22-06-2011, 04:49 PM
All this about dead creatures inside stuff has reminded of a strange incident some years ago. Slightly off topic though but still interesting I think.
Our family business was involved in flexible hose of diverse range of types and sizes. On this occasion we had a coil of 6" bore pump discharge hose returned under complaint by a customer, apparently it had a hole in it which must have been our fault ! Now it was very rare to receive complaints about our products because they were very good quality, most of the time it was customer misuse or damage.
However, upon inspection, sure enough there was a hole about 12 ft from one end. It was a strange hole though, we were very familiar with the appearance of a hole caused by bursting, or external puncturing, this looked like a something had penetrated from the inside. It had, we found a dead and very decayed bird inside !! Somehow it had obviously become trapped in the hose and in shear desperation had tried to peck it's way out !
Actually I was quite upset to think of the fear that unfortunate little bird must have felt to be entombed in that dark prison. That sort of hose is very tough though and it really had no chance, even though it had managed to penetrate it. Very sad.
Customers problem though, apparently the hose was stored outside in an open compound so anything could happen really.
Our family business was involved in flexible hose of diverse range of types and sizes. On this occasion we had a coil of 6" bore pump discharge hose returned under complaint by a customer, apparently it had a hole in it which must have been our fault ! Now it was very rare to receive complaints about our products because they were very good quality, most of the time it was customer misuse or damage.
However, upon inspection, sure enough there was a hole about 12 ft from one end. It was a strange hole though, we were very familiar with the appearance of a hole caused by bursting, or external puncturing, this looked like a something had penetrated from the inside. It had, we found a dead and very decayed bird inside !! Somehow it had obviously become trapped in the hose and in shear desperation had tried to peck it's way out !
Actually I was quite upset to think of the fear that unfortunate little bird must have felt to be entombed in that dark prison. That sort of hose is very tough though and it really had no chance, even though it had managed to penetrate it. Very sad.
Customers problem though, apparently the hose was stored outside in an open compound so anything could happen really.
