Pet dangers in the Electronic Age
We’re living in an age when electrics are growing by leaps and bounds every day. Just yesterday, I was wondering how or on what I would play a cassette tape containing the last recording of my beloved grandfather, singing and playing his guitar.
Granted, in addition to GPS navigation, a multi-disc CD player, and satellite radio, my car actually does have a casstte player built in -- but to tell you the truth, my grandad’s cassette was recorded about 25 years ago, and I get the feeling if I stick it into this modern equipment it might never come back out.
Surely you remember trying to rewind that brown, shiny ‘tape’ that sometimes used to slip off from it’s reel and gets all curled up??
Speaking of things you may or may not remember from back in the day, my daughter gave me the “what planet are you from” look when I remarked at how quickly the pharmacy processed and returned my ‘film’ from one of those disposable cameras. Never mind the fact that ‘disposable” cameras were invented, but when my developed photos were returned, my daughter looked at the ‘film” and asked me “What is a negative.”
How do you explain something that is so basic to the process of printing a photo…so, back to my point…
electronics have been creeping up on us for the past few years, and …
Did you know that the Nintendo Wii and the iPod are among the modern gadgets most likely cause injury to pets? In a recent survey issued by Pet Insurance firm Petplan, computer laptops, remote controls and plasma screen televisions are also high on the gadget danger list.
The survey of 3,000 animal owners revealed a number of freak accidents thanks to some basic household electronics that could be laying around your home too! . Here’s the Top 10 gadgets in order of most likely…
1) iPod
2) Laptop
3) Remote Control
4) Plasma TV
5) Wii
6) DVD Player
7) Playstation
8) Nintendo DS
9) Mobile phone
10) Karaoke machine
Go figure. Has your pet ever been in a small electronic-related injury?
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