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radiotech
Mon Oct 24 2011, 08:21PM
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To pass this these ? NFPA-99 and CSA-Z32 standards
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Patrick
Mon Oct 24 2011, 11:19PM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Xray wrote ...

The holes are there so that parents can lock-out their kid's video games when they are supposed to be doing homework! wink
Clearly you are the most evil person who has ever lived.
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Xray
Tue Oct 25 2011, 02:07AM
Xray Registered Member #3429 Joined: Sun Nov 21 2010, 02:04AM
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Patrick wrote ...

Xray wrote ...

The holes are there so that parents can lock-out their kid's video games when they are supposed to be doing homework! wink
Clearly you are the most evil person who has ever lived.

No, I am not. Clearly, the most evil person who ever lived was Adolph Hitler. There is no question about that. But for you to characterize me as being evil for suggesting that a plug was designed for a parent to control their child's behaviour, can mean only one thing. And that is, that you are a child who hates that idea! Am I right? Do your parents actually do that to you?

I didn't say that I ever did such a thing. In fact, when my kids were young, they rarely got the Xbox-360 away from ME!!! (My favorite game was (and still is) The Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion). The only times they were able to use the game is when I happened to be busy working on some high voltage project. cheesey
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Patrick
Tue Oct 25 2011, 02:14AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Xray wrote ...

Patrick wrote ...

Xray wrote ...

The holes are there so that parents can lock-out their kid's video games when they are supposed to be doing homework! wink
Clearly you are the most evil person who has ever lived.

No, I am not. Clearly, the most evil person who ever lived was Adolph Hitler. There is no question about that. But for you to characterize me as being evil for suggesting that a plug was designed for a parent to control their child's behaviour, can mean only one thing. And that is, that you are a child who hates that idea! Am I right? Do your parents actually do that to you?

I didn't say that I ever did such a thing. In fact, when my kids were young, they rarely got the Xbox-360 away from ME!!! (My favorite game was (and still is) The Elder Scrolls IV, Oblivion). The only times they were able to use the game is when I happened to be busy working on some high voltage project. cheesey
I was merely being facetious, yes Pablo Escobar, Hitler, Stalin, Lindsay lohan, and pol pot all qualify for most evil person award.

And no im not a child, but i am a childless adult, therefore more fit to judge you parents on your actions related to child rearing.... [ this last bit is me being facetious again]
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Xray
Tue Oct 25 2011, 02:22AM
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Patrick wrote ...

I was merely being facetious, yes Pablo Escobar, Hitler, Stalin, Lindsay lohan, and pol pot all qualify for (most evil person) award.

Yeah, that's what I figured. And I reacted the way I did because you calling me evil (even though I kinda knew you were kidding) really touched a nerve. I have good reason to hate Adolph Hitler (he tortured and killed some of my relatives), and to put me in that same category.... well, I'm sure that you understand.

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Patrick
Tue Oct 25 2011, 04:00AM
Patrick Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
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Xray wrote ...

well, I'm sure that you understand.
Yes, I do. Historic murderous maniacs piss me off, but at least Qadaffi got wacked after 42 years...
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