Re: diy microwave alarm

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 12:09:14 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> "joe hey" <joehey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:27:45 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote:
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> >>> Let me just say: There is no door in a strawberry field :)
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> >> There is on a microwave.
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> > Yeah, well, that's what you get when you (Americans) give the devices the
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> > name of their physical working principle, instead of their function, as
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> > is customary elsewhere (in Europe): 'microwave' vs. 'microwave oven'.
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> > (Pun intended :)
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> You would prefer that Americans were more verbose?
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> "We're about to be over run!  What should I do?"
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> American, "Shoot the bastards."
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> European, "You must first weigh the merits of defending yourself against the
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> certainty of arrest by agents of the government for both possessing and
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> utilizing a method of defending yourself against an oncoming attacker versus
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> the merits of remain alive long enough to do so by making proper and optimum
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> use of your illegally possessed Webley revolver to strike by explosive
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> acceleration of a projectile as many as six, or half a dozen if you prefer,
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> of the oncoming horde depending on your skill, accuracy, and nervous level
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> to remove some of the threat by use of force thereby ridding the third
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> planet of this solar system colloquially called Earth and occupied by humans
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> among a host of other life forms from a harmful infestation some of whom may
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> be children of descent of unwed parental stock."
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> Hmmm..  pun-ishment huh?

Jeeze Bob, that was pretty good.

I could hardly understand your accent.