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garycheung

DO NOT ANSWER (OR MAKE) CALLS WHEN YOUR CELL PHONE  IS PLUGGED IN! ; A$ v  ]5 D& j* ~& S! a) D" N. C: r

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Never, ever answer a call on your cell phone while
: t5 r2 }. R/ qit is being CHARGED!!& K9 ^. H' X) E# y6 V  P

/ O6 ]& c& F7 w4 _+ [A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell
5 L( k5 ?) O! v% @% J6 Kphone at home. Just at that time a call came and he5 j; }( K* x" |/ _$ N
answered it, with the instrument still connected to
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into the cell phone unrestrained, and the young man1 _2 S7 R( {& y  \
was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud. # ?: d' O1 W- D2 {( Z
His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a* n2 k: g# Q$ ?+ j+ p8 D1 Q5 Z9 l5 u0 V
weak heartbeat and burnt fingers. He was rushed to5 t1 y3 S8 p6 Y3 W4 Y4 v) M8 Y
the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
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7 g* m/ ]3 u4 wCell phones are a very useful modern invention.
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Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the9 E# _! ^# m0 A; f$ z
electrical outlet!

kakeidevil

我從來都唔會一路叉電一路講電話的。

BOYDWAN

OMG...............1 i! _6 m8 i! ~! W9 N; C
我成日都咁做咖~
% k* D" G- J2 n9 ^: p- Y# ?0 D( g" XTHX 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:. ]; |  z+ @" }
This couldn't be true.  You might h...

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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