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   Alex, Jun 29th, 2002 @ 1:08pm

   
   

   Actually that struck me as odd that my VoiceStream Prepaid Service requires does not allow to call their customer service from the phone, whose minutes are expired. You're supposed to find a different phone, dial customer service from there and then buy the minutes to enable your cell phone. Makes a whole lot of sense if your car broke down on highway or, like the guy in the story, you are stranded somewhere.

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   Batteries

   

   Duffman, Jun 30th, 2002 @ 2:46am

   
   

   It is possible to get a little more work out of the batteries by cycling them (warm, then cold, then warm, etc). Recharging might not be the best term for it, but what he did was logical and possible. My dad used to punch a hole in a lead-acid battery and submerge it in lemon juice if he needed a little more kick from them. Just as long as the batteries weren't lithium - FYI, they explode when warmed up if they are deep-discharged in sub-zero temps (at least they used to, when an older friend of mine did his masters on batteries found that useful fact out).
   Does this help? :)

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   Reuters and batteries

   

   lorenzo, Jun 30th, 2002 @ 4:05am

   
   

   If Reuters says it s true, then maybe it s true but, at least in Europe, mobile operators let you make emergency calls anyway
   
   abt batteries, it works, used to put them in the fridge all the time when I was a kid to get 5 more minute of charge

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   Re: Reuters and batteries

   

   euroman, Jul 1st, 2002 @ 12:29am

   
   

   But the batteries you put in the fridge were not recargeables. I have no idea if it works them or not.

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   Re: Reuters and batteries

   

   lorenzo, Jul 1st, 2002 @ 1:14am

   
   

   yep, that's true, putting cellphone int eh fridge tonite, tom i ll tell you

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   Re: Reuters and batteries

   

   Duffman, Jul 1st, 2002 @ 2:01am

   
   

   They don't have to be rechargeable, it just the cycling from warm to cold to warm that gets them going a little more and pumps a little more juice out of them.

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