Fireplace Grate Heaters. Fireplace heaters are highly recommended fireplace accessories that increase fireplace efficiency and decrease home heating costs by circulating cold air into the grate and warm air back out into the room being heated.
In 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck bought a cup of takeout coffee at a McDonaldâs drive-thru in Albuquerque and spilled it on her lap. She sued McDonaldâs and a jury awarded her nearly $3 million in punitive damages for the burns she suffered. Typical reaction: Isnât coffee supposed to be hot?
(Go ahead: Smell it. It's fine.) What's happening is the acids in the coffee are coagulating the proteins in the soy milk, a kind of liquid-to-solid chemical reaction that can be exacerbated by the shock of the temperature difference between the two beverages. (Hot coffee, cold milk = Clots in the cup.)