Re: Unexpected safety hazard

["rich" <rich@nfx.net>]

If your afraid of cell phone sparks you should pop the hood on a few cars at
night and watch 16 to 35 thousand volts lightin up like a christmas
tree......

    Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Sealy Jr. <jimsealyjr@who.net>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Unexpected safety hazard


> I don't think you're lying, I've seen sillier warning labels.
>  Also don't believe there's any legitimate reason to be concerned. It's
pretty hard
> to see how someone should be concerned about a cellphone at a gas pump if
you've
> just stepped out of a car with a metal on metal contact switch in the door
jamb to
> turn on the overhead light. If a simply spark was likely to cause an
explosion, that
> one would do it a long time before a cellphone.
>  You ask why would petrol stations post such a sign? Perhaps because of a
lawyer....
> That's usually the cause of many silly/spooky actions. I'm holding a
bottle of water
> with a nutritional summary on its label. gee.. no calories,vitamins, or
protein.
>
> Jim
>
> Robert McDonald wrote:
> >
> > Perry Ellington wrote:
> > >
> > > shouldnt we add in the electronics of the gas pump itself, the card
reader,
> > > receipt printer, florescent lights overhead, the intercom, etc?
> > >
> > > I still vote for scam
> >
> > I'm not lying!!!  It's not a scam!!!  If I had a digital camera I'd take
> > photos of the warnings that are at every petrol station I've ever been
> > to, then post them on the web.
> <SNIP>
> > Rob.