Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Agricultural Safety and Kids
To most of us, a farm doesn’t seem like a dangerous place. A lot of people still carry the childhood idealism of darling pigs, trotting horses, and plentiful strawberries. The truth is, that exposure to hazardous machines and long hours can have devastating results – especially to young people working on a farm. The National [...]
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
A Grain of Truth
This story is based on an email that is making the rounds and is supposedly a hoax….but I’ll include it anyway. This is the story of yet another ploy that takes advantage of women. It’s supposed to come from a Police Department in Brampton Ontario.
Truthfully it is a ploy. One more urban myth to make [...]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
What’s wrong with this picture?
I ask my friends to send me safety information. It gives me something to rant about. Today it paid off when my good friend sent me a “wonderful safety tip” of which she was unaware. Here’s the gist, “when the roads are wet or icy, don’t use cruise control.” OK. What got me riled was [...]