Seriously, tho...overheated batteries generally won't explode, but they might split open and spill out some of the corrosive chemicals in them and ruin the items they're in. However, given the cheap WalMart/China mass produced item they were in, I'd be concerned about something going wonky. I doubt there would be enough heat generated to cause a fire, and since it's not AC (plugged in to a wall) it'd probably just make a nasty, stinky mess on your dresser.

Mine is a Palm TX - top of the line (ie, last model they've made). It's normally $300, but I got mine second-hand from a seller on Amazon for half-price. :-) You can get a lesser one though and still get all the alarms...I installed a calendar program called Datebk6 that works with the native (already there) databases, but is a much more "robust" program for scheduling and such. It shows my "To Do" list right in my calendar (instead of just separately with the reg. to do's), and has this cool tool called "floating events" that you create, and they just keep floating from one day to the next until you check them off. Nice for things that I don't really have time scheduled for, but I want to get them done if I do have time. The "normal" palm apps don't let you set separate alarm sounds for calendar events, but this Datebk program does (it costs just under $30 to register, but will still work even if you never register it - it just starts "nagging" you to register after 45 days). I do plan to register it next month. Then I downloaded the sound files as one program for free to add on. You can color-code events, set repeating events for almost any day/week/month combination, and set templates so you don't have to enter the same event over and over if it occurs again, but not enough to be repeating. And of course it has catagories and you can set up separate calendars for separate people, etc. - kind of as complex or as simple as you want it to be. You can download earlier versions if you want smaller files to fit on something simpler like a Z22. I guess the T models run the latest version just fine though. If you wanted a "smartphone", Palm makes several of those too - you could go to thier web site and see if anything interests you. Handspring pda's come with the Palm OS too, if I recall correctly. Datebk does make a version for Pocket Pc's as well, so all that to say that you'll be able to run it on pretty much anything you buy. It's pretty much guaranteed to work on any mobile device, because it uses those built-in databases already installed. And now I sound like a commercial, so I'll shut up (and no, I have no monetary interest in any of the aforementioned companies, aside from what *I* am paying/have paid *them*). :-)

Pattiohio: Thanks for the info and the Link. You just jogged my memory. It is close to Presto #4 in the link. I think my wife bought this at an Auction in the late 60's, when I was building a Grandfathers Clock. Never had to use it. Don't get Old, you forget things.lol !!! Thanks to all the others too. LOU

A couple of comments are in order here: First, I think my concept of a "pressure cooker" needs to be updated. I guess I was recalling the "pressure CANNER" that was my total experience with pressure pans of any sort, until I got a long handled pressure pan as a wedding present way back in 1958. And the TIMELY MANOR....what a great name for a house! You caught it yourself, MamaGoose, and then you tracked it down in that other naming thread. It is a truly inspired name. With hints of British humor, much like Fawlty Arms. It could be a TV series. Also, because of THIS THREAD, I cruised by the small appliances in my trip to the WalMart pharmacy yesterday. I saw the KitchenAid mixer, sitting there in all its glory. Everything else cost under a hundred bucks, but the KA cost $199.99 so they are still proud of it. Any thoughts I had of buying it must wait until I get the kitchen done. I sure did like the looks of the stainless bowl and the heavy duty blades. It is a design which has endured. I also looked at other small appliances. You know, they make so many different shapes in SLOW COOKERS....what I used to call the CROCK POT is actually a BRAND NAME, like saying I want a COKE when I want a SODA POP. I have a "slow cooker" now which can bake cornbread or otherwise act as a tiny lidded oven. It really can get confusing if what you want to do is take all day to cook something and avoid burning it. Some things should not multitask, they should stay the same!