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[vortexring 0]

Have a read of this:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=478396&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=464&in_check=N

Essentially the link regards the compensation awarded to a British soldier blown up by a landmine whilst serving his country in Afghanistan. He lost both legs amongst many other serious injuries.
Award; £152,150.

Please also be aware an air force typist was recently awarded £484,000 for suffering repetitive strain injury on her thumb.

I honestly can't put into words how I feel about this.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[BillyVance 35]

It's pretty ridiculous, to say the least. It's worse here in the states, the litigious capital of the world. You could take in a few cool million just for suing about too-hot coffee at McDonald's!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[vortexring 0]

Well, both our nations exist around wealth and power accumulation.

And they're both morally and ethically corrupt to the core.

“In our modern eagerness to be tolerant, we have come to tolerate things which no society can tolerate and remain healthy.” - Brian Cleeve.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[vortexring 0]

Bump!

I'd like more people to hear of this.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[nanook 1]

These stories always reminds me how much gov't beaurocracies can be seriously misaligned as far as standardization goes. It's too bad they won't give him the full amount. But I wonder if it's the full story. There's a lot of plea to emotion and devoid of a lot of important facts. When actually did that typist get hurt? did the typist get the whole 480,000 as a lump sum only, or did she get that plus some sort of monthly salary for life like the Soldier did? Is the compensation from both people coming from the same source or different set of rules and agencies? (for instance the U. S. Armed services has several different offices you can get compensated from and they usually do not know what the other hand is doing).

Hope his plea works. Because this:

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A lump sum of £152,000, invested, will produce barely £10,000 a year of income.

is way too optimistic.

Too bad he has to use his own money to fight the system.

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[vortexring 0]

That's a few questions you've asked I'm currently looking into - so far, I've discovered the lady in question was in fact a civilian working for the Royal Air Farce[sic]..........

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[Skyrad 0]

I thought they lost that case?

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[vortexring 0]

Isn't this the lady who, upon burning herself on Ronald's coffee, sued them through the simple reason the coffee cup didn't say 'hot'?

Still, I love cold coffee me, drink gallons of the stuff. Cold.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[Zenister 0]

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Isn't this the lady who, upon burning herself on Ronald's coffee, sued them through the simple reason the coffee cup didn't say 'hot'?

God I wish people could be bothered to actually look up the truth before repeating the 'rumor'

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

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McDonalds coffee was not only hot, it was
scalding -- capable of almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle.

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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[vortexring 0]

I stopped reading it about half way through - I didn't realise so many people all over the world have suffered almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle, through drinking coffee served at 180F.

Poor old lady though.

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[juanesky 0]

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I stopped reading it about half way through - I didn't realise so many people all over the world have suffered almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle, through drinking coffee served at 180F.

Poor old lady though.

Off course, your comment does not come as a surprise to few around here.

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[juanesky 0]

You shoulr read about the judge that sued a Korean cleaners, for losing his pants, $57mil.

"According to some of the conservatives here, it sounds like it's fine to beat your wide - as long as she had it coming." -Billvon

[vortexring 0]

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I stopped reading it about half way through - I didn't realise so many people all over the world have suffered almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle, through drinking coffee served at 180F.

Poor old lady though.

Off course, your comment does not come as a surprise to few around here.

Boo!

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[vortexring 0]

Still, the fact remains;

Blown up my a land mine in Afghanistan v's sore thumb?

'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.'

[Skyrad 0]

Err...How hot can water get in coffee? It boils and hey presto coffee. Destroying fresh? What did they mix it with Streptococcus pyogenes? Bloody stupid case. Of course semi-boiling water is going to scald you if you pour it onto you lap
I must be a superhuman seeing as I drink tea reguarly at 85C and my lips have yet to destruct

Anyway, still crap about that soldier. So much for the covenant of care.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[jakee 1,611]

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Isn't this the lady who, upon burning herself on Ronald's coffee, sued them through the simple reason the coffee cup didn't say 'hot'?

God I wish people could be bothered to actually look up the truth before repeating the 'rumor'

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

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McDonalds coffee was not only hot, it was
scalding -- capable of almost instantaneous destruction of skin, flesh
and muscle.

Oh for fucks sake - what the hell are you supposed to use to make coffee if not scalding water? Or were McDonalds somehow guilty of making their coffee hotter than the maximum physically possible temperature of liquid water?

Do you want to have an ideagasm?