Comments on: Vancouver bans doorknobs

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:07:52 +0000

When I was stationed in Germany in the late 1970s, levers were standard on German doors. My fellow GIs sometimes jokingly referred to the USA as “the land of round doorknobs.”

Levers are easier to operate, but knobs have an advantage that you can hang things from them, that would slide and fall off levers.
It is also easier to get poked uncomfortably by a lever.

By: Wfjag

Wfjag — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:16:20 +0000

I saw an opportunity to be an inventor & entrepreneur from this. I went to a hardware store to buy so items to fashion a simple conversion kit so that a lever could be attached to an existing doorknob. When I smugly explained my clever idea to the owner, he took me to where he had several versions of such conversion kits on sale.
This ordinance is but another example of government action to puff an ego although the free market has already solved any problem.

By: nl7

nl7 — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:53:47 +0000

Sounds like Vancouver is now defenseless against a raptor invasion.

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Vancouver to Ban Doorknobs | pundit from another planet — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 05:46:43 +0000

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By: D

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:26:58 +0000

I replaced all my doorknobs with doggy doors. Amputee or not, everyone has equal access.

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:13:45 +0000

She should call it the Intrusive Home Design Act for accuracy.