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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!

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Terexgeek wrote: To be fair there's a little more to that case, third degree burns and being hospitalised is not a "hot" cup of coffee but a dangerously scalding cup of coffee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v ... estaurants

I suspect that an 82 to 88 degree coffee cup wouldn't do that, but an indifferently microwaved cup definitely could get super heated above boiling point, making it a dangerous thing to do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating

Have I proof? No. Does it fit the evidence? Mostly.

Is it impossible that a McDonalds branch would use up the last of a cool coffee pot by heating it and then avoid admitting it to the Corporation?
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As an aside (it is certainly a slow day here), my brother has been burned by hot coffee from a McDonalds drive-thru in the UK, which he claimed was because the lid wasn't on properly.

He got legal advice and tried to go after them for compensation, but got a response that essentially translated to "it was a hot coffee, you should have been more careful. Also please note our lawyers are way more expensive than yours".
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Danger Mouse wrote:As an aside (it is certainly a slow day here), my brother has been burned by hot coffee from a McDonalds drive-thru in the UK, which he claimed was because the lid wasn't on properly.

He got legal advice and tried to go after them for compensation, but got a response that essentially translated to "it was a hot coffee, you should have been more careful. Also please note our lawyers are way more expensive than yours".
In the UK, with funded healthcare, probably fair response?
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Danger Mouse wrote:
Terexgeek wrote: To be fair there's a little more to that case, third degree burns and being hospitalised is not a "hot" cup of coffee but a dangerously scalding cup of coffee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v ... estaurants

I suspect that an 82 to 88 degree coffee cup wouldn't do that, but an indifferently microwaved cup definitely could get super heated above boiling point, making it a dangerous thing to do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating

Have I proof? No. Does it fit the evidence? Mostly.

Is it impossible that a McDonalds branch would use up the last of a cool coffee pot by heating it and then avoid admitting it to the Corporation?
Terexgeek wrote: If your healthcare isn't covered by insurance, you have little choice in the land that has the highest healthcare costs in the world. In fact your insurance company may only cover you IF you sue. Like the woman who had to sue to get her insurance to pay out and got roasted on the internet because that part was missed in all the news stories: https://nypost.com/2015/10/14/aunt-who- ... wyer-says/
Bit of a slow day today TG? :lol:
Yeah, and sick of clickbait headlines.
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Danger Mouse wrote:Bit of a slow day today TG? :lol:
Probably over caffeinated looking at the stack of work I've plowed through today!
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Terexgeek wrote:
Danger Mouse wrote:Bit of a slow day today TG? :lol:
Probably over caffeinated looking at the stack of work I've plowed through today!
I must be under caffeinated then, looking at the stack of work I've avoided today :D
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Danger Mouse wrote: I reckon it is a bit of a stretch in real terms, but in the litigation-mad US, where they have to put warnings on coffee cups that the contents may be hot, even the smallest risk could be used to term the guitars unsafe.
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Lawrence wrote:As a hobby guitar builder I noticed at gearfests that no one is interested in discussing the design decisions or in most cases even having a play on my builds...yet I bet if I built copies of Telecasters people would be enthused.
I'm just intimidated by your guitars and don't feel capable of doing them justice. But if we have another Wellyfest ever I would love to have a thrash. And I don't discuss design decisions because I don't know anything about guitars. :mrgreen:
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hamo wrote:
Lawrence wrote:As a hobby guitar builder I noticed at gearfests that no one is interested in discussing the design decisions or in most cases even having a play on my builds...yet I bet if I built copies of Telecasters people would be enthused.
I'm just intimidated by your guitars and don't feel capable of doing them justice. But if we have another Wellyfest ever I would love to have a thrash. And I don't discuss design decisions because I don't know anything about guitars. :mrgreen:
I'm the same, I'm really nervous about touching let alone playing people's custom guitars, homebuilt or otherwise!!
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jeremyb wrote:
hamo wrote:
Lawrence wrote:As a hobby guitar builder I noticed at gearfests that no one is interested in discussing the design decisions or in most cases even having a play on my builds...yet I bet if I built copies of Telecasters people would be enthused.
I'm just intimidated by your guitars and don't feel capable of doing them justice. But if we have another Wellyfest ever I would love to have a thrash. And I don't discuss design decisions because I don't know anything about guitars. :mrgreen:
I'm the same, I'm really nervous about touching let alone playing people's custom guitars, homebuilt or otherwise!!
Lawrence's guitars are beautiful too. I get ham hands just looking at them, like I wouldn't be able to play anything remotely worthwhile.
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Bam! Ouchies. Which shape is next?

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I still don't understand why the big cheifs at Gibson don't get how much damage they are doing to their brand with all this legal cat fighting.
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hamo wrote:
Lawrence wrote:As a hobby guitar builder I noticed at gearfests that no one is interested in discussing the design decisions or in most cases even having a play on my builds...yet I bet if I built copies of Telecasters people would be enthused.
I'm just intimidated by your guitars and don't feel capable of doing them justice. But if we have another Wellyfest ever I would love to have a thrash. And I don't discuss design decisions because I don't know anything about guitars. :mrgreen:
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