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   On Mar 25, 3:43 pm, Adrian Jansen  wrote:   
      
   > My favorite 'how not to' example is a dustpan, made with strengthening   
   > ridges on the bottom sides of the pan, in such a way that its impossible   
   > to put the front edge of the pan flat on the floor to pick up the   
   > sweepings - they go underneath the raised edge on the front lip created   
   > by the ridges.  Obviously the designer ( and any subsequent reviewers )   
   > never used a pan.   
   >   
      
   *MY* favorite (actually, most hated...) "how not to" is the spare tire   
   carrier on domestic (Ford, GMC, etc.) full-size trucks.  My folks had   
   a car repair and tire place.  I've cursed out loud in front of my   
   mother while trying to remove/replace a tire under a truck.  A   
   (slightly) better design is the chain hoist system used on some   
   smaller imports.  I hope there's a special place in hell for the   
   Mercedes-driving engineer that designed this thing (you know HE never   
   changed a flat in his life!).   
      
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