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From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Wed Jun 4 17:39:00 2003

On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, jamesd wrote:

> that's a damm scary place to live as a child or a electrian... my son when he
> was about 3 thought it would be find to pee on a electrical outlet all it
> happened back then was sparks and smoke hate to think about what would
> happened at 380 or 500 vac?
That's why we learn (at young age ;-) not to pee on wires. Really.

[ I will not tell you about how I tricked my younger sis into
  holding two knitting pins stuck into an outlet, as this would
  surely give you the impression i am evil. hmm. i was, perhaps ;-]

> I ran over a extension cord on a electric lawn mower, i know an evil device,
> got quite a shock and it was only 110 15A curcuit i shiver to think of
> even 220v at 60A, i could of been dead with that much power going through me
> even for a short time i felt my shock...
Oh, I have enjoyed quite a few shocks myself, and hey, I'm still
around...

--fred
Received on Wed Jun 04 2003 - 17:39:00 BST

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