What's on your mind today?

[Cecilie]

Just opened presents and was reading the instructions on a speaker that I got. This is what I found. 

Hahaha.

[xSilverPhinx]

Just opened presents and was reading the instructions on a speaker that I got. This is what I found. 

Hahaha.

I once translated a contract that had those exact words. My thoughts were WTF?! I had to double check to see it's actually normal usage, so incredulous that I was. 

[Buddy]

Sad thing is, they probably had to put it there because somebody had tried to get money by saying that their product was destroyed by an act of god.

[The Magic Pudding]

Advocate Steve Myers is disillusioned with the lies and deception he experiences in Court and decides to quit. He invests money in a small yacht and goes off sailing. Then one day he wakes up to find his yacht has been struck by lightning and totaled. He informs his insurance company, who review and then subsequently decline his claim on the grounds that they are not liable as his yacht was destroyed due to an 'Act of God'. With no money to finance another yacht, Steve dramatically files a claim against God, naming the Pope and the local Bishop as representatives of God, and thereby the respondents. The Pope, the Bishop, their respective lawyers, as well as their insurance company get together to find a way to settle this dilemma, which does catch the fancy of the media. It is in Court that God's representatives will have to admit that Steve's yacht was actually His Act, accept it, and compensate him, or deny it altogether, and thereby deny His existence, and leave the onus on Steve to prove his claim. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

It's an OK movie if you're OK with Billy Connolly.

In the law of contracts, an act of God may be interpreted as an implied defence under the rule of impossibility or impracticability. If so, the promise is discharged because of unforeseen occurrences, which were unavoidable and would result in insurmountable delay, expense, or other material breach.

For example, suppose an opera singer and a concert hall have a contract. The singer promises to appear and perform at a certain time on a certain date. The hall promises to have the stage and audio equipment ready for her. However, a tornado destroys the hall a month before the concert is to take place. Of course, the hall is not responsible for the tornado. It may be impossible for the hall to rebuild in time to keep its promise. On the other hand, it may be possible but extraordinarily expensive to reconstruct on such short notice. The hall would argue that the tornado was an act of God and excuses its nonperformance via impossibility or impracticability.

In other contracts, such as indemnification, an act of God may be no excuse, and in fact may be the central risk assumed by the promisor—e.g., flood insurance or crop insurance—the only variables being the timing and extent of the damage. In many cases, failure by way of ignoring obvious risks due to "natural phenomena" will not be sufficient to excuse performance of the obligation, even if the events are relatively rare: e.g., the year 2000 problem in computers. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, 2-615, failure to deliver goods sold may be excused by an "act of God" if the absence of such act was a "basic assumption" of the contract, but has made the delivery "commercially impracticable".

[Sweetdeath]

I want to meet more atheists IRL ;_;

[Tank]

I'm thinking about my children. This time of year really connects me to my family. My husband and I have 5 kids between us and we love to see the children enjoy Christmas. It's more of a cultural thing than religious for us, but we love it. Earlier I was work and thinking how crappy it was to be working when everyone else is off. Then, I went to the grocery store and felt like a hypocrite. I actually apologized to the cashier

I'd never thought of that. And you're right. 1st world citizens take their comforts a little too lightly some times.

I have three kids 26, 25 & 25 (twins) and one grandson who was a year old at the end of November. It'll be fun to see grandson next year when he may start to have an inkling of what a present is.

However, the 'person' who loved Christmas the most was my last dog Rusty. I don't know how she knew but she got absolutely hyper on Christmas morning and couldn't wait to get a present. She'd leave all the presents alone for the 4 or 5 days they had been under the tree but when given one she'd shred the wrapping paper and the play with whatever she found if she could, otherwise she'd come back and sit and wait her turn for the next one. Except when she had just got her last one!

Rusty



Rusty Christmas jumper!

[OldGit]

Aaah!

[Pharaoh Cat]

Just opened presents and was reading the instructions on a speaker that I got. This is what I found. 

Act of God: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

[Sweetdeath]

Your dog is so cute, Tank!!  <3

[Buddy]

Just opened presents and was reading the instructions on a speaker that I got. This is what I found. 

Act of God: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

Huh. I never thought that it was a legit legal term

[xSilverPhinx]

Heheh, check out the real life cases of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_against_God

[Sweetdeath]

Heheh, check out the real life cases of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuits_against_God

What the crap...

[Buddy]

You know, I like my avatar with a hat on. I'm going to find a bow or something for Stanley to sport after the holiday season is over. He is wearing one right now though. A pretty brown bow that came with my electric blanket.

[The Magic Pudding]

You know, I like my avatar with a hat on. I'm going to find a bow or something for Stanley to sport after the holiday season is over. He is wearing one right now though. A pretty brown bow that came with my electric blanket.

A tiara?
How about propped up sunglasses as worn by sophisticated go getter humans?
Humans wear animal furs, I'm not sure how he could reciprocate, Asmo might know.

[Asmodean]

Yes. Asmo the Sagely Oracle-like One knows.

The answer is *drumroll*

Baby leather!