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Depends how he paid you ? Credit card and it may be charged back and that will cost you more.

A car full of fireworks exploded in the Netherlands after the driver smoked a cigarette and threw it out the window only for the wind to blow it back inside. A 21-year-old man called Gerben, from the Dutch town of Nieuwleusen, bought 75kg of fireworks in Germany on Friday for New Year's Eve. He was only a few miles away from his house when he smoked a cigarette and attempted to throw it out the window - but the wind blew it right back in, causing a fire inside his black Volvo V70. 'We saw red flashes and heard a bang. It went dark inside the car because of all the smoke. We thought: we have to get out of the car,' Gerben told Dutch outlet Hart van Nederland.

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CLOSED the amount of inflammatory trolling going on here is just ridiculous for grown mature men. Nothing wrong with having opposing views etc and by all means debate your point of view, but this persistence with name calling and use of "hate" is disproportionate and needs to Stop.

Drunk is self inflicted, usually not covered, it's also the reason the FIRST test done on a hospital visit after a motor accident is for alcohol blood test. Insurance will want to know alcohol wasn't involved.BUT if the Hospital don't do that test, then the insurance can refuse to pay.Yes you could argue the hospital was negligent but that just opens up a whole litigation battle.Which won't get your hospital bill paid or you released from hospital until YOU pay the bill.

I buy what I am legally required to have.Nothing more, having it doesn't automatically mean you'll benefit from it, as many assume. I too have seen so many obstacles and reasons NOT to pay etc.In 50 years I have benefitted twice from an insurance policy., and they were not health/accident related.

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Or any other aspect of life here either. 😀👍

The mistake most westerners make is they assume a certain behaviour and standard that simply does not exist here.

Couldn't and never would live where I had neighbours in the conventional sense of next door of across the street etc. My nearest neighbour is around 200 metres away, suits me fine. Havnt had any noise issues in the lat 15 years.😀

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