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Originally Posted by VtSteve
"...There was a law on skiers wearing "life belts" when I was a young lad. Most people don't know what those are now, but they did exist. It was later amended to life vests. Yuppies and those ever so cautious use the more proper acronym PFD's.
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The first to appear had an orange cover and were filled with long white strands obtained from kapok trees. The 2.0 version appeared in a plasticized version, and was featured on one episode of "Happy Days" in 1984.
Once, in a "normal fall" at less than 30-MPH—while wearing that mandated "belt"—the belt pushed in sharply at my middle section, and pushed all the "wind" out of me. A very frightful experience while floating in water!
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Originally Posted by Misty Blue
"...This got me thinking that we need to help the legislature come up with some more ideas to keep us safe from ourselves...Let's have some fun with this!...Got any more ideas...?"
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I'm all for aiding the Legislature and, as the title suggests, "most anything goes"!
1) I'd like to have all the skylights in the Winnipesaukee Basin covered with a film that sharply reduces the reflection of the sun. I find those flashes a danger to maintaining night-vision and an unneeded distraction while boating.
2) Dock lights should have a blue light: solar-powered units—
in blue—have been available for years.
