Wow! I'm really missing out-not being on the Triumphs list anymore!
Laura G. and Nigel (all the drive thru window guys in town looove him!
Brings a smile to their lonely days, I guess)
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Terrick <dterrick@pangea.ca>
To: Arthur H. Smith <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>; triumphs
<triumphs@autox.team.net>; Spitfire Mail List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 2:01 PM
Subject: Mc D coffee, lawyers, stupidity and vintage racing
>
> Aaaah, cofffeeeeeee....mmmmmmm
>
> Actually, the "preferred" method of brew is to use water that is just "off
> boil", likely about 180-200. Much less and the aromatics and esters (oils
> and gunk) that make good coffee good have no chance to leach out of the
> grind. Much more and stuff gets "boiled off".
>
> Not that I've ever considered Mc D@#$'s coffee to be outstanding, in fact
I
> only get the stuff when it's attached to a meal deal (when I can stand the
> grease and overcooked egg) and then often I dont drink it.
>
> The above said, I beleie the intention ofthe thread was to describe the
> shear lunacy of the American justice system (something which, WRT
liability
> is creeping ever closer to the 49th file://) where somebody can sue a
vendor for
> the bloody obvious. Hot coffee + sensitive areas (lips, tongue, um, etc)
is
> not a good idea.
>
> Maybe this person was using the drive thru meal as a car warmer because
> their Lucas fan motor quit and they were freezing their a** off ?!?!?!?
>
> Sorry for the diatribe, but hey, it's a silly thread at the best and I'm
on
> vacation, sorta.
>
> BTW, this weekend I will be driving a Lotus Cortina II in the 2nd annual
> Vintage Festival on the Prairies at Gimli Manitoba. rom the advance entry
> list I suspect my major "competition" will be a Mustang GT 350, a big(ger)
> car that cant turn corners. Sorta like the AH3000 last year that caused
me
> the write off. The happy part ofthe story is that I will be driving my
GT6+
> to the track, laden to the dome light with kit, when just one year ago it
> was 2 feet shorter than designed! A full report next week, I may have
some
> pix scanned. Sorry, no TR's on the list as yet.
>
> Dave T
> Winnipeg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur H. Smith <arthurhsmith@compuserve.com>
> To: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: RE: HUMOR: LABELS-
>
>
> >
> >Message text written by "Padgett, John (Wes) W."
> >>You have the US legal system to thank for this. Remember the lady that
> >sued
> >McDonalds for her coffee being hot when she spilled it on her lap?<
> >
> >While that story sounds rediculus rediculas stoopid you know
> >what I am saying, I heard that what Macs did was have the water hotter
that
> >normal so they would use less coffee. thats why the woman got burned.
When
> >I get a cuppa java from Macs I ask for 3/4s of a cup and ice in the rest,
I
> >get some really strange looks but I don't get burned lips.
> >
> >
> >
> >The arthur >;-} :4 O:-)-}8<
> >www.anedieco.com/tr.htm
> >kit car aka 69 GT6
> >82 XJ6 Jaguar (Jennifer)
> >boxy thing on wheels aka ford aerostar (boxy lady??? 8-} )
> >
>
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