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All Segways recalled
AP ^ | 9/26/2003

Posted on 09/26/2003 9:48:33 AM PDT by presidio9

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:41:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The maker of the Segway Human Transporter has agreed to recall the motorized scooters because riders have been injured falling off when its batteries are low. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Friday, saying that three people had been injured. One suffered a head wound and needed stitches.


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To: discostu
But the lady who 'spilled' the coffee on herself actually poured it into her own lap, and lied to get the payoff.
She said in court that she, "Lost the use of her husband sexually for the time it took to heal."
The judge should have KNOWN it was bogus the second she said the sex part.
No honest woman in her right mind says anything like that at all.
81 posted on 09/26/2003 10:59:19 AM PDT by Darksheare (Begone ye typo demons!! Begone from these dimensions and leave us aolne! I said laeve us aolne! Darn)
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To: Darksheare
Which era? There's been a number of famous coffee spillages at McD's. The one in the late 80s was legit and McD's paid out and rewrote procedure manuals to have the coffee machines calibrated more often because of it, a more recent one was fake and they proved it.
82 posted on 09/26/2003 11:01:26 AM PDT by discostu (just a tuna sandwich from another catering service)
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To: presidio9
Leave it to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall something AFTER IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ON THE MARKEY FOR 2 YEARS. You would have thought they would have done their research before people starting getting hurt and possibly killed on the damn things. That is one of the biggest problems with all Government organizations, including this organization as well as the FDA. They only recall something after they have infiltrated into our society and caused untold damage to citizens.
83 posted on 09/26/2003 11:01:40 AM PDT by rs79bm
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To: OldFriend
Ever wonder how it maneuvers through the snows in the northern United States?

How about zipping along a crowded sidewalk, or one that's in close proximity to storefront doors opening and closing with shoppers?
84 posted on 09/26/2003 11:04:31 AM PDT by Chummy
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To: discostu
The one that had the BIG payout that made all the coffee be labeled 'hot'.
As if anyone needed to be told that coffee is hot.
85 posted on 09/26/2003 11:08:14 AM PDT by Darksheare (Begone ye typo demons!! Begone from these dimensions and leave us aolne! I said laeve us aolne! Darn)
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To: Darksheare
I don't know if you guys have heard, but some fellow in Arizona got hold of couple of JATO bottles and welded them to his Segway? It seems he opened them up and.....
86 posted on 09/26/2003 11:10:46 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk
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To: Darksheare
That one was legit and wasn't the one that mentioned sex in her claim.
87 posted on 09/26/2003 11:11:03 AM PDT by discostu (just a tuna sandwich from another catering service)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Is there any way to tell if the batteries are low?

Yeah. The rider falls off.

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[As i mentioned, the B/C & JD! lists are going to float into and out of whack over the forseeable future, while I try to cobble a rig back together for myself. My apologies for any incovenience or misunderstandings in this time frame. New signups/removals may be flaky in this time-frame as well; please bear with me, and keep in mind you may have to FReepmail me more than once for me to get it done. Thanks again!]

88 posted on 09/26/2003 11:12:16 AM PDT by mhking (Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back...)
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To: presidio9
All Segways recalled

Late night show host: "Speaking of transportation...Hey, what the heck are you doing ?"

Plain clothes police officer confiscating microphone: "I'm sorry sir, all segue's are being recalled."

89 posted on 09/26/2003 11:16:19 AM PDT by BSunday
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To: SamAdams76
"Unless you have an athletic build and you are actually riding a real bicycle in full biking gear, a bicycle helmet makes you look like a dork - period"

I think you can drop the qualifier. A bicycle helmet makes you look like a dork even on a bike. (And most cyclists don't have what I would call an athletic build - especially on the upper body.)
90 posted on 09/26/2003 11:21:12 AM PDT by green iguana (I know he looks mean, but don't worry about my dog. He'll run away when I fire.)
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To: Porterville
LOL........Well now ya tell us ............:o)

Stay Safe !

91 posted on 09/26/2003 11:23:54 AM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: Kenny Bunk
He put JATOs on his Segway....
What was his ground speed in knots?
;-)
92 posted on 09/26/2003 11:25:31 AM PDT by Darksheare (Begone ye typo demons!! Begone from these dimensions and leave us aolne! I said laeve us aolne! Darn)
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To: discostu
I had heard that the woman who said she lost the use of her husband had gotten a payout?
Or was this a case of she did but they proved she lied?
Gotta hear this.
93 posted on 09/26/2003 11:26:25 AM PDT by Darksheare (Begone ye typo demons!! Begone from these dimensions and leave us aolne! I said laeve us aolne! Darn)
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To: rftc; CheneyChick
LMAO........Too cool ......... Hey CC is that you ?

Stay Safe !

94 posted on 09/26/2003 11:28:56 AM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: rs79bm
Couldn't do research. AFter all it HAD to be a big secret!!

What a fiasco!

95 posted on 09/26/2003 11:30:26 AM PDT by OldFriend (DEMS INHABIT A PARALLEL UNIVERSE)
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To: Squantos
I hate it when these pictures get published.
96 posted on 09/26/2003 11:31:11 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: Darksheare
That was the more recent case (earlier this year, late last year). In that case they proved that she couldn't possibly have been burned by McD's coffee, the evidence that she was actually burned was pretty skinny to start with primarily consisting of receipts for burn ointments. The original case in the 80s she went to the hospital and there were pictures taken, then the store in question tested their equipment and found the coffee machine was serving coffe at some insane temperature way past what coffee should be served at.

People try this one on McDs all the time but it has been legit at least once.
97 posted on 09/26/2003 11:31:11 AM PDT by discostu (just a tuna sandwich from another catering service)
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To: CheneyChick
I'm sorry......:o)......Stay Safe !
98 posted on 09/26/2003 11:32:05 AM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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To: discostu
OKers.
99 posted on 09/26/2003 11:36:24 AM PDT by Darksheare (Begone ye typo demons!! Begone from these dimensions and leave us aolne! I said laeve us aolne! Darn)
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To: Darksheare
It's hard to keep track because there are so many of those cases and most are bogus. But I worked in the McHell machine when the legit one happened and the word came down from corporate to triple check the calibration on all our coffee machines, that's why I remember that one.
100 posted on 09/26/2003 11:38:45 AM PDT by discostu (just a tuna sandwich from another catering service)
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