Date   : Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:44:22 +1000
From   : plexer@... (James McGill)
Subject: eBay... sigh

That way, the smoke can't escape down the cord!

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011@... PM, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@...>wrote:

> And here I was thinking only the _buyers_ on eBay were stupid...
>
> Some genius selling a BBC plugged it in, and when it went 'pop' after 30s
> and black smoke came out, decided to cut the power cord off!!!
>
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> |  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"
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