R Lee
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just curious...
when i was at the petrol station this guy was saying how his mate set on fire because his mobile ignited the fuel...
so,
whats the huge deal with not having mobile turned on at a petrol station?
has it been proven that it'll cause an explosion or whatever?
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Greg_M
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found something interesting the otherday.
you have to switch of you mobil in hospitals, not because of xrays and stuff, but because most are so old, that mobiles can set fo the fire alarms. but they tell you its because of xrays and stuff, because you would just do it!
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mav
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There is a Very very very slight chance about mob's and petrol stations..
Answered my mob a few times in forecourt and they shout over the speaker....
'GET OFF THAT PHONE' a bit embarising........
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Greg_M
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
There is a Very very very slight chance about mob's and petrol stations..
Answered my mob a few times in forecourt and they shout over the speaker....
'GET OFF THAT PHONE' a bit embarising........
im usually shouting at them to turn the fecking pump on
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R Lee
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the guy that was telling me about the incident said that the battery causes a spark hotter than a cigarette lighter... found it hard to believe tbh
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mav
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I hate that standing there like a fool and they are chatting away inside without pushing that button.......
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Greg_M
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went to tesco earlier, bought £30 fuel and £10 top up for £24. just gave em £24 and left! ha ha ha,
wouldnt like to be the bloke behind that put about £10worth of fuel in!
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mav
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Ian
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Its to do with radio frequency energy being emitted from the phone, if powerful enough you can cause sparks and of course ignite stuff. Its a precaution - modern mobiles run at about 2 watts and you need 8 or more during some fairly unique conditions for a real risk.
[Edited on 03-06-2004 by Ian]
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
found something interesting the otherday.
you have to switch of you mobil in hospitals, not because of xrays and stuff, but because most are so old, that mobiles can set fo the fire alarms. but they tell you its because of xrays and stuff, because you would just do it!
no you have to swtich them off because they can interfere with the equipment however doctors go tot eh canteen wearing their white coats after going round the wards. Doctors are stupid fucks
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mav
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why the bugs are spread..
u go into hospital with a ingrown toe nail...u r in there for 6 months with mrsa or something..............
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Matt H
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the university of alabama researched this for 4 years + found that mobile phones are totally safe to use in petrol stations
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kev_corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
found something interesting the otherday.
you have to switch of you mobil in hospitals, not because of xrays and stuff, but because most are so old, that mobiles can set fo the fire alarms. but they tell you its because of xrays and stuff, because you would just do it!
no you have to swtich them off because they can interfere with the equipment however doctors go tot eh canteen wearing their white coats after going round the wards. Doctors are stupid fucks
no they cant, mobile fone frequencies are much to high to interfere with the instrumentation used in petrol stations
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Trucido
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nokia did produce a line of batteries in their phones that were made in Asia, that exploded
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by Trucido
nokia did produce a line of batteries in their phones that were made in Asia, that exploded
sony ericsson also had a similar problem with a batch of chargers
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Kenni
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
found something interesting the otherday.
you have to switch of you mobil in hospitals, not because of xrays and stuff, but because most are so old, that mobiles can set fo the fire alarms. but they tell you its because of xrays and stuff, because you would just do it!
no you have to swtich them off because they can interfere with the equipment however doctors go tot eh canteen wearing their white coats after going round the wards. Doctors are stupid fucks
What about pagers?? Docs carry them, aint they similar to to mobile phones??
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Nismo
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i was trying to blue jack sumone up in a phone shop and every time i tried sending using bluetooth all the lights would fuzz and switch off 
wooooooooops
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
i was trying to blue jack sumone up in a phone shop and every time i tried sending using bluetooth all the lights would fuzz and switch off
wooooooooops
this would be a coincidence tho 
unless the light were controlles by bluetooth 
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mr.hankey
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Seen this debate a while back on Sky one's Brainiac - science abuse. Richard hammond set 4 (or more?) phones in a caravan with petrol cans beside them and got the others from the show to ring the phones - guess what? nothing happened.
If the battery works itself loose and arcs across the connectors in the phone, it could cause a spark, but your battery would have to be very loose for that to happen I reckon. And what's the chances of that spark igniting the vapour from the petrol??
Dee. 
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BlueCorsa
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^^ Could happen if you dropped the phone in the petrol station and the battery came off
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BlueCorsa
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Pagers don't work like mobile phones - they don't transmit (unless you have a 2-way), and just keep listening out for a 'paging' message.
Mobile phones in hospitals are more about getting patients & visitors to use the expensive payphones than about safety - doctors do use their phones almost everywhere around hospitals, and hospitals often have radio transmitters to communicate with incoming ambulances, etc. - which transmit at a much higher power than cellular phones!
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bree
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it happened here in miami and the whole petrol thing blew up and this guy was burned really bad but that was the first time i ever heard of that happening
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bubble
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my mate works at a shell garage and he told me that they dont like the use of mobiles because the signals whatever they are can interfere with the pump clocking equipment.its possible it doesnt count the fuel delivery properly so u get more fuel for less.thats why shell going back to analogue counters n scrappin the digital ones
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Greg_M
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the hospital equipment is in no way affected by mobil phones, i was told this by doctor, who said he carries his with him all the time. but he did say that in some gospitals its been know to set fire alarms off!
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SEAN_CDTI
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Yeah its bollocks cos they also say ur not supposed to use them on aircraft n the aircraft i work on it don't affect em one bit.
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