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ZACK.
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"T" <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> wrote in message
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[quote]In article <488fca5b$0$2273$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
youwillfindme@home.com.au says...
how bout this one
a kid at school stuck a peace of solder in
the power point in eletrical and switched it on
knocked him off his stool.
That>s just someone being a dumbass. Even as a kid I knew AC power could
knock you on your ass, even just the 120V 15A sutff. My great
grandfather taught me quite a bit about electricity.
My father was a know-it-all so one day he decides to replace the kitchen
light fixture.
I was about 11 years old at the time. Told him to make sure the power
was cut and he assured me it was. Next thing I know the old man is on
his ass. I just looked at him with my "Told you so..." look.
Recently I had to fix a light fixture in my bathroom. But something was
off on the wiring. I>d cut the power to the room but was still getting
voltage across the pair of wires. Hmmm.. seems the neutral wasn>t
exactly neutral at all. Cut the power to the whole house and then
replaced the fixture.
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not good.
ive been replacing some lights myself to fluros
at home, ive got 2 more rooms to do.
did you fix the neutral problem?
[quote]
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John Larkin
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:19:49 -0700, Archimedes' Lever
<OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote:
[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:26:25 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
On 30 Jul 2008 13:15:22 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote:
Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote in
news:u9ov8492phgasvg5r194hujp67comilsp5@4ax.com:
On 30 Jul 2008 02:53:23 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote:
Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org> wrote in
news:e99v849v51g77987bn0ilqchi1j4pn35p4@4ax.com:
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:06:22 +0200, Martin Griffith
mart_in_medina@yah00.es> wrote:
DHS..... nasty idea, reminds of McCarthy, somehow. You really should
do something about them
Do you actually think that McCarthyism ever died out to begin with?
McCarthy turned out to be right,according to KGB records.
You>re a goddamned retard if you believe that utter horseshit. Are you
really so naive as to think that the KGB would pass on to us valid,
legitimate historical "information"?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17401
You>ve got to admire the persistence and research effort it must take
to be Always Wrong.
John
Who were these actor/writer secret agents?
[/quote]
The only one I>m personally familiar with was a screenwriter. He did,
under an assumed name, a number of popular films, including The Dirty
Dozen. He was a dedicated commie and pretty nasty in his personal
life, as commies tend to be. You know, loving the people in theory but
not in practice.
More importantly, the Manhattan Project had two independent inside spy
operations, which let the russkies get The Bomb a lot sooner than if
they>d done it themselves. The US offered them a nuclear-free world,
and Free Skies mutual flyover; they wanted none of it.
After the USSR fell, but before Putin/KBG regained control, a huge
amount of sovier archive stuff was revealed. Yes, the US was indeed
full of Soviet spies, and they weren>t very nice.
John |
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ItsASecretDummy
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:16 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote:
[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:38:57 -0400, Stephen D. Barnes wrote:
John Larkin wrote:
And we haven>t even got to motorcycles.
How about a 25 horse Evenrude outboard bolted to a home made
boogie board? T-handle attached to rope attached to front
of boogie board! Rider squats on boogie board as two assistants hold the
board up in the water and a third assistant starts the motor! Extreeeemly
dangerous! But we did it anyway! I think the record for one of the guys
was about 150 yards before before going belly up!
I once saw a guy ride around on an inner tube, holding a small outboard
motor in his hands. =:-O
Cheers!
Rich
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I can still take a 10.00 and 20 truck inner tube and tape the stem with
duct tape, fill it oversized with air and get inside and roll down the
street... for a mile or so. |
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JosephKK
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:01:10 -0700 (PDT), "Ken S. Tucker"
<dynamics@vianet.on.ca> wrote:
[quote]In Public School I decided to try to build a carbon
carbon arc lamp using 2 pencils, and it worked.
1st I screwed in to the pencils the leads, and
that worked but the wood started to smoulder.
Later I removed the graphite and wire wrapped
around the naked leads, that worked too.
My Old Boy got a little testy when I blew a few
fuses per day (in the 60>s they were 25 cents a
piece), so he advised a series resistance, like
a heater or light bulb. BINGO!
