As far as I can tell, the vast majority of "robber sues homeowner and wins" stories seem to be urban myths. I did study one case in law school where a homeowner was successfully sued, but in that case, he had set up a gun on some sort of automatic trigger connected to the front door of an unoccupied cabin. The court said that this was going too far, taking the chance of killing someone to protect property, rather than life. The basic rule on self-defense is that you have to try to run away rather than use force, if you can do it safely. That basic rule does *not* hold true in your own home. There is no "duty to retreat" in your own home. The other basic rule on self-defense is that you can use only enough force to repel the attack. However, what amount of force is reasonable depends on your duty to retreat. Since you have no duty to retreat inside your home, you can use more force than you would outside your home. As to whether you can use wasp spray as a weapon, I don't know the answer. My best guess would be that if you used it during an attack on the street, the courts would treat it as any other dangerous weapon. If you used it in your home (or car, at least in some states), even if you planned to use it as a weapon, I doubt there would be an issue. The law varies by state. If you want to see what your state thinks about these matters, look up the "castle doctrine," as in "my home is my castle." As a practical matter, I think most people are okay using whatever force they need to protect themselves inside their own homes. And that's even more so for women. Where I could see it getting dicey is if some teenaged kid broke into a house for drug money, having no weapon and thinking the house was unoccupied, tried to run away when he saw someone was home, and the man of the house grabbed him and beat the living s*^t out of the kid. Even then, I'll bet most police officers would tell the kid that he shouldn't have been in the house in the first place. As to whether the man of the house could then be sued, well, of course he could. Some of the castle laws protect people from being sued in these situations, but for the most part, anyone can sue anyone. Can't necessarily win, but can start the suit.

Like several others, I didn't download the plug-in. If you think it'd appeal to other grad students with a family, why don't you market to them directly. Take out an ad in the student newspaper and post some flyers in the lounges and student center. If I remember correctly, this is the time of year when all of the students are hustling and bustling to upgrade to new housing anyway. Make them want it. List any amenities such as close to campus or whatever is relevant for this school. This may cost you a little extra out of pocket, but it could be worth it.

Well, likely a mixture of reasons, but I think Hhireno hit on a signfiicant one with "I put a mix of colors out so each guest will know by color which is their towel." That was actually my first guess, although worry about discoloring sounds very likely for some also. But guests may feel less secure about hanging on to their own towels in another's home, especially with other guests there, and knowing the pink towels are theirs would be a way of keeping track. Our last guest in our single-bath vacation home, a single gentleman, was scrupulous about keeping the wine-colored set I put out for him separate, but strangely free about using my bath towel to dry his hands, instead of the hand towel by the sink. Greyish discoloration on my white bath towel is how I learned his mother didn't finish housebreaking him before he flew off. He hasn't married yet either. I started changing the hand towel scrupulously every day, instead of every other. (And removed our bath towels). This is a good reason in my mind for doing all white, but next year it'll be paper hand towels regardless.

Hi Everyone, I have been meaning to follow up on this thead. As I mentioned above I ended up replacing the valve on the "worst" burner. It was clear the valve removed was of lesser quality. The one I replaced actually leaked when the burner was off due to the valve not working properly. The new replacement was brass and the faulty one coming out was of another metal that looked like aluminum. Has Wolf ever taken responsibility for what I see as a cost cutting move that bit them in the butt? My Oven was purchaed in 2017. I just gave up and have been living with the burner knobs that move themselves until they warm up. Except of course for the replacement valve I did myself. I am planning on replacing the rest soon. I was just wondering if anyone knows of a clear admission by Wolf and possible recall at no cost.