Paul Burridge wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:09:28 +0100, "Mike Gilmour" wrote: When I worked as an RO in the Merchant Navy I found I could light my cigarette by holding on to the overhead copper aerial feeder while simultaneously keying the transmitter on MW (say 480 or 512 Khz) ....only when I couldn't find my lighter. Kinda daft in retrospect...and chuckle to think I eventually won a safety award ;-) There's a future for you at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. :-) As Homer would insist: "Get it right - it's noocular, noocular." It's always worried me, the way The Nuclear Briefcase gets handed to people who can't even pronounce it. -- 73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB) Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book' http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek |
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An acquaintance was working on some plumbing Saturday in one of
several houses under construction in a new subdivision in Albuquerque (New Mexico), and there was a lightning strike into another of the houses, a few hundred feet away. He told me he got knocked flat and so did his helper. Albq is, as many will know, in high desert country, and the ground is *anything* but wet, so buried pipes aren't particularly useful as earth ground. This is a pretty good illustration of that. -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
An acquaintance was working on some plumbing Saturday in one of
several houses under construction in a new subdivision in Albuquerque (New Mexico), and there was a lightning strike into another of the houses, a few hundred feet away. He told me he got knocked flat and so did his helper. Albq is, as many will know, in high desert country, and the ground is *anything* but wet, so buried pipes aren't particularly useful as earth ground. This is a pretty good illustration of that. -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
Lee Leduc wrote:
Sorry for the slow response but the Internet connection to the "other side" is soooooooo slow! Yes, I have had a a fatal electric shock in the past. Yours truly, William Kemmler *SPLORFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF* Now *where*, I ask you, _WHERE_ was the C&C on that? -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
Lee Leduc wrote:
Sorry for the slow response but the Internet connection to the "other side" is soooooooo slow! Yes, I have had a a fatal electric shock in the past. Yours truly, William Kemmler *SPLORFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF* Now *where*, I ask you, _WHERE_ was the C&C on that? -- Mike Andrews Tired old sysadmin since 1964 |
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:31:14 +0100, "Ian White, G3SEK"
wrote: As Homer would insist: "Get it right - it's noocular, noocular." Is that where George W learned the pronunciation? |
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