I withdraw my comments. I was not aware of any champagne related injures and I open a bottle almost every Sunday. Thank you for enlightened me.
Hint for the less experienced: Warm champagne will project the cork with much greater force. Always chill the bottle for 24 hours before opening. Of course I thought this was common knowledge, and apparently it is not. Ron Duffy Agilent Technologies Product Safety Engineer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 05 December, 1999 05:28 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: FW: Re: warning label overkill? Well, it happenned to me earlier this year. We were still celebrating the new year 1999, when a friend brought a bottle of champagne. As I reached to open it (barely touched it), the cork (not really a cork but a plastic version of it) launched itself from the distance of about 1/2 meter right into my left eye. I have never believed such thing could happen. For a short time I thought I was the only loser this could happen to. But eventually, as I told my story to other people, I heard this was not an uncommon thing. Someone told me of a forehead injury, another friend's friend lost an eye, and I heard of a table set for the dinner when corks started flying without anyone touching them. I have also seen children champagne (non alcohol version for children celebrations!!!) corks flying up to 10 meters away! I know my children won't play with it! Oh yes, my left eye was OK after a month or two. If I lived in the US, I would surely use the legal system to sue. In fact, advices on that subject are welcome. Drinking sure is a risky business. Regards all, Antonio Antonio Sarolic Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Dept. of Radiocommunications and Microwave Engineering Unska 3, HR-10000 Zagreb CROATIA tel. +385 1 61 29 789, fax. +385 1 61 29 717 E-mail: [email protected] --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
