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- From: harryb@phred.UUCP (harry barnett)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Personal Security device
- Message-ID: <4158@phred.UUCP>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 14:53:59 GMT
- References: <2315@hsdndev.UUCP>
- Sender: news@phred.UUCP
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- Followup-To: misc.kids
- Organization: Physio-Control
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- In article 2315@hsdndev.UUCP, traite@eros.harvard.edu (Shirley Traite) writes:
- >In article <BzoEy6.5M7@apollo.hp.com> daniels_d@apollo.HP.COM (Dave Daniels) writes:
- > __stuff deleted__
- >
- >>My sister goes to the local college and things are getting very
- >>dangerous for her. I started investigating different personal
- >>safety devices that she could carry with her for protection. I
- >>found-out about this product in the local paper that is sold by
- >>a company called Quorum Int. I ended up buying her one after
- >>checking it out and she loves it. She showed them to her friends
- >>at college and several of them bought one also. The product sells
- >>for $29 and is the size of a beeper. It clips onto your belt and
- >>if you feel threatened or uneasy you pull the pin out of it and
- >>it sets off a 107 decibel ear-splitting noise that will alert
- >>passer-bys or scare away they would be attacker.
- >>
- >
- >__more stuff deleted__
- >
- >I also own a really neat safety device called a police whistle. It's
- >been on my key chain for at least 10 years. It's *VERY* loud and
- >it cost me no where NEAR $29! BTW, it's the size of my thumb (and I've
- >got small hands!! :) )
- >
- >
-
- That's terrific! All you have to do is say, "King's X" or "Time Out"
- and the perp will pause so you can fumble around and find the thing,
- take a deep breath, stick the whistle in your mouth, and blow it all
- out through the whistle. And a large fist in the mouth or a choke
- hold turns it off so well, too, without having to pay for an expensive
- switch! That's a REAL money saver! And children are so level-headed
- and capable, they'd never merely play with it, and they'd ALWAYS have
- the time to use it!
-
- Such a thing may be useful for an Amulet to ward off Evil Spirits, but
- I hope Reality never bites you in the butt.
-
- You've decided what your life, health, and safety are worth. Others
- may think differently. If that little $29 device works once when its
- needed, it's worth every penny.
-
- >My Best!
- >
- >___
- >Shirley Traite (traite@sdac.harvard.edu) |I only speak for myself.
- >Statistical Programmer |
- >SDAC/Biostatistics Dept. |
- >Harvard Sch. of Public Health |
- >
- ><> IT IS A VIRTUE TO HAVE AN OPEN AND INQUISITIVE MIND. <>
-
- Indeed it is.
-
- harryb@phred
-
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- Brittanius (shocked): Caesar, this is not proper.
- Theodotus (outraged): How?
- Caesar (recovering his self possession): Pardon him, Theodotus: He is
- a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and islands are
- the laws of nature.
-
- --Caesar and Cleopatra, Act II, George Bernard Shaw
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