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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:01:50 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/14/17, 11:33 AM, in article op.yyo65rapjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:13:17 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/14/17, 11:01 AM, in article op.yyo5o4pmjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:42:18 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/14/17, 10:23 AM, in article op.yyo3xahnjs98qf@red.lan, "James
>>>>> Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:11:39 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 4/14/17, 8:02 AM, in article op.yyoxdqeljs98qf@red.lan, "James
>>>>>>> Wilkinson
>>>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:26:16 +0100, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 04/10/2017 09:48 PM, Snit wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> My kids, 9 and 11, have at least parts of that memorized. More than I
>>>>>>>>>> do.
>>>>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I was 9, many kids were concerned about Nixon becoming president.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> was more interested in Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine. THAT is
>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>> I was thinking of when i got to school early
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've never heard of a 9 year old giving a shit about politics.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My 9 year old watched at least part of most of the debates and has done a
>>>>>>> fail amount of research on Trump, Clinton, Sanders, and others. I have
>>>>>>> little doubt she knows more than many of the "adults" you see on Usenet.
>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One of two things wrong there:
>>>>>> 1) She should be allowed to vote if she knows that much.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not go quite that far (though many of age I think are not informed
>>>>> enough to give a "good" vote... but I would not deny it to them because of
>>>>> the can of worms that opens!)
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2) What's the point in her learning that if she can't vote?
>>>>>
>>>>> She is interested... and wants to know about her country. There are
>>>>> certainly LARGE holes in her knowledge when compared to even the average 18
>>>>> year old (or what I would hope an 18 year old would know on even a base
>>>>> level) but she enjoys reading biographies of scientists, politicians, etc.
>>>>> as well as just books on what life was like in the past or what it is like
>>>>> in other places. These are books at her grade level or maybe a bit above,
>>>>> but I am not going to suggest she is a child prodigy and is preparing her
>>>>> doctoral dissertation as she reads these! Nor are these the only things she
>>>>> reads... she is really into a couple of fantasy series as well... right now
>>>>> more into those than the other. That comes some from her getting interested
>>>>> in what her older sister likes, but also her own tastes. And I am fine with
>>>>> that, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> My eleven year old cares about politics as much as one would expect most
>>>>> eleven year olds too... not much at all (though she and her friends have
>>>>> surprised me with some of their discussions how they handle differences in
>>>>> political views). But she is the one who is FAR more into the fantasy
>>>>> novels
>>>>> and graphic novels of various sorts. I am completely fine with that, too...
>>>>> not pushing either of them to get "into" politics. As is common, they have
>>>>> adopted many of the views of their parents (my wife and I) but they also
>>>>> have places they disagree... and that is fine, too.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with you that she probably knows more than most adults, so she
>>>> should
>>>> get to vote, as should every child.
>>>
>>> Well, she is taxed... maybe kids should not be. :)
>>
>> She pays tax?!
>
> Well, not income taxes (shhhh... she never reports a cent of the money she
> makes from her lemonade stands nor her selling of anything else) but she
> does get an allowance and buys things with it. And they have her pay taxes
> even though she does not vote.

Ah, sales tax.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 16:02 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-14 08:59 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 17:02 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 10:11 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 18:23 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 10:42 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:01 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 11:13 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:33 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-14 12:01 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 20:31 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid> - 2017-04-14 13:32 -0500
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 19:44 +0100

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