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#1 Fear

February 22nd 2009 08:55
We all have fears, some stronger than others but what scares you so much that you consider it your number one fear?

I thought of this while I was just facing mine....a daddy long-legs dared to invade my room and after much time spent sitting there watching it, in case it runs away before I get the courage up to do something about it, the deed was finally done. Luckily this time it didn't involve screaming, but usually it does. It had also managed to build a mini web in a spot I thoroughly dusted just two days ago. Even webs are scream worthy.

Then starts the thought that its little friends are watching all this and thinking, 'you killed my brother, prepare to die!' *shivers* There is a tiny one on my roof which doesn't move (not when I'm around anyway) that I now share the place with since it's too high for me to get and spraying it would merely cause it to fall down, and then who knows where it will disappear to. No, I'm happier with it where it is, and if one day I get the courage up, it will go too.


Then of course, I have to jump in the shower straight away, just in case for some strange reason something managed to get on me. All in all a long process much more complicated than simply spraying it/swatting it and getting it over and done with.

The girl I share my apartment with has the same level of fear with cockroaches, but not spiders. She can help me with those. Good thing too, since I am scared of those as well, but can still deal with them, unlike the paralyzing fear of being faced with a spider.

I know I have issues with these things, my mother finds it terribly embarrassing that I will scream whenever I see one but she has the same fear of lizards and will react in the same way if she sees one.


What is your number one fear and how do you deal with it?
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Lawsuit against Disney

February 13th 2009 06:28
A 16 year old English teenager and her family are suing Disney because the girl rode the Tower of Terror ride at the amusement park and suffered a heart attack shortly after. The girl now requires 24 hour care due to brain damage.

In their claim, they state that the ride is designed negligently and does not adequately warn of the risks or use adequate safety restraints.

While the incident is unfortunate, I fail to see how they even have a case. The girl had NO idea she was getting on a roller coaster? These rides always have signage, I have no doubt Disney provides signage on rides such as this. I won't get on a roller coaster because I know I can't handle it, other people who know to heed the warnings on these signs also don't get on them. She did, she took the risk and while everyone feels for this family, it is not Disney's fault that it happened. Disney did the right thing after the incident, they closed the ride and inspected it but there were no errors in operation found.



If the sign does not adequately warn people then how do they want their sign, in a larger font or in plainer English? The signs are there, people heed them if they want to, if not, then they accept the possible consequences.

If Disney is indeed proven negligent then it follows that there would be a large proportion of contributory negligence found also on the behalf of the 16 year old girl and her parents.

Cases like this succeeding can only open the floodgates to a multitude of cases lacking merit being allowed to go ahead, something corporations such as Disney and others in a similar business surely don't need. When the amusement park is actually at fault, then yes, clearly there is a case the plaintiff can and should argue, but when patrons enter a park and do not heed warnings in place regarding the danger presented by some rides, then that is a risk they take, not one that the park should be responsible for.

Source: www.news.com.au

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Going too far?

February 7th 2009 03:10
Do you need a warning label on Cadbury milk chocolate products letting you know that they contain....wait for it...milk? It has the word milk in the label, displays a glass of milk pictured on the wrapper and is using the glass and a half logo. What more is needed to warn that it actually has milk in it?



Cadbury has however decided to add this to their packaging, in a bid not to go against food allergy warning requirements. They will be adding a label warning that their milk chocolate products contain milk and their nut products contain nuts. If it's not enough that they often picture milk and nuts on their packaging along with the product name often containing this too, look for the warning on the packaging also. No common sense required.

It is another case entirely when it is not blindingly obvious that the product contains milk or nuts and warnings should be displayed on those types of products. However Cadbury is obviously biting the bullet and trying to protect themselves as a manufacturer. I suppose they're making sure no Stella's come along, who don't have the common sense to know that hot coffee is hot. Yet another shocking fact. If you don't want a hot coffee, get a frappe and then complain it gives you brain freeze or tooth sensitivity because it's too cold. I haven't heard of that one yet, but I'm sure someone will bring it up, once again testing how far the law goes to protect people against their own stupidity.

Common sense against political correctness 0 - 1.
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The Colour Purple

February 7th 2009 02:47
The colour purple has been in contention for 11 years since Cadbury first made a claim to trade mark it in 1998, a move opposed by Darrell Lea. The deep purple of the Cadbury packaging is immediately associated with the company and has been allowed in terms of the block and boxed chocolate packaging of Cadbury but the two companies continue to duke it out in court regarding the colour purple itself.

Cadbury says that Darrell Lea should not be using the colour purple (in any shade) in store signage, uniforms or products. It states that the use of the colour purple amounts to misleading and deceptive conduct which is covered under the Trade Practices Act
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Costly CTP

January 18th 2009 05:49
I was recently shopping around for my green slip as my registration was due and was surprised at how expensive the quotes I was being given from the 7 insurers on the RTA's list were.

NRMA was the cheapest I found, but this was by a very small amount. AAMI, Allianz, CIC Allianz, GIO, QBE and Zurich all quoted me amounts I just did not want to pay. I already have comprehensive insurance, I don't want to spend an arm and a leg on my CTP


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Give graduates a go!

November 23rd 2008 08:29
After several weeks of active job searching as I am looking for a role that is in my field of study, I can only say that job searching is frustrating beyond belief.

I sometimes wonder why I bothered with the years of study, I really do. And why I'm doing my LLM this year also. I hope that after that is finished that somehow the road to a job in my field of study will improve but I have my doubts


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Innocence almost lost

November 1st 2008 22:59
Police have stopped a wedding between a 5 year old girl and 7 year old boy in Karachi, Pakistan. The families had arranged the marriage to end a long-standing feud. The children's parents (and I use the term loosely), and the cleric officiating the ceremony were arrested. The others that should have been arrested but weren't were the 100 guests. None of them had alarm bells going off in their heads as to what these crazy parents had in store for their children?

Law in Pakistan forbids marriages until the age of 18 but there is some leeway allowed if puberty has been reached


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Do Not Disturb

October 10th 2008 10:05
...I am on facebook.

A 3AW presenter has missed her news bulletin as she was busy on Facebook


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8 children left with wire

October 10th 2008 09:35
200 children need to be checked after a piece of wire was found inside 8 patients.

The wire comes from a PIC line which is inserted to deliver drugs, chemotherapy being one of these uses


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Out to get each other

October 10th 2008 09:02
A friend was telling me over coffee how unhappy she is in her job. Not only does the management seem to be completely unapproachable and unappreciative of hard work but she said that her co-workers all seem to be out to get each other. They are constantly on the lookout to complain about others, even over the smallest things.

This concept is not foreign but at a small organisation where they're all at the same level and not competing against each other for a promotion of any sort, that kind of behaviour is illogical. Why bother? It just seems like a waste of energy to me. I don't think I have ever complained about a co-worker, that sort of back-stabbing just does not come naturally to me. It's unprofessional, rude and completely unnecessary


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