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Old 10-20-2005, 01:08 PM   #1
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My borther forgot to shut off the table lamp which cuased this to my joystick... fortunately it's still alive and kicking (even it doesn't have Force Feedback)
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Old 10-20-2005, 01:21 PM   #2
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bloody hell!
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Old 10-20-2005, 01:27 PM   #3
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Damn lucky it didnt catch fire and burn ur house down.....

Did u smack him good????
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Old 10-20-2005, 03:31 PM   #5
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I dunno if it was him, maybe someone else. But I'm sure it wasn't me - I take care of such things...
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Old 10-20-2005, 05:13 PM   #6
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Looks pretty bad Pisis!
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Old 10-21-2005, 07:23 AM   #7
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fortunately its working
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I have a worse occurence.
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Your table lamp must get pretty hot, I know mine does (halogen lamp) and I leave that on for hours at a time and my stick is fine...
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our computer light's mounted high up on the wall.........
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They shouldnt make desklamps so powerful that they overheat like that,
thats so stupid if you think about it I you may have stacked or scatterd papers all over you desk, your desk could be at you window and cause a fire if you have drapes.
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well in all honesty i believe it's up to the people to look out for stuff like that, not the manufactures..........
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No the company is providing consumers with a dangerous product hense safety is always the manufacturers responsibility.
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it's only dangerous if you use it incorrectly, it proberly says somewhere "Caution- can get hot" or something similar on it.........
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