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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN!
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: v: a. _" R8 a$ j3 I7 }Never, ever answer a call on your cell phone while
9 c$ h2 l! x$ J2 ^: p2 k, s% @it is being CHARGED!!
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& J; l6 L3 U+ R+ S2 t+ EA few days ago, a person was recharging his cell
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, \# ~% B; E" v" f% v- A! ?answered it, with the instrument still connected to0 r+ z2 `" w( N* X
the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed' w0 p6 o8 k* a6 Z" d' q5 K+ Y. C
into the cell phone unrestrained, and the young man
  L8 ?- X4 i3 ?/ D6 ^) K! U9 c& ]was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud.
- I. q4 B) N4 X8 `. |" y5 N$ m9 r8 HHis parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a
1 d) K" h7 {+ ^2 m! pweak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to
4 \$ `) U/ {; {5 K; tthe nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.0 B, c% m  g6 q: ~
However, we must be aware that it can also be an( f3 v7 I+ n3 S+ }. a4 X' v0 [
instrument of death.% h. g. Y/ y/ N! K8 K7 m2 `

3 t/ O: h0 G, D( DNever use the cell phone while it is hooked to the4 e- }  E7 ?" G; S& g+ f7 ?/ G- k% a
electrical outlet!

kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG..............., N' O, F( O9 b& c! j6 b% S' C
我成日都咁做咖~
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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:0 n5 U$ b4 B3 n0 s% a8 V
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

" b' f( D4 _5 DFrom Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4 News last week...

Norman Chan

I found this. M0 n6 `& e. k

3 o! `8 `+ [! ]; `+ Y8 mhttp://www.ettoday.com/2004/10/01/517-1692343.htm