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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:34 PM Original message |
Mother on oxygen pump dies after power cut |
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wake.up.america (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sick! |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wrongful death case!!!!!!!!! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that illegal? |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It should be considered murder. n/t |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
83. hmm... pretty emotional reply... think about: |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That's my first reaction too! I thought all power companies HAD |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. This is in NZ, so it might be different... but I doubt it. n/t |
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Stewie (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Not that I really WANT to defend them... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. read the article, the company rep was at the house and saw her |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
82. It does say they invited him in, but it doesn't say he went. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. no shit |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Aren't they supposed to give the customer the benefit of the doubt? We're talking live & death here. |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. At least call the home office to confirm? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. It appears they did and it didn't work out too well. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. In NY, I think you are supposed to tell them |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Yes, but if there is a situation the technician is aware of, |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I agree. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
62. I KNOW that this is illegal |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. More of the glorious wonders of energy deregulation |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. This happened in New Zealand n/t |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. which underwent extensive deregulation in 1984. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. However, the poster to whom I responded was not aware of that |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
81. This is the same company that plunged downtown Auckland into darkness for weeks |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wait till they get sued, and I sure hope they do and file murder charges. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hope they ream 'em hard in NZ court, so this never happens again somewhere else n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why didn't they try to stop/injure/kill the worker? n/t |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
49. good thought! |
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19jet54 (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. New Zealand |
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Miss Chybil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. How horrible. I would have called 911 the minute the power went out. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Do they have 911 in New Zealand? (eom) |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. Unless the only phone she had required power... |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Negligent homicide. n/t |
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svpadgham (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. $122? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. well, not to play devil's advocate or anything |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Do you know how heavy those machines ARE? |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. well, along those lines... |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. To answer your questions |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:23 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. My father used a setup just like that. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #42 |
72. thanks for the info n/t |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. You know nothing of where she lives either. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. that's just sick |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. She died less than 2 hours of the power being cut. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. i know how long after she died |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Without the oxygen, she'd have died in minutes |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. It seems if she had no oxygen she would've died within minutes then. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. That's $89 US money. n/t |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Truly horrible, but one question |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
79. 1 in 4 New Zelanders go without medical care due to financial reasons |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. Horrifying. They should have made sure an ambulance was right there with oxygen |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. She was executed |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
74. What kind of sick fuck pulls the plug like that? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's an oxygen concentrator. |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
43. That's what I already said in this post: |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. they'll never see that $122. bastards. public power now! take this power away from these fools |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. The company was state-owned. nt |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yep, that is a definite case of "green therapy". |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. stories like this make conservatives orgasmic nt |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. Turning off / on the power costs them money, they only do it to punish people |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. I know Australia has gone RW |
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DollyM (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Illinois heading in this same direction . . . |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. that's soooo sad! |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. 'The family never told us', is all they have to claim across the board. |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
52. NZ has a 'Liberal' Govt... |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. Rush Limbaugh would tell us that New Zealand was practicing 'Tough Love' |
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varun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:24 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Where's the Terri Schiavo crowd? |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. The Schiavo crowd is out trying to get Newt Gingrich to run for President |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
57. Well, business is business, after all |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
58. Like I said in another discussion, the actions of the technician,,, |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
59. Just seen the latest clip on tv from news conference... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
60. $122 the price of a life |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
61. That is so sick and disgusting! |
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NastyDiaper (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. nt |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
66. Same thing happened in Indy last winter too ... |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
67. If the technician believed every sob story he heard ... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. He could have requested to see the machinery. |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. we don't know for a fact, he didn't ... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
69. It's a horrible story. But last summer here I had a power |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. When my husband was sick last year |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. It doesn't sound as if the family tried to make any payment arrangements |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't know how they do it in NZ... |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. No, I'm pretty sure she would be dead in the US as well. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Fast on the uptake...... |
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micraphone (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
78. The tech was shown the pump etc... |
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