http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/ News, but not the serious kind Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339326 Bill Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:05:04 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339326 What on earth is Shawn Hendricks waffling on about? does anyone else see how it is relevant to the grape issue? - and this incident actually happened in an English supermarket chain - M&S - and typically us English do not sue everyone at the drop of the hat, i´d imagine the fellow involved was probably vacationing from the U.S What on earth is Shawn Hendricks waffling on about? does anyone else see how it is relevant to the grape issue? - and this incident actually happened in an English supermarket chain - M&S - and typically us English do not sue everyone at the drop of the hat, i´d imagine the fellow involved was probably vacationing from the U.S

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339282 Shawn Hendricks Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:07:39 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339282 It was cruel, what you did to this poor woman. They do not call it the WORLD WIDE web for nothing. Now she has to dung through piles of spam and junk mail sent by dentists from every nation on Earth. If she just happens to be a stamp collector, you might be forgiven, but did you know that going into this? Did you? It was cruel, what you did to this poor woman. They do not call it the WORLD WIDE web for nothing. Now she has to dung through piles of spam and junk mail sent by dentists from every nation on Earth. If she just happens to be a stamp collector, you might be forgiven, but did you know that going into this? Did you?

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339151 Dee T Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:18:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/2008/03/13/help-me-im-in-a-grape-jam/#comment-339151 Filing lawsuits is America's national pastime. I ought to know - I've been a paralegal 23 years! Thank God for grapes and spills, and ticked off employees - otherwise I wouldn't have a job! BTW, just because he asks for $600K doesn't mean he'll get it. I bet he gets $5,000, at most. After he pays his lawyer and deducts expenses, that works out to about $1,000. Filing lawsuits is America’s national pastime. I ought to know - I’ve been a paralegal 23 years! Thank God for grapes and spills, and ticked off employees - otherwise I wouldn’t have a job!
BTW, just because he asks for $600K doesn’t mean he’ll get it. I bet he gets $5,000, at most. After he pays his lawyer and deducts expenses, that works out to about $1,000.

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