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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN! 2 Q* K( {9 k1 c7 k+ m4 S6 T

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Never, ever answer a call on your cell phone while) ?! {$ a0 ?- g, w
it is being CHARGED!!
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# y* P/ t+ }! w- z5 yA few days ago, a person was recharging his cell
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answered it, with the instrument still connected to
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was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud. * f& [1 Z# ?6 F8 ]3 q
His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a
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the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.* J# W5 t" {( f$ |; Z+ m
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Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.- @$ S* F! N9 F
However, we must be aware that it can also be an
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Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the' w, P9 C2 }; k
electrical outlet!

kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG................ _$ B$ E6 z( ?, m! E1 m) F5 q
我成日都咁做咖~
+ Q$ g7 e8 v  A: jTHX gary~

stockman

How about talking while using the charger in the car?  I do it all the time and so far I'm still alive.  Am I just lucky?

teramishu

Oh, Gary, you are so 细心。。。！

Norman Chan

This couldn't be true.  You might have a chance of getting yourself burnt if a bad battery so happens to explode.  But there's no way you'd get an electric shock.  This is a just cellphone charger, how many volts do you think it outputs?   Where did you get this information from?

garycheung

Originally posted by Norman Chan at 2006-9-13 02:12 PM:3 R4 ~: |: y) T
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

3 Y& V# p* B  O; z/ V5 `! GFrom Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 News last week...

Norman Chan

I found this
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http://www.ettoday.com/2004/10/01/517-1692343.htm