Badges and Krusty is innocent -replies

[John Day <J.C.C.Day@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey I've never managed to provoke so much response before.

Obviously Alfal badge stealing is a Bristolian habit.  
Perhaps I should move away but all those places you mention 
Guy sound a little boring. I put it down to thieves in 
Bristol having better taste in badges.

I got taken to task by David Ziglin for referring to 
litigation and hot coffee.
I admit to ignorance of the details of the hot coffee 
urban myth and I hate to think that I am being seen to 
defend big business, especially Macdonalds, but even given 
your explanation this still sounds frivolous. Everyone I 
know makes coffee using boiling or nearly boiling water. 
You therefore expect hot coffee to scald you. Even if 
Macdonalds did heat the coffee more than usual they still 
obey the same laws of Physics (now I am on home ground) as 
the rest of us so they can't heat coffee past its 
normal boiling point (unless they pressurise the shop). 

With reference to your two examples, Yes I want to be able 
to sue someone if they sell me a car which is not fit for 
the purpose it was sold  but if I give my son a hot cup of 
coffee to hold and he scalds himself then that is my fault 
not the person who made the coffee. I am a responsible adult
(well usually). 

Digressing, but since you mention sons, we were able to opt 
for our son to be born at home because the medics were not 
so worried then about litigation if anything went wrong. 
This was a major quality of life bonus which will be lost. 
The alfa digest is a much lesser quality of life thing that 
apparantly could also be lost. 

I maybe wrong but I think there is a precedent in English 
Law about common sense, it's to do with the man on the 
Clapham omnibus. Someone better versed in these things had 
better explain it.

Sorry not much Alfa content here.
John
Alfa 33 sportwagon (family car)
Volvo 480ES (responsible adult car) :- for sale
(also 33 4x4 estate looking for retirement home.)
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John Day
J.C.C.Day@domain.elided
Interface Analysis Centre
University of Bristol
121 st Michael's Hill
Bristol BS2 8BS
UK
tel 44 (0)117 9255666
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