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<DIV>At least they're right twice a day.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 08/25/07 22:16:07 Central Daylight Time, rnossaman@cox.net writes:</DIV>
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> Most of mine have bitten the silicon dust long before the CMOS battery did. <BR><BR>Yea, there is that. Like watches. I have a half dozen Casios <BR>lying around, with years of battery life left, with the studs <BR> used to set the time and such welded to the case by extended <BR>proximity to my corrosive self. Electromotive self destruct, <BR>is the diagnosis, but the result is plain old dead watches. <BR>Working watches, actually, that just can't be set. <BR><BR><BR>> Anyway, Ron, just be thankful the brain cells are firing, even if it <BR>> is belatedly. <g> <BR><BR>Any minute now, I'll maybe have a thought. But then again, how <BR>would I know if I hadn't? <BR><BR>You're who, again??? <BR><BR><G?> <BR><BR><BR>> Maybe people have something like a CMOS battery that fails and causes <BR>> erratic, unexplained behavior. <BR><BR>I think you may very well be right. <BR><BR><BR>>For instance...attached is a photo of <BR>> a sign for an actual establishment in a small Mississippi town where I <BR>> worked Friday. Then today at Walmart I saw a gal wearing a <BR>> horizontally striped shirt with camouflage pants. Only happens in <BR>> Mississippi (I hope). <g> <BR>> <BR>> JF <BR><BR>Hey, case in point! (forgive me for the cheap shot) What's the <BR>extension of the photo file so I'll know what to try to open <BR>it with? <BR><BR>Ron N <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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