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Ice, anyone?

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:52 am
by EGNX
Good job it didnt land on me, although a few miles east and it probaly would of!  :o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4839260.stm

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:38 am
by Jimbo
[quote]Good job it didnt land on me, although a few miles east and it probaly would of!

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:42 am
by Craig.
She said: "I would like my car put straight and someone is going to have to pay for this.


so what happens if it was a freak weather thing. ::)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:18 am
by BFMF
My grandfather lives under the pattern of a small airport, and one day an aircraft somehow leaked some oil while in the pattern. Guess where it landed. It landed in the middle of his nice porch

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:15 pm
by Katahu
Things like this happen all the time, no matter where you are on this planet. We get hail the size of base balls over here in Arkansas and nobody here has put blame on anybody [even when their windshields are cracked].

As for the lady's misfortune, this is all I have to say: Tough luck. Put up with it.

~

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:44 pm
by Scorpiоn
From the sound of it, this is not a weather related incident.  For the most part, at least.  Pesonally, I hope nothing happens.  These angry, royal types who think everyone must answer to them, or get sued.  Let them deal with it for once!  They hate that! ;D

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:38 pm
by Mobius
Funny how she says that "someone has to pay for this".  Maybe she should take up a complaint against mother nature for making the wind blow that day in a way that made it fall on her car, or maybe because it wasn't warm enough to melt the ice, or maybe because there wasn't an earthquake that day to move her car out of the way of freak ice chunks.  Sorry, I'm just a little sick of the whole "me-me-me, why should I have to do anything" mentality people seem to have (you know, the people who sue McDonald's because their coffee is hot or the food made them fat (sorry to sidetrack the thread :P)).  ;)

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:49 pm
by Triple_7
Has this women ever heard of...insurence ::)  Or is vehical insurence not a requirement in the UK ???

If it was proven a freak weather incident...ide be moving from that particular area ::)

And if the car was parked outside the house....looks like a nice sunny day, how did she know that chunk of ice had hit her car...was she so bored that she just sat and watched the parked car all day ???  If they knew the exact flight that was overhead at the time this happened then someone witnessed it ::)  I mean...you cant just randomly walk out to find this and know exactly what time it occured at :P

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:56 pm
by Hagar
[quote]Has this women ever heard of...insurence ::)

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:25 am
by Craig.
It shouldn't be too hard with a few tests to find out if it was from an aircraft.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:06 am
by Hagar
It shouldn't be too hard with a few tests to find out if it was from an aircraft.

Maybe so but proving which aircraft is a different matter. I don't think she stands a chance.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:24 am
by Craig.
Maybe so but proving which aircraft is a different matter. I don't think she stands a chance.

I agree, which really would then leave open the airport or caa to possible targets.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:50 am
by commoner
Hu!...Women!...Have they no sense of humour?  ::)

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:10 pm
by Woodlouse2002
It shouldn't be too hard with a few tests to find out if it was from an aircraft.

The problem is that Ice has a very limited lifespan in any temperature above freezing. :P

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:13 pm
by Craig.
obviously. Thus you put it in the freezer for safe keeping. I am assuming that the photo was either done that way or it was a personal photo done right after the incident.