Return-Path: Received: (qmail 94867 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore01.plus.net) (192.168.71.1) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Jan 2005 12:20:46 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Cmt5z-000OW3-K6 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:20:05 +0000 Received: from [192.168.67.3] (helo=ptb-mxcore03.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Cmt5z-000OVx-AY for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:19:59 +0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Cmt6d-000N5n-Dr for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:20:39 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Cmt2t-00025u-Nb for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:16:47 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.20] (helo=relay.omnieng.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Cmt2m-00025l-SI for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:16:40 +0000 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net ([165.212.64.31]) by relay.omnieng.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cmt2h-0006Op-G9 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:16:40 +0000 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net (cmsout01.mbox.net [165.212.64.31]) by cmsout01.mbox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34053781DB for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:15:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from uadvg137.cms.usa.net [165.212.11.137] by cmsout01.mbox.net via smtad (C8.MAIN.3.21K); Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:15:28 GMT X-USANET-Source: 165.212.11.137 IN dibene@usa.net uadvg137.cms.usa.net X-USANET-MsgId: XID999JagmPC1942X01 Received: from [192.168.0.2] [151.41.158.162] by uadvg137.cms.usa.net (ASMTP/dibene@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.21E) with ESMTP id 087JagmPZ0317M37; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:15:25 GMT X-USANET-Auth: 151.41.158.162 AUTH dibene@usa.net [192.168.0.2] Message-ID: <41DE7D64.5070006@usa.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:15:32 +0100 From: Alberto di Bene User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <01C4F49A.B747BF50.actalbot@southsurf.com> In-Reply-To: <01C4F49A.B747BF50.actalbot@southsurf.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Z-USANET-MsgId: XID087JagmPA0317X37 X-SPF-Result: relay.omnieng.net: 165.212.64.31 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of usa.net X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no, Subject: Re: LF: Has the world gone mad - completely and utterly off topic, but good for the new year Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Andy wrote: > >A research organisation that shall remain nameless has just made the decision >that soldering irons have to have warning notices attached as they may be HOT. > > Hmmm, that looks incomplete, as is the norm for EU committees located in Brussels.... The fail to mention that it is HOT only when it is powered ON..... I saw many, many, years ago a booklet meant for the Customer Engineers servicing those big IBM computers now disappeared, which had a note, in bold characters, that stated that the Power OFF push button was operative _only_ when the power was switched on.... 73 Alberto I2PHD