"BigWallop" wrote in message
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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Imagine, 30+ years ago, you told your mates "I've just bought a new
electric
drill, it was made in Japan". Hoots of laughter & derision.

You carried on "it runs on 12v batteries". By this time said mates would
be
wetting themselves.

How things move on.....

Dave - The Medway Handyman


Yep. Those Ion Lithium, Cadmium Nickel and Nickel Hydride blokes have a
lot to answer to. :-) They even have stupid names, so you just know how
geeky they must look. I heard that they ride around their home town on
deep
cycles. Nerds Rule !!! Woo Woo !!!

I thought that the Nickel ones were Irish - named after the daughter of the
inventor or something.