>>>>>https://consumerist.com/2017/06/22/home-depot-menards-customers-cry-false-advertising-when-they-learn-4x4s-arent-actually-4x4/
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>>>>>I suppose it was inevitable that someone would test the waters one day...
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>>>>>In my last couple of DIY projects, I converted everything to mm. Working with the likes of 13 5/16" is enough to drive you nuts.
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>>>>You have to be careful with nuts. Some of them are not metric.
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>>>Nutters they are... US home of the silly lawsuits.
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>>While there, I learned three most probable causes of silly phenomena that reason can't explain, why do they do things in insane ways:
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>>1) to prevent a lawsuit, because one guy from Nashville once sued against that and got rich
>>2) because the insurance will charge them much more if they do otherwise (and that's actually a consequence of (1), because the insurance would pay)
>>3) because that's a stipulation in the loan agreement with the bank
>>4) for security reasons
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>3 or 4 ?
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>Plastic bags are dangerous is a classic...

So is dihydrogen monoxide. Amongst other hazards, it directly asphyxiates around 1,000 people per day.