Fortunately no permanent retinal damage.
Ken
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Bog. Rebuilt clocks until i could rebuild one, make it work backwards
and kept good time,before 10 yo.
Went crazy playing with nitrates and fireworks and rockets.
Played with my dad>s carbon arc beam (actually had people following it
the house) about 4 kW with a 24 inch reflector. Carbon rods from
batteries.
Built more electronic stuff than i can count, had the best electronic
experiment kit (owned by a kid) for miles around in San Jose.
It was great, engineers and other professionals for local parents and
neighbors, top fight machinists with lathes and mills on the block,
what>s not to love. |
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JosephKK
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
[quote]
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:46 +0100, "TT_Man" <Someone@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I made bombs with my chemistry set, "bang" and smoke...
Smoked out (emptied) a restaurant across the alley from my junior high
school ;-)
I made bombs too- steel tubes + 2 chemicals. I was 16 at the time.
Eventually I did myself serious injury and spent 3 weeks in hospital and 6
months recovering. God said it was my lucky day so he let me live.
I once was heating a test tube containing a concoction of sulfur,
powered magnesium, and (IIRC) potassium nitrate over a Bunsen
burner... never mind the comments... I was like 10 years old.
It began to glow oddly. I jumped back and turned to run up the
basement stairs... ka-boom... my back was filled with glass fragments.
It always amazes me that males make it to 20 years old ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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At 10 yo i already knew not to heat that combination in a test tube. |
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JosephKK
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:16:03 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
[quote]On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:46 +0100, "TT_Man" <Someone@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I made bombs with my chemistry set, "bang" and smoke...
Smoked out (emptied) a restaurant across the alley from my junior high
school ;-)
I made bombs too- steel tubes + 2 chemicals. I was 16 at the time.
Eventually I did myself serious injury and spent 3 weeks in hospital and 6
months recovering. God said it was my lucky day so he let me live.
I once was heating a test tube containing a concoction of sulfur,
powered magnesium, and (IIRC) potassium nitrate over a Bunsen
burner... never mind the comments... I was like 10 years old.
It began to glow oddly. I jumped back and turned to run up the
basement stairs... ka-boom... my back was filled with glass fragments.
It always amazes me that males make it to 20 years old ;-)
And we haven>t even got to motorcycles.
John
[/quote]
Motorcycles are a tradeoff, traveling efficacy versus risk. Been
riding daily for about 30 years now. |
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FatBytestard
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:46:17 +1000, "ZACK." <youwillfindme@home.com.au>
wrote:
[quote]troll
[/quote]
top posting Dumbshit. |
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UltimatePatriot
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:47:15 +1000, "ZACK." <youwillfindme@home.com.au>
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[quote]troll
[/quote]
You are gumming up the group with your retarded horseshit, childish,
non-contributory commentary. |
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ZACK.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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and another troll
"UltimatePatriot" <UltimatePatriot@thebestcountry.org> wrote in message
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[quote]On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:47:15 +1000, "ZACK." <youwillfindme@home.com.au
wrote:
troll
You are gumming up the group with your retarded horseshit, childish,
non-contributory commentary.[/quote] |
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ZACK.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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make me dumbshit
"FatBytestard" <FatBytestard@somewheronyourharddrive.org> wrote in message
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[quote]On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:46:17 +1000, "ZACK." <youwillfindme@home.com.au
wrote:
troll
top posting Dumbshit.[/quote] |
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UltimatePatriot
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:08 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@yahoo.com>
wrote:
[quote]On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:46 +0100, "TT_Man" <Someone@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I made bombs with my chemistry set, "bang" and smoke...
Smoked out (emptied) a restaurant across the alley from my junior high
school ;-)
I made bombs too- steel tubes + 2 chemicals. I was 16 at the time.
Eventually I did myself serious injury and spent 3 weeks in hospital and 6
months recovering. God said it was my lucky day so he let me live.
I once was heating a test tube containing a concoction of sulfur,
powered magnesium, and (IIRC) potassium nitrate over a Bunsen
burner... never mind the comments... I was like 10 years old.
