASS. In today's world, people are so sue happy, companies place all kinds of warnings because common sense is not common anymore.

Examples

1: Nikon Binoculars have an orange sun sticker, warning user not to look at the sun.

2: Bought girlfriend an electric hair dryer which has a sticker warning user not use use hair dryer in shower.

3: Was spraying roses for bugs and the bottle on insecticide's label warns user not to drink contents.

and the list goes on and on. Maybe all warning labels should be removed ..... the problem would solve itself.


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Dec 29, 2018 07:06:29   #
authorizeduser Loc: Monroe, Michigan
 
Bill_de wrote:
Hopefully they know that a bag of peanuts has peanuts in it.

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I actually have a jar of peanut butter which reads " WARNING: CONTAINS PEANUTS "

Sure as hell better, considering it is peanut butter.

I want to know why my gallon of milk does not read, " WARNING: CONTAINS MILK "?


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Dec 29, 2018 07:57:36   #
Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket
 
Great response! Just found these.





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Dec 30, 2018 14:51:18   #
Diocletian
 
Stardust wrote:
My new Nikon manual has same warning. Remember EVERY warning in a manual or listed on an item is because at some point SOMEONE did it and probably tried to sue the company. I remember seeing a glove compartment lid in one of my cars that had a sticker that said "Do Not Chew On Door, May Contain Hazardous Plastic". We all remember the lady who sued McDonald's when she spilled hot coffee in her lap because the cup did not say it was hot... duh! Today all cups have "Beware Hot Coffee" on them.

I swear if we keep dumbing down Americans we are going to have to hold a telethon for our society!!!
My new Nikon manual has same warning. Remember EVE... (show quote)



That hot coffee from McDonalds was so hot it melted through the plastic cup, through her dress, and on to her legs, giving her 3rd degree burns that she never recovered from. Yes, we understand that coffee can be hot - but would you have ever expected to get 3rd degree burns from it? Part of the reason that McDonalds was convicted of gross negligence was that they had been warned several times that their coffee, after sitting on the burner for a day, was burning people - not their tongues but their hands and other parts of their body - and had been sued before for this very same problem. The woman never had the same quality of life after that.

And, by the way, it was reversed on appeal, so she didn't even get paid for her medical costs.

If you're going to be snarky about something, make sure you know more than just the soundbites on TV. It made a good story for the news media, but reality was something entirely different.

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Dec 30, 2018 14:56:10   #
Vigneron
 
[quote

If you're going to be snarky about something, make sure you know more than just the soundbites on TV. It made a good story for the news media, but reality was something entirely different.[/quote]

Well said

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Dec 30, 2018 21:43:26   #
Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast
 
On February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49-cent cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a local McDonald's restaurant located at 5001 Gibson Boulevard Southeast. Liebeck was in the passenger's seat of a 1989 Ford Probe which did not have cup holders. Her grandson parked the car so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her coffee. Liebeck placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it. In the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap.[10] Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they absorbed the coffee and held it against her skin, scalding her thighs, buttocks, and groin.[11]

A twelve-person jury reached its verdict on August 18, 1994.[17] Applying the principles of comparative negligence, the jury found that McDonald's was 80% responsible for the incident and Liebeck was 20% at fault. Though there was a warning on the coffee cup, the jury decided that the warning was neither large enough nor sufficient. They awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages, which was then reduced by 20% to $160,000. In addition, they awarded her $2.7 million in punitive damages. The jurors apparently arrived at this figure from Morgan's suggestion to penalize McDonald's for one or two days' worth of coffee revenues, which were about $1.35 million per day.[2] The judge reduced punitive damages to $480,000, three times the compensatory amount, for a total of $640,000. The decision was appealed by both McDonald's and Liebeck in December 1994, but the parties settled out of court for an undisclosed amount less than $600,000.[19]

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