Perhaps the Europeans will soon draft a new directive for the safety of these Champagne bottles, something along the lines of the explosives atmospheres directive.
I would very much like to be the test engineer, as we could require sampling the product in bottles as part of the laboratory testing. Regards, Frank West Sr. Engineer TUV Rheinland NA --- Robert Macy <m...@california.com> wrote: > > Isn't there a little wire basket that keeps the cork > in? Once that's > removed, it's essentially an armed explosive device. > > I've been at parties where people removed the wire > retainers and left the > bottles sitting in the ice, supposedly to make it > easier to have their corks > removed later. Our host, who doesn't do this > practice - a well meaning > guest did it, was very dismayed as one of the corks > launched into his > antique Tiffany light fixture showering glass all > over. > > Are you saying that the cork blew off that wire > retaining basket? > > - Robert - > > -----Original Message----- > From: Antonio Sarolic <antonio.saro...@fer.hr> > To: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > <emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org> > Cc: Antonio <antonio.saro...@fer.hr> > Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 5:37 AM > Subject: 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: antonio.saro...@fer.hr > > > > > >--------- > >This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion > list. > >To cancel your subscription, send mail to > majord...@ieee.org > >with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" > (without the > >quotes). For help, send mail to > ed.pr...@cubic.com, > >jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > >roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list > administrators). > > > > > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion > list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to > majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" > (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list > administrators). > > > ===== Frank West Senior Engineer TUV Rheinland of North America NW/Portland OR Office __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, jim_bac...@monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
