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deaven@physics.Berkeley.EDU (David Deaven) writes:

>> -=> Nicholas J Feliccia spoke of "Shocking stories" <=-
>> Ok. I want to know from the net people. What is the largest voltage
>> shock you have ever received (and survived.) I am not talking about

>One summer I was just finishing mowing our (slightly wet) lawn, with a
>lawn mower that had lost the spark plug boot. I wondered just how hot

When I was in 7th grade or so, I used to (illegally) ride my
minibike on the street, on my way down to the canyon, where
it *was* legal to ride it.  Whenever I saw a cop, I'd flip the
kill-lever over to the spark plug, which killed the engine.  I
figured it was OK to "coast" on an unpowered minibike.  Well, one
time, I saw a cop and when I reached down, I grabbed the top of the
spark plug, not the grounded thing. BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM right
into my fingers and right up past my elbow.  I didn't wreck, but
watching the cop laughing at me (he must have figured out
what happened) added insult to injury.

He didn't stop me.

I didn't do it again.

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