vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "meijhana" :
]Scanner blew the other day (tried to plug it in, heard *poof* and looked at ]the scanner, there was smoke inside the glass).
i could have told you that if you let the smoke out, it won't work!
sorry, Mary - couldn't resist. i blew one with the wrong plug!
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