An American lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company.
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I travel from home into Euston Station in London each day and then on the Victoria underground line from Euston to Victoria. The Victoria line was one of the lines targeted in last Thursdays failed bomb attacks.
As I passed through Warren Street station this morning I caught a strong smell of cordite or a similar [...]

We were finally allowed out of the building around 1530 shortly after the news that Euston station had also reopened.
There was no other way across London other than to walk which is what I did.
Clutching my A to Z I walked past Buckingham Palace and the Mall decked out in Union Jack flags to celebrate [...]

I’m feeling sick at the moment.
My geography of London is rather poor and I was actually quite proud to have found my way almost to where I work.
I’ve just seen a news report showing where the bomb blasts were.
I could of easily walked out of Euston and straight down towards Russel Square where the bus [...]

I commute into London on a daily basis.
I arrived at Euston station just after 9am this morning to find them shutting the underground station access and telling us that the main underground lines are shut for the day.
I realised from this that it might be a big problem or alert but wished that I had [...]