Re: Tingles from power supply

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From: FunkyPunk FieldEffectTrollsistor
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:41

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On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:24:18 +1100, Sylvia Else
<sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

>F Murtz wrote:
>> Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> Eeyore wrote:
>>>
>>>> What Sylvia had is commonly called a 'wall wart'.
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_wart
>>>
>>> Though in truth, I'd never heard the expression before I read it in 
>>> this group (in another thread). May be it's a US term. I note that the 
>>> WIKI says it's slang.
>>>
>>> Could be my protected up-bringing, though. Perhaps Phil has something 
>>> to say on this subject, since he's in Aus' too.
>>>
>>> Sylvia.
>> At least it is a very apt descriptive term which only applies to those 
>> plug packs whereas I have never heard any one in the world other than 
>> one ng poster call them dongles
>
>I agree that dongle is not the appropriate term, and I also have never 
>heard a plug pack, wall mart, whatever, referred to a dongle.
>
>Well, except in this thread, of course, by the person who did.
>
>Sylvia.

  Plug pack?  Must be a retarded Aussie term.

  What is a wal mart, you ditzy bitch?

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