tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post5976532418128411257..comments2024-01-25T13:46:11.967-06:00Comments on The Bronze Blog: And Now For Something Completely DifferentRyan Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-80937620696609230042007-01-10T09:08:00.000-06:002007-01-10T09:08:00.000-06:00Yeah and I finally looked up what "punitive damage...Yeah and I finally looked up what "punitive damages" means.<br /><br />No, they should not go to the plaintiff...Ryan Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-45886785725470957962007-01-09T19:21:00.000-06:002007-01-09T19:21:00.000-06:00Huh. What do you know. 2% has thoroughly changed...Huh. What do you know. 2% has thoroughly changed my mind. They even (preemptively!) answered my one complaint, which was asked by another commenter.<br /><br />I, too, was under the impression that 180-200 degrees was excessively hot. They showed that it was not, which pretty much knocks the teeth out of the legal argument. If they're doing the exact same thing that everyone else is doing, even home coffee makers, then why are they at fault?<br /><br />The only niggling problem I still had with it was that there may be some things that everyone is doing, but still could be safer. Was this such a case, where peer pressure is wrong? A commenter summed it up wonderfully with the analogy to windshield glass. However, windshields are not made worse when made with safety glass, only safer. Coffee, on the other hand, *is* made worse at lower temperatures, both in flavor and usefulness when on the go.<br /><br />So, meh. 2% seems to be right.TabAtkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627740022743842036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-76677963935571644432007-01-09T14:29:00.000-06:002007-01-09T14:29:00.000-06:00That article summed it up for me, except for sendi...That article summed it up for me, except for sending punitive damages to the state.Ryan Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14750814560493466382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13030925.post-55165480456145463232007-01-09T11:42:00.000-06:002007-01-09T11:42:00.000-06:00I wish they had included the refutation against th...I wish they had included the refutation against the <i>stupid</i> claim that coffee isn't served at that temp in the dialogue with what's-her-name. This was a pet peeve of mine, during the lawsuit, and afterwards. Out of curiosity, I tested the temperature of my home coffee pot, both while brewing and while sitting on the burner. As Bunn says, mine was nearly 200 while brewing, and in the low to mid 180s while sitting. The whole thing just seemed ludicrous.<br /><br />-BerlzebubAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com