Radio Shack slogan (was Re: [OT] USB KVM switches)

From: Jim Leonard <trixter_at_oldskool.org>
Date: Thu Feb 3 00:38:54 2005

Eric Smith wrote:
> The salesman was curious as to why I kept buying fuses. I explained
> what I was doing. He told me that I should just short across the
> fuse holder.

That kind of advice usually earns a swift boot to the head. Geez, even my
grandfather, who was by no means an electrician, was fond of saying "Penny'll
start a fire" (referring of course to shorting out an old-style round fuse with
a penny).
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Received on Thu Feb 03 2005 - 00:38:54 GMT

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