Date   : Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:38:41 +0200
From   : rick@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: Coffee and Line Drivers (was: eBay... sigh)

On 30/08/2011 02:08, me@... wrote:

> This is often cited as a canonical example of a "frivolous lawsuit",

I could have sworn on stacks of iPads that I replied to this, but there 
is no trace of my message on the mailing list, or in the <sent> folder. Um.

Anyway, having read the documents provided, I feel sorry that the woman 
suffered such horrible burns - but to take a hot drink (with the 
reasonable expectation of it being sold "hot" - my tea and coffee comes 
from a freshly *boiled* kettle), to place it between her legs (eek!), to 
then attempt to open it there (words fail me!) and fail in a way that 
seems to have resulted in the entirety of it deposited there, giving 
serious scalding that was badly exacerbated by her choice of clothing...

...I'm sorry, I fail to see how this is McDo's fault. The only viable 
alternative would appear to be to sell the coffee lukewarm. I doubt that 
would go down well.


This isn't as off-topic as it seems - the same line of logic that fails 
to anticipate coffee is hot leads to stupidity like cutting the power 
cord off of a BBC micro.


Now, to get back on topic ;) I am looking for some line driver chips for 
my SJ bridge and one of the clockboxes. I think it is the 75159 ? Is 
there a supplier of these parts (that isn't eBay) ?



Thanks.


Best wishes,

Rick.

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