It could easily be complete b*l*o*ks Andy (an English word for
rubbish for the non-Brits :>)), but you never can tell. However,
having been a newcomer in the US and having found it difficult
(almost impossible) to get car insurance, I cannot help feeling that
the insurance industry over there has a lot to learn anyway ... not
that I trust many insurance companies anywhere come to that ;-).
What really bothers me though is that a perfectly good word like
"obliged" is discarded for a word made up from a noun = obligation...
obligated! By that process we might derive a monster like
"pressurisated" from pressurisation - what was wrong with "pressure"
or even "press"?
All right, I've finished :>).
Chris
At 23:17 +0100 6/5/02, Andy Gilbert wrote:
Here's one was sent to me, can this really be true??? I can almost believe
the above could happen over here in the UK now, but read on.............
Subject: Fw: There is Justice in the World
Here's a heartwarming lawyer story:
A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very
rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire (among other
things) Within a
month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these
great cigars, and not
snip
them against fire, without defining what is
considered "unacceptable
fire"- and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal
process, the
insurance company accepted the ruling and paid
$15,000.00 to the lawyer
for his incendiary bamboozle.
etc...
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