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Article #22432Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle
From: Kenneth L Moore
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 23:31
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1990 23:31
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In article <1326@anasaz.UUCP> john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes: >In article <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> grege@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Gregory Ebert) writes: =>] Any fishermen out there ? I heard that you can get worms to crawl =>] to the surface of soggy dirt by pounding a metal bar into the =>] ground and connecting it to the AC line (the more juice, the =>] better) Anyone try it ? I don't have lotsa worms where I live - =>] and I don't mean 'anymore'. => =>Yes - it works fine. Use two large nails, one on each side of circuit. =>Observe night crawlers RAPIDLY exiting their holes! Don't put =>the nails to close together you will smell frying night crawlers. =>WARNING: don't do this barefooted :-) => => =>-- =>John Moore (NJ7E) mcdphx!anasaz!john asuvax!anasaz!john Yes it does work. I always water the lawn first. (and unplug before grabbing worms) Also, you only need one wire as the other side is GROUND. -- I don't yell and I don't tell and I'm grateful as hell: Benny Hill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!yahoo From: yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Zap, fry, and sizzle Message-ID: <22562@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 26 Feb 90 23:31:32 GMT References: <799@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <804@gold.GVG.TEK.COM> <1326@anasaz.UUCP> Reply-To: yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services Lines: 25