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Re:Court upholds $573k penalty against CA homeowner who fixe... by Clubber on Saturday June 04, 2022 @05:16PM (#31625166)
I seriously doubt it. Working on cars isn't noisy. Had he been a chainsaw sculptor, maybe. My comment was on the amount they thought was ok to fine him and the fact a judge didn't find it excessive.

I suspect it was more of a bureaucratic, "you will respect my authorit-a" type thing and the judge didn't keep them in check.

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Re:Court upholds $573k penalty against CA homeowner who fixe... by havelhovel on Saturday June 04, 2022 @05:25PM (#31625249)
> Working on cars isn't noisy.

That is not my experience at any mechanic's shop ever! And even without all the fancy tools, my neighbor was banging on their engine for hours just last weekend. Maybe they don't know what they're doing, and therefore it doesn't count as work, but it sure was loud.

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Re:Court upholds $573k penalty against CA homeowner who fixe... by cafard on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:56PM (#31625933)
It's not clear to me that he was working on cars. Thinking about working on cars, planning to work on cars, sure.
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