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Miranda Rose Smith Wrote: Jan 03, 2013 6:55 AM

Dear Ms. Kelly: Leaving the phone off the hook has lead to any annoying clicking, and ultimately a recording "There appears to be a phone off the hook" since as far back as I can remember. Even now, I believe, cell phones are very vulnerable to wire tappers. One problem with turning your phone off: what happens if you get a call at 4:00 a.m., and it's not a wrong number? You will need/want to get that information and start doing stuff, like making plane reservations, ASAP.

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Bad Inventions

I am bored with politics, refuse to pay attention to the news and am watching only True Crime TV shows and Turner Classic Movies these days. With the Democrats controlling the Senate and presidency, nothing good can possibly come out of Washington for at least another two years. So I thought I'd start the new year with something useful, like a short list of bad inventions.

(1) SILENT DISHWASHERS

Are people installing dishwashers next to their beds? I've checked my "Top 500 Daily Irritations" list and dishwasher noise is not on it.

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