Just Plain [Lucky to be here] Burr wrote:

After 61 years of playing with, and working with AC electricity I
finely got mine. On top of a 12 "Aluminum" ladder in the rain I stuck
the end of an un-insinuated wire into a hot 220vAC wire and got the
crap stocked out of me and had to throw myself into space to get away
from it.

Glad to hear you are OK.

But, whatever prompted you to "stick the end of an un-insinuated wire
into a hot 220vAC wire"?

Over 33 years as a telephone man...

What company? What was your job?