are you going to sew your wife? On Fri, 11 Aug 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear Max, Henry and list members: > One of the first cases I studied in law school in the products liability > course was one where a stage coach company, Wells Fargo as I recall, sued a > shipper for the destruction of one of its stations along with its contents > and several people killed. It seems that a cubical metal container which > was approximately three feet on each side began to leak a substance, but the > material was not recognizable by the driver. When the stage reached a > station, a crewman fetched a hammer and a chisel in order to open the > container to investigate. Several luck witnesses saw the man start to work > on the container, but they left before the container was opened. > Afterwards, a large whole was found where the station once stood. A large > explosion was also heard by folks in the area. It turned out that the > container was filled with nitro-glycerin but no label was attached nor was a > verbal warning given to the stage company. The shipper was held liable to > the stage company for the loss of its station and personnel. > Last Sunday, I learned a lesson, or relearned the lesson. I was burning a > small pile of brush and my wife handed me a small bag of trash to use to > start the fire. When the trash began to burn, I started placing small limbs > on the fire to speed up the process. I suddenly had a face full of fire > accompanied by a loud explosion. It seems that a spray can of Claire Burk > was accidentally knocked in to the trash receptacle, and when the fire got > hot enough, the thing exploded. Please don't try this at home. > I am nearing a complete recovery, although my hair will take some time to > regrow, as I had to put out the fire in my hair following the incident. > A free safety tip from Hillbilly Country: Keep all aerosol cans out of > trash you intend to burn. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
