Something to be wary of

[Tetley]

When speaking to someone, one should not answer, or check, their cell phone unless (1) they are the President of the United States and are expecting an imminent declaration of war by a hostile power, or (2) an obstetrician on call for an extremely difficult delivery, and even that may be borderline.

People who do check their cell phone at every beep or quiver deserve to have their private bits glow in the dark-- not that that is apt to happen. If you don't like the look of the phone on your belt, clip it to the inside of your kilt where, like a detective's pistol, it will accessible but unobtrusive.

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Unfortunately, it's a work phone and I was at work. In my office that qualifies under point 1 part 2

[Tetley]

This is a myth. There is more logic and fact to dis-prove it than to prove it. If you just want to have fun with it though, tell her radiation doesn't effect big brass objects

Like they said, there is no evidence. Remember back when waves form cell phones gave you brain cancer? Yeah, that's false. So I think I'll take my chances...

Here's what I found on the Cancer Research UK web site:

"...What does the evidence say?

The largest study so far on mobile phones and cancer is a Danish study, which looked at over 420,000 people. It found no link between mobile phones and any type of cancer including brain cancers and leukaemia. Even people who had been using their phones for 10 years or more did not have increased risks.

The vast majority of other studies have also found that mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer...."

However, I should point out that just because a link hasn't been found it doesn't mean that one doesn't exist. All it proves is that one hasn't been found yet.

I know too much about high frequency electromagnetic waves to be comfortable about this. Personally, I think I'm going to keep my mobile somewhere else.

Mark

[Tetley]

To answer the actual question. The top of one's sock is a good place to keep useful tools.

That's a good idea. I'll give it a try.

Mark.

[Tetley]

Aluminum foil...

Hm! do you think that there's a market for sporrans with foil embedded in the back?

Mark

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[Howard Clark]

Well if emf is a danger as bad as the scare tactics claim, I should be riddled with cancer by now. I have worked in and around emf's all my life.

I think it is nonsense. However, if I put my cell phone in my sporran, I do not hear it ring. Not all bad, mind you... Nor is being hearing impaired all bad.

I hardly ever answer it anyway. I got it for me to call out on.

[BoldHighlander]

When speaking to someone, one should not answer, or check, their cell phone unless (1) they are the President of the United States and are expecting an imminent declaration of war by a hostile power, or (2) an obstetrician on call for an extremely difficult delivery, and even that may be borderline.

Unless you use yours only for work & when it rings it's either (a) dispatch -or- (b) my supervisor & you had better answer it or else!

[Galb]

The air and space is saturated with invisible sound, radio, and other various waves. All of us, at any given time of the day, are subject to these various waves or signals scooting around. One signal your phone picks up is not going to have any effect on your jibblies or any other part of your body.

[ForresterModern]

As a radiologist I work with high powered magnetic fields and strong radio frequency waves (just like microwaves) as part of MR imaging on a daily basis. Our radio wave power emitter is a couple hundred times the power of that of a handheld cell phone, and we put patients whole bodies or body parts into the magnets all day long for sometimes up to a couple hours per patient. The concern with radio waves is that they are indeed energy and can theoretically deposit that energy in your body, generally as simple heat, and the closer your body part is to the emitter of the radio waves the more likely there is to be energy deposition of a greater degree. Male gonads prefer cool to hot environments for optimum function, so theoretically your friend is correct. We never have discovered any adverse effects to our high powered magnetic fields and high powered radio wave emitters now with nearly twenty years experience with the technology. Theoretically, there is a risk but practically it is negligible. Because the power of the cell phone is so low by comparison I would not fear "frying" your nads with your cell phone in your sporran, any more that I would fear frying your eyes or brain with your cell phone when you are talking into it while holding it by your ear.

[george7]

I keep mine in the pocket with my asbestos coated lucky lead penny.