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why are they called wall warts?

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Eric R Snow

Jan 1, 1970
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The subject says it all. Anybody know?
Thanks,
Eric
 
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Don Bruder

Jan 1, 1970
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Eric R Snow said:
The subject says it all. Anybody know?
Thanks,
Eric

Warts are (usually) ugly little things hanging off your flesh.

Wall warts are (usually) ugly little things hanging off your wall.

You do the math...
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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The subject says it all. Anybody know?
Thanks,
Eric

Here comes the run on sentence of the month, courtesy Active8 :)

Because that way, when you go to Radio Shack and ask for a wall wart
and the sales puke doesn't know WTF you're talking about, and you
show him, he'll insist it's whatever *they* call it, and then you'll
know what you're dealing with at RS.

Then you go to the computers and type in one of their names as the
password to log on, and change the password >:)
 
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Eric R Snow

Jan 1, 1970
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Here comes the run on sentence of the month, courtesy Active8 :)

Because that way, when you go to Radio Shack and ask for a wall wart
and the sales puke doesn't know WTF you're talking about, and you
show him, he'll insist it's whatever *they* call it, and then you'll
know what you're dealing with at RS.

Then you go to the computers and type in one of their names as the
password to log on, and change the password >:)
Remember how RS used to ask for your name and address for even the
smallest purchase? A friend of mine was buying a small part and the
salesman asked the usual and my friend refused. The salesman was
persistent so after being asked several times my friend relented said
his first name was "YO". The salesman wrote that down and then my
friend said his last name was "MAMA". The salesman finally took his
money.
ERS
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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Remember how RS used to

They still do in many cases. I think some of them got tired of it
and just skip it.
ask for your name and address for even the
smallest purchase? A friend of mine was buying a small part and the
salesman asked the usual and my friend refused. The salesman was
persistent so after being asked several times my friend relented said
his first name was "YO". The salesman wrote that down and then my
friend said his last name was "MAMA". The salesman finally took his
money.
ERS

I got tire of that. I found out all the sales dweeb has to do (at
that time, but they still can and don't even argue with me) is hit
the esc key and that gets him out of the junk mail screen.
 
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Michael A. Covington

Jan 1, 1970
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Let me also suggest the term "cord wart" for the kind that is a box midway
along a cord...
 
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John Miller

Jan 1, 1970
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krw said:
The charger for my beard trimmer is a Whal wart. ...is it Friday yet?

Whazzat? An Asian knock-off of a Wahl wart?
 
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Michael A. Covington

Jan 1, 1970
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John Miller said:
Whazzat? An Asian knock-off of a Wahl wart?

"Whal" -- From the same fine folks that gave you "Wein bridge"! :)
 
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Active8

Jan 1, 1970
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Oh, stereotyping is easy. Mine's a Kenwood.

Bob M.

No. Stereotyping is what the bad guy in "Under Siege II - The Dark
Teritory" did to enter the passwords simultaneously.
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Michael said:
"Whal" -- From the same fine folks that gave you "Wein bridge"! :)

Some purported unicorn horns are actually narwhal tusk. :)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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krw said:
No, I can't tpye.
From "The Best Cartoons From Punch" ca. 1955:

Man at typewriter repair shop, to shopkeeper:
"Pvpry timp I strikp thp lpttpr "p", I gpt an "e".


Cheers!
Rich
 
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