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Re: XMAS Lights Theft Alarm

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From: Ken Tindle
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:41
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Y'know, this is such a common problem, I wonder why nobody has ever made
commercially a socket with a snap-switch built-in, and an extra integrated
wire down the length of the whole string.  Make detecting a physically 
missing bulb a, er, snap.  No pun intended.

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From: tindle@ms.uky.edu (Ken Tindle)
Subject: Re: XMAS Lights Theft Alarm
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:41:15 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
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