Offer her a clunky old cell phone with a NiCd or NiMH battery, for her own safety (seems to me there were fewer battery fires back then). She probably won't want it because it is too big and old to be cool ;-).
Donald Borowski Schweitzer Engineering Labs Pullman, WA, USA cb...@ntcnet.com Sent by: emc-p...@ieee.org To "Fred Townsend" <f...@dctolight.net> 01/16/2007 11:21 cc AM "James, Chris" <c...@dolby.co.uk>, "Price, Ed" <ed.pr...@cubic.com>, emc-p...@ieee.org Subject Re: Cell Phone Catches Fire, Burns Man Over Half His Body I don't care what you guys think...I now have a solid reason to tell my 12 year old daughter why I don't think she should have her own cell phone :-) Chris Maxwell, M.Sc Design Engineer Critical Imaging LLC > I am highly dubious. Let suppose you are doing a Richard Pryor, i.e. > free basing, and you burn up the place, and there could be criminal > liability, what are you going to tell the cops? > > Fred Townsend > > James, Chris wrote: > >> Could it be the phone was beyond recognition?? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Chris >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of Price, >> Ed >> Sent: 16 January 2007 16:47 >> To: emc-p...@ieee.org >> Subject: RE: Cell Phone Catches Fire, Burns Man Over Half His Body >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:oconne...@tamuracorp.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:21 AM >> To: emc-p...@ieee.org >> Subject: RE: Cell Phone Catches Fire, Burns Man Over Half His Body >> >> dead link, try this: >> >> http://www.nbc11.com/news/10753602/detail.html >> >> >> I find it interesting that the Vallejo Fire Department spokesman >> declines to state the make and model of the phone involved. 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