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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN!
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Never, ever answer a call on your cell phone while- n+ m3 d, T. q7 f
it is being CHARGED!!! h% e% i, {! ]' T

6 ~& Z0 Z' S' U$ `: y; L# d5 RA few days ago, a person was recharging his cell
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answered it, with the instrument still connected to: }' O% ]/ B7 Q1 u# V
the outlet. After a few seconds electricity flowed, A, ^# o. }1 [( X" n# m6 x) a2 C7 V
into the cell phone unrestrained, and the young man
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His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a2 H3 E0 A' G% e" z' j. t
weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to
: U" a6 e; o! ]6 dthe nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.
. @0 H: Y# w; UHowever, 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/ O( M9 J; M! r
electrical outlet!

kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG..............., @/ D+ q! h, Z9 M7 i
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:& Y- e3 ~" I5 `8 V
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

5 B' V/ P& D3 M4 O, _5 I5 v1 J! `From 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