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You were lucky to have a LAKE! There were a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road.
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That sounds more like Gulliver's travels to me 
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Guess again, slightly more modern.
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Mind boggling question, Pippi Longstocking maybe ?
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Nah, I just saw that Griff posted it here[^].
Kind of ruined the fun a bit. 
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Cardboard box?
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You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt
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Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, go to work at the mill every day for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were LUCKY!
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And that trashing you totally deserved ! 
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Ni!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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We want ... A SHRUBBERY!
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Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest... with... a herring!
[dramatic chord]
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Are you trying to say, in so many words, that Whales is entering the modern age?
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We're hoping to get this new-fangled gas lighting soon!
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New Fangled ?
I thought that was a major form of recreation up your way.
You know - eat beans for a few days. Maybe some cabbage. A pack of matches.
Then everyone gathers and does some community-oriented gas-lighting.
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The flyboys call that an afterburner...
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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You had a shoe box?!?!
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Last night, the lowest temeperature I read was -21.2°C (roughly -6°F), which is pretty cold here by the coast, considering the humid air and the wind.
I grew up in the inland, in a district with very dry air in winter, and "wind" was something we read about in books. Then, it wasn't real winter unless it was at least twenty below. Also, a snowfall less than 25-30 cm wasn't worth mentioning. Every wither we had at least a meter and half of snow on flat land, in snowy winters it could be up three meters. But note: When it is twenty below, a meter of snow isn't very much - it is fluffy and light, very far from wet sludge. Actually, we couldn't have snow ball wars or making snowmen, because the snow would just fall apart.
But those were the 1960-70s. Climate has changed now. From the viewpoint of a 12 year old boy, it is certainly not to the better.
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Quote: CR2025's, measured at 6.6V
Wow, are they on drugs?
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Nah, the fob takes two of 'em in series, so 3.3 + 3.3 for the new ones.
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Well I guessed that  , anyway the nominal voltage of each cell is 3V.
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Nominal indeed - I metered the two new ones (I keep 2025's in stock for a couple of devices) to be sure they were OK and they both came in at 3.3V.
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Well I got into the office and started to think about beginning work, then we were told the office was closing due to a red weather worning (and company policy)... and in leaving I left my Phone(!) & Gloves(!!).
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Yeah, I was going to go into the office today, but thought it wasnt worth it, and they have decided to close it anyway till monday.
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