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Name of Product: Honda snowblowers
Units: About 18,500
Importer: American Honda Motor Co. Inc., of Torrance, Calif.
Hazard: The fuel tank joint and O-ring located on the underside of the fuel tank can seep or drip fuel over time, posing a fire hazard.
Incidents/Injuries: Honda has received 90 reports of fuel either seeping or dripping. No fires have been reported.
Description: This recall involves Honda snowblowers with model numbers and frame serial numbers listed below. The snowblowers are red and black. The frame serial number is located on the rear of the machine just below the engine. The name Honda and the model number are located on the side of the front scoop.
Model Frame Serial Number HS724 SZBE-1037913 through 1046577 HS928 SZAS-1151080 through 1169012 HS1132 SZBF-1018734 through 1025998
Sold at: Honda Power Equipment dealers nationwide from April 2005 through November 2010 for between $2,000 and $3,400.
Manufactured in: Japan Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled snowblowers and contact any Honda Power Equipment dealer to arrange for a free fuel tank joint and O-ring replacement. Registered owners of the recalled snowblowers will be mailed a notice. Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Honda at (888) 888-3139 between 8:30 [...]
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I picked up a new pair of eyeglasses yesterday. They are bold (for me), funky, and remove “good looks” as a (normally) important factor when I wear glasses, instead, replacing that concept with “a” look. Going down this road definitely messes with my head because I’ve always thought of glasses to be something to enhance my looks (if they had to be worn). So, this is a little getting used to for me. It’s out of my comfort zone, too, as I’ve never purchased glasses with a dark frame as I’ve always had light colored hair.
Which then made me think about the design of these glasses as compared to design in our homes. Does beauty in our homes (as one’s quest is for facial beauty) need to be the singular goal we aspire to? Do you let beauty guide your decisions because it’s easy and safe? More importantly, do you define beauty in only one way?
Another piece to this quest for beauty is this – with interesting glasses, as with design, there is sometimes a fine line between cool and, well, odd or ridiculous, don’t you think? I observed my thoughts as I tried on the glasses…over and [...]
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Attention to detail, finish, quality materials and great wisdom in their work, the careful ergonomic For 50 years Alpes, a company founded and directed with unwavering passion by Nico Moretto, uses solely and exclusively 19/10 nickel-chrome alloy stainless steel, works only in the field of kitchen equipment, studies and designs surfaces for washing, surfaces for cooking, ovens and kitchen hoods. Despite the Compasso d’Oro it won in 1998, Alpes does not seem to have suffered the unstable influences of styles and trends. For Nico Moretto, design is not a result that resolves into a shape, but a premise that is explicated within a precise working process that involves constant research and rigorous experimentation.
The functionality of each component, the safety for everyday use, the durability of the materials, the flexibility of the destinations, and respect for the environment are the guidelines behind each project and the substance of each Alpes product. The shapes are generated by the observation of gestures and respect for the materials – to eliminate a corner means to reduce the risk of a blow, to make cleaning [...]
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