Nothing but a few papers, a note pad and coffee mug on the glass work surface (1/4" thick) and this is what I find this morning (glad the pup and 'puter and I weren't here when it exploded) â€" sorry for the "IZzy" pictures:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3644/3448373474_cf158dcec1_m.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3447558493_28bf93f1bc.jpg)
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Looks like tempered glass. It doesn't take much of a scratch to make it do that.
Quote from: Dan on April 16, 2009, 04:58:40 PM
Looks like tempered glass. It doesn't take much of a scratch to make it do that.
It happened overnight. That's what she showed up to this morning.
I'm sure the glass was cold and the mug hot. which causes the glass to fracture like that. Our landlord tried cleaning our fridge and he pulled the glass from the fridge to the outside in hot weater and crash turned into pebble glass.
Quote from: Stella on April 16, 2009, 04:48:29 PM
sorry for the "IZzy" pictures:
>:(
Gahdammit Randy..stop signing in as Stella!
Where was the thermos/coffee cup when you left the previous evening?
Quote from: IZ on April 16, 2009, 05:23:21 PM
>:(
Gahdammit Randy..stop signing in as Stella!
She's seen enough of your work to recognize it.
Quote from: Latinbalar on April 16, 2009, 05:14:54 PM
I'm sure the glass was cold and the mug hot. which causes the glass to fracture like that. Our landlord tried cleaning our fridge and he pulled the glass from the fridge to the outside in hot weater and crash turned into pebble glass.
Ordinary glass, yes that would happen but this is tempered which can withstand some heat. (I watched my mom pour super hot chocolate into a glass pitcher when I was a wee one. I made a mental note on that one for sure!)
Quote from: ducpainter on April 16, 2009, 05:43:15 PM
Where was the thermos/coffee cup when you left the previous evening?
Just sitting on top of the desk - the glass part. I hadn't used it in several days. We have 5 of these desks in our office. I'm the newest one and have been using it for a year w/o incident. We're all a little nervous now. This is what I just found in the interwebs:
"Tempered glass breaks in a unique way. If any part of the glass fails, the entire panel shatters at once. Tempered glass might also fail long after the event that caused the failure. Stresses continue to play until the defect erupts, triggering breakage of the entire panel."
Interesting! (At least to my geek self anyway.) [roll]
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 16, 2009, 07:05:29 PM
She's seen enough of your work to recognize it.
Sorry IZ, couldn't help myself. All the other kids do it too! ;)
Hey wait! I
did set a NAIL on my desk the other day.....! [laugh]
Quote from: Stella on April 16, 2009, 07:30:19 PM
Sorry IZ, couldn't help myself. All the other kids do it too! ;)
Hey wait! I did set a NAIL on my desk the other day.....! [laugh]
Oh Snap!
[thumbsup]
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 16, 2009, 07:37:49 PM
Oh Snap!
[thumbsup]
Uh huh..you must be at P's place on your Mac..while she's on her Mac and you're feeding her these lines.
Quote from: Stella on April 16, 2009, 07:30:19 PM
"Tempered glass breaks in a unique way. If any part of the glass fails, the entire panel shatters at once. Tempered glass might also fail long after the event that caused the failure. Stresses continue to play until the defect erupts, triggering breakage of the entire panel."
Interesting! (At least to my geek self anyway.) [roll]
That's what Dan was referring to.
Quote from: Stella on April 16, 2009, 07:30:19 PM"Tempered glass breaks in a unique way. If any part of the glass fails, the entire panel shatters at once. Tempered glass might also fail long after the event that caused the failure. Stresses continue to play until the defect erupts, triggering breakage of the entire panel."
Yup, I discovered that the hard way, once working in the dishroom in college I had a Pyrex bowl explode in my hand leaving glass splinters in my thumb. :(
aliens
Quote from: IZ on April 16, 2009, 08:04:51 PM
Uh huh..you must be at P's place on your Mac..while she's on her Mac and you're feeding her these lines.
you think she can't come up with those on her own?
she is so kicking your ass the next time she sees you!
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 16, 2009, 08:23:12 PM
she is so kicking your ass the next time she sees you!
That's OK. I'll let her! ;D
Quote from: IZ on April 16, 2009, 08:28:19 PM
That's OK. I'll let her! ;D
She's really been interested in kick boxing classes lately.
I guess now I see the correlation.
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on April 16, 2009, 08:31:33 PM
She's really been interested in kick boxing classes lately.
I guess now I see the correlation.
I think you're going down the wrong trail there Hondo.
She's gotta develop some new skillz to keep your azz at bay.
aliens hell
I'd start looking for the coworker with little glass nicks on her ass and the dewd with the smug triumphant look like he'd accomplished something epic