It killed Jenny!

"Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
"Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
shows."
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html

YKhan wrote:
> It killed Jenny!
>
> "Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
> "Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
> the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
> shows."
> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html

Wow nice find, I wonder if the airlines will take note! I wonder if a
person calls in a bomb threat on a Dell laptop if it will be
legitimate. I also wonder if Dell's warranty covers damage to other
products such as Jenny. I bet a civil suit is going to be filed, to
reclaim costs.

Rthoreau

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>It killed Jenny!
>
>"Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
>"Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
>the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
>shows."
>http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html

Model rocket engines are smaller and faster at destroying trucks than
exploding Dells. Just ask Dateline NBC. :-P

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On 7 Aug 2006 08:29:39 -0700, "Rthoreau" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>YKhan wrote:
>> It killed Jenny!
>>
>> "Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
>> "Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
>> the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
>> shows."
>> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html
>
>Wow nice find, I wonder if the airlines will take note! I wonder if a
>person calls in a bomb threat on a Dell laptop if it will be
>legitimate.

Try it, you'll get handcuffed in no time. And then your lawyers will
have hard time arguing that Mickey Dell is the real culprit ;-)

>I also wonder if Dell's warranty covers damage to other
>products such as Jenny. I bet a civil suit is going to be filed, to
>reclaim costs.
>

plus punitive damages with many zeros after the first digit - and
rightfully so. A burning cup of coffee (no fire, but serious burns to
victim's skin) resulted in McDonalds being slapped with a few millions
in punitive damages. If we take this as a legal precedent, and
increase the number proportionally to how much more a laptop costs
comparing to the coffee, the number of aforementioned zeros would be
high enough to be reflected in Dell's financial report.

NNN

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> plus punitive damages with many zeros after the first digit - and
> rightfully so. A burning cup of coffee (no fire, but serious burns to
> victim's skin) resulted in McDonalds being slapped with a few millions
> in punitive damages. If we take this as a legal precedent, and
> increase the number proportionally to how much more a laptop costs
> comparing to the coffee, the number of aforementioned zeros would be
> high enough to be reflected in Dell's financial report.

Not to mention the cost of Jenny. :-)

Yousuf Khan

Rthoreau wrote:
> Wow nice find, I wonder if the airlines will take note! I wonder if a
> person calls in a bomb threat on a Dell laptop if it will be
> legitimate. I also wonder if Dell's warranty covers damage to other
> products such as Jenny. I bet a civil suit is going to be filed, to
> reclaim costs.

Well, in this case, I would suppose that Dell would have a legitimate
excuse in claiming that this wouldn't have happened to this extent if
there weren't bullets in the glovebox.

Yousuf Khan

"Scott Alfter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:44d7768e$0$24198$(E-Mail Removed)...
:
: In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
: YKhan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: >It killed Jenny!
: >
: >"Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
: >"Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
: >the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
: >shows."
: >http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html
:
: Model rocket engines are smaller and faster at destroying trucks than
: exploding Dells. Just ask Dateline NBC. :-P

You talking about ESTES model rocket engines? Man! I used to build and
launch those things when I was a kid and it was a friggen hoot! Can't wait
to turn my little girl on to them when she's a little older (she's 4
now....just a wee bit too little to be playing with solid rocket engines,
eh?)

j.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed) says...
> "Scott Alfter" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:44d7768e$0$24198$(E-Mail Removed)...
> :
> : In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> : YKhan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : >It killed Jenny!
> : >
> : >"Exploding" Dell Laptop Destroys Truck, Imperils Outsdoorsmen
> : >"Riddle recovered, but Forqueran is still grieving the loss of Jenny,
> : >the family heirloom -- a stock 1966 Ford that Forqueran took to auto
> : >shows."
> : >http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...dell_fire.html
> :
> : Model rocket engines are smaller and faster at destroying trucks than
> : exploding Dells. Just ask Dateline NBC. :-P
>
> You talking about ESTES model rocket engines? Man! I used to build and
> launch those things when I was a kid and it was a friggen hoot! Can't wait
> to turn my little girl on to them when she's a little older (she's 4
> now....just a wee bit too little to be playing with solid rocket engines,
> eh?)

Go fer it! I went though that with my son in early grade school
and then again with his BoySouts troup for their merit badge.
Loadsa fun! ...though Estes is tame stuff ('C' being their biggest
engine).

When I was a kid, oh never mind. DHS wouldn't be happy.

--
Keith

krw <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
<snip>
:: You talking about ESTES model rocket engines? Man! I used
:: to build and launch those things when I was a kid and it was
:: a friggen hoot! Can't wait to turn my little girl on to them
:: when she's a little older (she's 4 now....just a wee bit too
:: little to be playing with solid rocket engines, eh?)
:
: Go fer it! I went though that with my son in early grade
: school and then again with his BoySouts troup for their merit
: badge. Loadsa fun! ...though Estes is tame stuff ('C' being
: their biggest engine).

Er, they have 'D' and 'E' class engines as well, at least if I understand
their online site properly. Apparently, some rockets can reach altitudes of
almost 550m (approx. 1800 ft.) which I find just toooo funny. Can't wait
till she's 8 or so!!

:
: When I was a kid, oh never mind. DHS wouldn't be happy.

DHS??

j.

jack wrote:

>You talking about ESTES model rocket engines? Man! I used to build and
>launch those things when I was a kid and it was a friggen hoot! Can't wait
>to turn my little girl on to them when she's a little older (she's 4
>now....just a wee bit too little to be playing with solid rocket engines,
>eh?)

I could never get the !^!%&#(! rockets to go! I had a really nice
launchpad and everthing! 8(