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  Re: My new sig file
 
(...) For some 50+ years old folks like my parents, who insist on turning the solar calculator upside down when it is not used so that it will turn 'off'. Unless it got a clock like the VCR, anything with a stand by light annoys them since they are (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: My new sig file
 
Actually, I saw a study recently that as much as 6% of U.S. residential electrical power consumption is from devices in "stand-by" mode. So, your parents might not be so far off the mark, actually. Jeff E (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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