On Sep 6, 12:14*am, Smitty Two wrote:
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*DerbyDad03 wrote:

It's just possible that there are valid reasons for using Google-
groups . Perhaps one's corporate-installed image does not allow for
the installation or use of newsreader applications or personal email
accounts. If one didn't use Google groups in those situations, one
couldn't break up the work day by engaging in such witty banter with
other members of this group.

Hey, you want to steal time from your boss, and use his hardware for
personal gain, that's your business. My comment on your newsreading
habit was merely following suit with your WebTV joke. (Apparently you
don't actually have a computer at home, because the only place from
which you seem to post is googlegroups.)

This thread was started by a guy who was worried about not having
grounded someone else's computer. I told him not to worry. The odds of
that causing any trouble whatsoever are essentially astronomical.
Virtually nobody gets "electrocuted" at home, period.

It's amazing that your average guy will tailgate and speed while
chatting on the cell phone, have unprotected sex, eat chicken in a
restaurant, climb a poorly positioned ladder, smoke, weave a motorcycle
through traffic with six inches of clearance on either side, and then
come home and worry about a ****ing ground plug.

Apparently you don't actually have a computer at home, because the
only place from which you seem to post is googlegroups.

Ah, there's that ole "jumping to conclusions" habit of yours rearing
it's ugly head again.

First: Please explain how this post would be different if was posted
from Agent or NewsPro or OSXnews or UsenetGrab?

Not that I need to justify my usenet experience to you, but - oh,
never mind - I really *don't* need to justify my usenet experience to
you.

Second - Not that I need to justify my reasons for using Googlegroups
from home, but - oh, never mind - I really *don't* need to justify
my reasons for using Googlegroups from home to you.

This thread was started by a guy who was worried about not having
grounded someone else's computer.

To be a bit more accurate, this thread was started by a guy who claims
that he installs home computers and that because he "didn't know what
else (to) do, (he) removed the grounding prongs from a six-splitter".
BTW - prongs? plural? Interesting. I think this guy has more to worry
about than the computer he supposedly installed.

His claim about what he does is really the only thing I commented on
until you asked to be shown AC wires inside a computer and claimed
that "most" cases were non-metalic.

Do I think that people are dropping dead from computer chassis
electrocutions because they are not grounded? Nope.

Do I think the guy should be worried? Only about his job...assuming
he's not a troll.

It's amazing that your average guy will long humorous list
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Anybody that can do all of the things you listed is *way* above
average.

(Posted from home, on 1 of my 3 metal skinned systems, via
Googlegroups because I - oh never mind.)