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Darren:
No not heated Chris, just the facts.
We were horrified yesterday as we really were about to go out for the day. In fact we did, flask made along with sandwiches off to photograph the snow.
Except we took the lad with us, 10 min later and I might be telling a different story. We were not impressed.
But deff not a heated discussion. :thumbup:
mcr:
I would save the heated discussion for the Head teacher way out of order.
old-biker-uk:
Here you are - my patch of Somerset this morning
Just have to clear the 40 yard pavement to the village shop for supplies then I can spend the day in the workshop.
Mark
slowcoach:
That looks nice and wintery. lovely garden you have, Perfect size for a live steam 16mm garden railway :)
Rob
rleete:
--- Quote from: AdeV on January 05, 2010, 09:29:43 AM ---given the court's predilection to pay the "victim" in such cases (q.v. the McDonalds "hot coffee" case in the US...
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This is one of the most often misunderstood cases, and also often used as an example of people getting one over on big corporations. That couldn't be further from the truth. This particular McD's had been microwaving the coffee to the point of superheating, reaching temperatures well in excess of boiling, and had been cited for it before by the local health dept. The woman was subjected to deep tissue 2nd degree burns requiring operations and skin grafts and over 3 months in the hospital. More than just a mild scalding. Hospital costs alone amounted to more than $180 thousand. Yes she was wrong for trying to hold the cup in her lap. But the store had heated the coffee to the point that it melted the cup designed for hot liquids! McDonalds tried to recover some of the costs by suing the cup manufacturer, who promptly dropped them as a customer. Faced with no cups, they dropped the suit (which I know because I worked for that company at the time). Testing showed that the coffee had been heated to at least 230 degrees equivalent by microwave.
The lawyers got the lions share, ending up with roughly 65% of the money paid out. If anything is wrong with the system, it the lawyers. Most politicians start out as lawyers. Shakespear was right.
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