New code requires residential fire sprinklers (San Luis Obispo: mobile home, buying, per square foot)

[UB50]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

You could use the same argument to ban any food that's even slightly unhealthy. I'm sure that's coming soon too.

If "slightly unhealthy" foods caused major brain damage in previously healthy kids, I'm sure they would be banned.

[.highnlite]

Speaking of insurance companies, our rural home in northern California did not have sprinklers. For many years out homeowners insurance ran about $300 a year, one year, it jumped to $3,000 a year, and then was non renewed, the only insurance we could get was from the mortgage holder which covered only their potential loss. No liability insurance at all, no furnishings no outbuildings covered.

If we had sprinklers we could have gotten insurance.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

Speaking of insurance companies, our rural home in northern California did not have sprinklers. For many years out homeowners insurance ran about $300 a year, one year, it jumped to $3,000 a year, and then was non renewed, the only insurance we could get was from the mortgage holder which covered only their potential loss. No liability insurance at all, no furnishings no outbuildings covered.

If we had sprinklers we could have gotten insurance.

Did the quotes to install sprinklers come anywhere near the low $3000 figure quoted by the media?

How many bids did you get?

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by UB50

If "slightly unhealthy" foods caused major brain damage in previously healthy kids, I'm sure they would be banned.

But you could eat too much bad food, have a stroke, and wind up in a nursing home paid for by the tax payer. So you'd support banning of unhealthy foods for the same reason as you force everyone to wear helmets and seat belts.

[Vanskills]

I would suggest Californians not engage in dangerous activities like driving, flying, riding a bicycle or even carrying an umbrella.

All these activities are dangerous and have caused deaths.

I suggest all Californians sit on their couch in safety and watch Obama campaign speech reruns.

[.highnlite]

I would suggest Californians not engage in dangerous activities like driving, flying, riding a bicycle or even carrying an umbrella.

All these activities are dangerous and have caused deaths.

I suggest all Californians sit on their couch in safety and watch Obama campaign speech reruns.

Hah, another sponsor of low information living. He apparently missed the whole Prince George County segment.

[Curmudgeon]

In the final analysis, like just about everything in life, it comes down to choice. In this instance it's the choice between making your own decisions or having government increasingly make them for you. It's as simple as that. I reject the premise that it's government's place to do my thinking for me. I much prefer the freedom of choice!

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by .highnlite

This person writes this as they live in a house built to the UBC, who drives a care built to Federal Safety Standards, who wears their mandated seat belts, who complains when he sees people talking on their cell phone while driving.

I guess we all pick our hypocrisies

I live in that house and drive that car because I HAVE NO CHOICE. With regards to seat belts, I've always worn them, long before they were mandatory. And I don't complain about people talking on their cells. I DO complain about people not paying attention while they drive. That can happen, by the way, whether they're talking on a cell, drinking coffee or daydreaming.

No hypocrite here. But speaking of that, where DO you stand on abortion and gay rights?

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by UB50

Who do you think pays for all those people sitting in nursing homes with head and spinal cord injuries? The taxpayer. Medical insurance usually runs out in the first year for these people and funding is taken over by Medicaid.

That's why we have so many laws that are supposed to prevent people from hurting themselves and others. Seatbelt laws, helmet laws, etc. These laws weren't passed on a whim. They were passed because taxpayers got fed up paying for Billy Bob who took a minor spill on his motorcycle but managed to hit his head on the curb.

And Billy Bob should NOT be given any care under those circumstances. Stupid should hurt. And sometimes, stupid means you're left to die.

[ringwise]

Originally Posted by UB50

If "slightly unhealthy" foods caused major brain damage in previously healthy kids, I'm sure they would be banned.

And THAT is exactly what a nanny state is. It's taking the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents and putting it into the hands of the state. Parents should be making those decisions.