In article >,
Charles H > wrote:
>Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:

>> I've also had the bottom just plain drop off of one as I was carrying
>> it. Seems to me that that one was a cleaner break. At least it was
>> beer, so only a few weeks attachment

>I've had that happen... I had an old carboy with a large chipped lip,
>and as I was moving it to the garbage outside I dinged it off the wall.
>Most of it shattered into long, sharp shards, but the bottom sheared off
>and stayed whole. Luckily enough it was empty.

Annoying, isn't it?

Mine was full of beer, but did it without any impact.

hawk
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