It began to glow oddly. I jumped back and turned to run up the
basement stairs... ka-boom... my back was filled with glass fragments.
It always amazes me that males make it to 20 years old ;-)
...Jim Thompson
At 10 yo i already knew not to heat that combination in a test tube.
[/quote]
At 10 I took an old style alternator and a battery, and a bunk bed
ladder, and some lawn mower wheels, and made an electric go cart. 1970
I also helped my brother, performing my first racing engine rebuild.
It was (is still) a 427 big block. |
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ZACK.
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"FatBytestard" <FatBytestard@somewheronyourharddrive.org> wrote in message
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[quote]On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:46:17 +1000, "ZACK." <youwillfindme@home.com.au
wrote:
troll
top posting Dumbshit.
[/quote]
insted of insalting peaple why dont you
explain how to bottem post to everyone
howe to.
oh thats right, trolls dont know howe to. |
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ZACK.
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"UltimatePatriot" <UltimatePatriot@thebestcountry.org> wrote in message
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[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:08 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@yahoo.com
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:46 +0100, "TT_Man" <Someone@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I made bombs with my chemistry set, "bang" and smoke...
Smoked out (emptied) a restaurant across the alley from my junior high
school ;-)
I made bombs too- steel tubes + 2 chemicals. I was 16 at the time.
Eventually I did myself serious injury and spent 3 weeks in hospital and
6
months recovering. God said it was my lucky day so he let me live.
I once was heating a test tube containing a concoction of sulfur,
powered magnesium, and (IIRC) potassium nitrate over a Bunsen
burner... never mind the comments... I was like 10 years old.
It began to glow oddly. I jumped back and turned to run up the
basement stairs... ka-boom... my back was filled with glass fragments.
It always amazes me that males make it to 20 years old ;-)
...Jim Thompson
At 10 yo i already knew not to heat that combination in a test tube.
At 10 I took an old style alternator and a battery, and a bunk bed
ladder, and some lawn mower wheels, and made an electric go cart. 1970
I also helped my brother, performing my first racing engine rebuild.
It was (is still) a 427 big block.
[/quote]
You are gumming up the group with your retarded horseshit, childish,
non-contributory commentary.
now you know howe i feel |
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ZACK.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: Weird stuff you did as a brat? |
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You are gumming up the group with your retarded horseshit, childish,
non-contributory commentary.
now you know how i feel
"UltimatePatriot" <UltimatePatriot@thebestcountry.org> wrote in message
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[quote]On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:08 -0700, JosephKK <quiettechblue@yahoo.com
wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:59 -0700, Jim Thompson
To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@My-Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:31:46 +0100, "TT_Man" <Someone@ntlworld.com
wrote:
I made bombs with my chemistry set, "bang" and smoke...
Smoked out (emptied) a restaurant across the alley from my junior high
school ;-)
I made bombs too- steel tubes + 2 chemicals. I was 16 at the time.
Eventually I did myself serious injury and spent 3 weeks in hospital and
6
months recovering. God said it was my lucky day so he let me live.
I once was heating a test tube containing a concoction of sulfur,
powered magnesium, and (IIRC) potassium nitrate over a Bunsen
burner... never mind the comments... I was like 10 years old.
It began to glow oddly. I jumped back and turned to run up the
basement stairs... ka-boom... my back was filled with glass fragments.
It always amazes me that males make it to 20 years old ;-)
...Jim Thompson
At 10 yo i already knew not to heat that combination in a test tube.
At 10 I took an old style alternator and a battery, and a bunk bed
ladder, and some lawn mower wheels, and made an electric go cart. 1970
I also helped my brother, performing my first racing engine rebuild.
It was (is still) a 427 big block.[/quote] |
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Tim Williams
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"Bungalow Bill" <BugalowBill@AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> wrote in message
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[quote]So where do the AC powered, two wire sets get grounded... safely?
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They don>t, and don>t have to be. The heating element is insulated quite
nicely from the core with layers of mica, so you can measure a high
impedance 60VAC on the tip. If you>re using it around half-live CMOS, I
suppose a grounding clip wouldn>t be a bad idea. ;-)
Tim
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Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk.
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms |
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