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    Stretchies declared Not Safe

    I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

    Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

    How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



    http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Docum...azardAlert.pdf

    http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

    Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

    How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



    http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Docum...azardAlert.pdf

    http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm
    Not surprised, but still amazed somehow.

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    You have to wonder when they sell drain cleaner, meth's and turp's and pool chorline.
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    Some fucktard smacked themselves in the eye with a bungie cord & cries like a banker losing money

    That same fucktard is gonna see the rest of us screwed over because of their stupidity like a banker losing money
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scuba_Steve View Post
    Some fucktard smacked themselves in the eye with a bungie cord & cries like a banker losing money

    That same fucktard is gonna see the rest of us screwed over because of their stupidity like a banker losing money
    hey dont call thepom a fucktard - its not his fault

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    Sounds like either the employee was making shit up, or it was a case of paranoid management.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

    Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

    How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...
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    Warehouse tend to sell the cheap crap in this line. I've had a couple that have had the wire hooks straighten out without a lot of strain. I dont know how good the flat strap bungees are.
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    Fucking safety Nazis. I'm still getting over truckies not being allowed to use rope.

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    Quote Originally Posted by awa355 View Post
    Warehouse tend to sell the cheap crap in this line. I've had a couple that have had the wire hooks straighten out without a lot of strain. I dont know how good the flat strap bungees are.
    Those flat strap rubber bungees are useless, I've had two of them come undone on me. As for the stretchy bungy chords, I've been using them for years and never had one let me down yet. You just have to respect their limits when using them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

    Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

    How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



    http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Docum...azardAlert.pdf

    http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm
    Get yourself to para rubber and buy bungie cord by the meter. Make your own custom ones

    Your welcome...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ocean1 View Post
    Fucking safety Nazis.

    Fuxache, it's the most basic skill the profession had. What's next? Butcher's knives?
    Butcher's knives...?

    no, but sailors working for Stos (Shell) are not allowed knives on deck......
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    Fucken things are uesless anyway, no loss.

    seen a few bikes with bags, bungees, sleeping bags or other shit that was strapped down by a bungee stuck in the back wheel following the failure of some perished rubber bungee

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