It is Baseball's fault (Pete Rose)

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Posted By: Kenny Cole

Jay, the problem seems to be that you know next to nothing about what really happened in the McDonald's case, and the little that you think you know is wrong. Yes, coffee is hot. However, restaurants don't generally serve at temperatures that are almost boiling. Nor do most restaurants have a track record of close to 700 previous people having been scalded and/or having suffered 3rd degree burns due to the temperature at which they serve their coffee. In fact, had McDonalds served its coffee at normal restaurant temperatures (about 30-40 degrees less than McDonalds USED to serve its coffee - at least the suit was successful in that regard), the plaintiff in the McDonald's case wouldn't have suffered third degree burns and had to spend 8 days in the hospital.

BTW, how many restaurants do you know who will admit their coffee is so hot that it isn't fit for human consumption when served? McDonalds did. Despite that, McDonalds also said that it had no plans to lower the temperature. Go look up the actual facts of the case and then come back and talk to me. Until then, further discussion is a waste of both our times.

Anyway, back to baseball and cards. At least we seem to have some agreement on Rose. That's something

Kenny