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I don’t have cable. In the UK we get digital broadcasts over the airwaves for free (not HiDef though 
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You can get freeview boxes with built in HD recorder (and HD recorders with built-in freeview receivers, which sounds like the same thing, but they’re packaged differently).
A cellphone that takes two (or more) SIM cards. I, and everyone I know with a business phone/Blackberry-like thingummy, has to lug two cells around with them all the time. I’d rather just carry my business phone with my personal SIM in it, and choose which account to call from - and then of course the phone will ring when someone calls my personal account and let me know which line the call is from.
I’ve been doing some unofficial market research with colleagues and friends, and I predict there’s a VAST market for this.
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Better yet, cats that are genetically-engineered to be born without claws.
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They wouldn’t be CATS, then, would they? Cats need their claws. How else would they be able to get on top of the curtain rods and look down on people? It’s just that my indoor cats don’t get the opportunity to naturally wear their claws down, in spite of having access to scratching posts.
Ummm… jjimm… dual SIM phones already exist. Also, there are dual-sim adaptors for single-SIM phones…
[QUOTE=Mangetout]
Ummm.. jjimm… dual SIM phones already exist. Also, there are dual-sim adaptors for single-SIM phones…
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Cite! I mean, not in an aggressive way, I’ve been looking for them for ages. (The adapters are crap, BTW, as they require a hard reset to switch between SIMs.)
here y’go:
Notably, some of these models are capable of using both SIMs simultaneously - necessary if you want to be able to receive calls on both numbers/accounts. Lots of other dual SIM options require you to switch between one or the other, which is only marginally more convenient than physically swapping out the SIM.
A reversible smoke catcher
Buckets of spotted paint
A skyhook
And of course, a left handed monkey wrench.
I’m tired of being the guy who is sent out for those things… :o
They also seem to be taking their time developing the long weight - I’m thinking of going back and telling the lads to use something else instead.
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Wait…I’m new to cell phones. Does my Motorola NOT stop charging each night when I plug it in? Am I screwing up the battery? :smack:
If the answer is yes, some will pay for this. I await a response so I can spin the wheel o’ vengeance.
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Yeah, your slowly cooking your battery, and slowly diminishing its capacity.
I thought:
a)most modern phones control the charging process themselves
b)Lithium Ion batteries last longer if they’re kept topped up anyway
[QUOTE=Philster]
Yeah, your slowly cooking your battery, and slowly diminishing its capacity.
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Thank you for the information.
I am now spinning the wheel o’vengeance.
[QUOTE=Philster]
Yeah, your slowly cooking your battery, and slowly diminishing its capacity.
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I was told* that the wall chargers that you get with your phone will stop when the phone is fully charged. The car chargers are more primitive and do what you describe (just keep giving a straight charge, so don’t leave it connected for too long).
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
A solar heater for a watering trough to use in my horse’s paddock, to keep the water from freezing in the winter. There are solar chargers for electrified livestock fencing, but I have yet to find a solar trough heater.
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Not that it’s much comfort, but I used to work for Ritchie, and did some testing of solar power for remote waterers. At that time, it was too expensive to generate enough current for a heating element or pump to keep the water thawed.
[QUOTE=zweisamkeit]
I was told* that the wall chargers that you get with your phone will stop when the phone is fully charged. The car chargers are more primitive and do what you describe (just keep giving a straight charge, so don’t leave it connected for too long).
Unfortunately I have already spun the wheel o’vengeance and dispatched the monkeys to wreak havok on
:: checks printout ::
hmm. Christina Aguilera. How the hell did that happen?
Going low-tech, here. I want adult-sized footie pj’s, like the ones I had when I was a kid (only bigger, obviously).
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]
hmm. Christina Aguilera. How the hell did that happen?
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Well, she certainly deserves it for other reasons, I’m sure.
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]
Unfortunately I have already spun the wheel o’vengeance and dispatched the monkeys to wreak havok on
:: checks printout ::
hmm. Christina Aguilera. How the hell did that happen?
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Depending on how you define “havoc,” this could be a fortuitous happenstance. Namely, does “havoc” include or imply “nakedness” and “whipped cream?”
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Going low-tech, here. I want adult-sized footie pj’s, like the ones I had when I was a kid (only bigger, obviously).
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Here ya go!
Hey, I did some research sufficient for IMHO threads, and the consensus is that new phones will stop charging after they are charged.
So, product wish fulfilled.
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Speaking of clipping claws, how about a cat-holding device that allows you to pull out one paw at a time, and all other paws and mouth can’t get at you? Maybe even with some built-in tranquilizer so kitty quits freaking out.
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You’d never be able to get the cat into the cat-holding device.