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Re: SHOCKING STORIES

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From: Adrian Buss Sys-Op
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 00:21
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In article <1992Jul28.055333.15249@rwsys.lonestar.org> jim@rwsys.lonestar.org (James T. Wyatt) writes:
>In article <1992Jul21.005244.27329@nuchat.sccsi.com> steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia) writes:
>>At age three I discovered that I could make the christmas tree
>>lights blink by playing with the plug.  It was great fun until
>>I got my finger across the contacts.  Three flips on the way
>>out from behind the tree, if I counted properly :-)
>
>That's odd, I did the same thing at about that age, but I got zapped when
>only one prong went in the extension cord socket. The other went by the side
>and touched my hand. Of course, the pin that made it went into hot... 8{*

If only mother had know :)

When I was yonger...much yonger then today my oldest brother was a little
bit of an electronics tinkerer.  He had various capacitors which when we
were about 5 we liked to plug in and give each other shocks with...yes plug
them into 110 ac plugs :) no primintent damage ...I think....

Sheeeeesh we always had the coolest toyes  :)

ziggy

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From: ziggy@r-node.gts.org (Adrian Buss  Sys-Op)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
Message-ID: <1992Aug01.002127.4027@r-node.gts.org>
Date: 1 Aug 92 00:21:27 GMT
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