Iced tea is also made by boiling water and passing it through a substance. Yet it is served, get this, cold! Not boiling! http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htmSays:
McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants
advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to
maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the
safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell
coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is
generally 135 to 140 degrees.
PS - The (normal) boiling point of water is 212F, higher than both the normal served temperature of coffee, and the temperature of the McDonald's coffee.
Coffee is supposed to be a hot beverage, not one that scalds after three seconds of contact with skin. Roller coasters are supposed to be fun, not crush you. This is what I like to call "drawing a parallel." Read between the lines, you idiot.
I believe people should be held accountable for their own actions, but there are good reasons to set limits on how far one can stretch the limits. For one thing people assume they are safe when they get on a roller coaster. Even if there were a coaster out there that pulled 10 G's in a turn there would be people riding it because, "Hey, they wouldn't operate it if it wern't safe." Was that old lady stupid for spilling coffee all over herself? Sure. But there was no reason for the coffee to be at eight hundred degrees either. The government isn't trying to ban roller coasters, just regulate them to a point where Joe Average doesn't crush himself for a thrill.
The same thing happened at the local midnight opening showing I went to. I don't think there was a single person who didn't chuckle when Yoda took up the dragon stance and pulled a Neo on the count. We wern't laughing because it was bad, just because it was something we hadn't seen Yoda do before. I think everyone I went with agreed after seeing that scene that he is not someone we'd like to fuck with.
"Christians see concepts like evolution as major threats to their beliefs and are actively trying to remove it from public education"
I can personally attest to this. As a high school student in rural(very) Mississippi I loved it when my Biology "teachers" came to the point where we were to learn about evolution. The lessons were always preceeded with statements like, "Now, I'm not saying I believe this, or that it's at all true, but according to the state I have to teach it to you, it's up to you if you want to listen or not." I would sit astounded as half the class objected to a very fundamental concept by sleeping through the class because Brother so and so told them that, "he ain't evolve from no gosh darn ape."
I personally work at a local movie theatre and was told a week ago not to give refunds to people watching Monters Inc. only to view the Episode 2 trailer. Now if only we had a contingency plan for the droves of people who wanted a refund for The One......
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PS - The (normal) boiling point of water is 212F, higher than both the normal served temperature of coffee, and the temperature of the McDonald's coffee.
Coffee is supposed to be a hot beverage, not one that scalds after three seconds of contact with skin. Roller coasters are supposed to be fun, not crush you. This is what I like to call "drawing a parallel." Read between the lines, you idiot.
I believe people should be held accountable for their own actions, but there are good reasons to set limits on how far one can stretch the limits. For one thing people assume they are safe when they get on a roller coaster. Even if there were a coaster out there that pulled 10 G's in a turn there would be people riding it because, "Hey, they wouldn't operate it if it wern't safe." Was that old lady stupid for spilling coffee all over herself? Sure. But there was no reason for the coffee to be at eight hundred degrees either. The government isn't trying to ban roller coasters, just regulate them to a point where Joe Average doesn't crush himself for a thrill.
The same thing happened at the local midnight opening showing I went to. I don't think there was a single person who didn't chuckle when Yoda took up the dragon stance and pulled a Neo on the count. We wern't laughing because it was bad, just because it was something we hadn't seen Yoda do before. I think everyone I went with agreed after seeing that scene that he is not someone we'd like to fuck with.
"Star Trek offers a more inspiring vision of the future."
The words "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," come to mind....
"Christians see concepts like evolution as major threats to their beliefs and are actively trying to remove it from public education"
I can personally attest to this. As a high school student in rural(very) Mississippi I loved it when my Biology "teachers" came to the point where we were to learn about evolution. The lessons were always preceeded with statements like, "Now, I'm not saying I believe this, or that it's at all true, but according to the state I have to teach it to you, it's up to you if you want to listen or not." I would sit astounded as half the class objected to a very fundamental concept by sleeping through the class because Brother so and so told them that, "he ain't evolve from no gosh darn ape."
I personally work at a local movie theatre and was told a week ago not to give refunds to people watching Monters Inc. only to view the Episode 2 trailer. Now if only we had a contingency plan for the droves of people who wanted a refund for The One......
This has to be trying to make up for the ill conceived April Fool's Day jokes.