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Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RockyBalboa who wrote (6459)	1/30/2000 7:53:00 PM
From: allen menglin chen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10293

I heard rumor Irish Republican Army (IRA) and UNIBOMBMER ordered those VLNC batteries -- they said it's better than theirs after reading the SF Chronicle article last Nov. It should be a great IRA Xmas gift sent to John Major in a QCOM cell phone, or a G* phone. Since VLNC makes those batteries in Ireland, IRA have checked their quality and saved their delivery fees as well -- and no custom to check their "batteries" orders. sfgate.com ... Unfortunately, the batteries had a few problems. They sparked and exploded and burned. One burst into flames so intense that it melted through the factory's tile floor and into the concrete foundation. A senior company engineer said carrying a battery was like having ``a bomb in your pocket.' ...