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"Boris Mohar" wrote in message ... On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:05:50 -0700, "RP Henry" richard.p.henry@saic dot com wrote: "Michael Black" wrote in message ... Winfield Hill ) writes: Paul Burridge wrote... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've had a few fatal shocks. Thanks, - Win You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple fatal shocks. That explains the hair. He is a cat. -- Regards, Boris Mohar Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/ Aurora, Ontario Win just haunts this newsgroup. Regards Ian ;-) So you're saying he's sort of an Obi-Wan Kenobi type? "Use the grounding strap Luke". Michael |
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mentioned... Paul Burridge wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris" wrote: Several people have and of course they are all dead. Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could modify it by adding 'near' as a prefix. I agree. He said one thing, but meant another. Snot what you think! Answer this question: Q: Twenty years ago, a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing. Unfortunately, the engine fails before he has time and the plane crashes smack in the middle of "no-man's-land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in "no-man's- land?" DOH! For the answer, and other similar Qs, see http://dailyfunnies.org/archives/000637.html -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@ h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/e...s/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 at hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@ u@e@n@t@@ |
"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? Yep, made me a believer in GFCIs, which weren't around when this happened. My folks had just gotten a new hedge clipper, and their idiot son decided to have at a shrub one morning. Plugged it in, walked out barefoot on the still-damp grass. Began sculpting and promptly cut through the extension cord, which jammed in the blades. My muscles locked up and I couldn't drop it. After a few seconds of this I fell over, making even better contact with the ground. I finally managed to grab the plastic side handle with my other hand and pull it free. Whew.... Every part of my body hurt, I went back to bed for the rest of the day. Then there's the incident with the soldering iron and the ten automotive batteries in series, but I didn't get a jolt from that ;-) Regards, Ralph in NH |
"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? Yep, made me a believer in GFCIs, which weren't around when this happened. My folks had just gotten a new hedge clipper, and their idiot son decided to have at a shrub one morning. Plugged it in, walked out barefoot on the still-damp grass. Began sculpting and promptly cut through the extension cord, which jammed in the blades. My muscles locked up and I couldn't drop it. After a few seconds of this I fell over, making even better contact with the ground. I finally managed to grab the plastic side handle with my other hand and pull it free. Whew.... Every part of my body hurt, I went back to bed for the rest of the day. Then there's the incident with the soldering iron and the ten automotive batteries in series, but I didn't get a jolt from that ;-) Regards, Ralph in NH |
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mentioned... "A E" wrote in message ... Paul Burridge wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris" wrote: Several people have and of course they are all dead. Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could modify it by adding 'near' as a prefix. course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW). -- but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply permenent death or can it be temporary? Pat Fatal is fatal. You're brain dead, which is the definition of death. If you have a near-death experience, then that's when you can live to tell about it. "He's dead, Jim." -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@ h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/e...s/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 at hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@ u@e@n@t@@ |
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mentioned... "A E" wrote in message ... Paul Burridge wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris" wrote: Several people have and of course they are all dead. Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could modify it by adding 'near' as a prefix. course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW). -- but you can be clinicaly death and restarted can't you? so does fatal imply permenent death or can it be temporary? Pat Fatal is fatal. You're brain dead, which is the definition of death. If you have a near-death experience, then that's when you can live to tell about it. "He's dead, Jim." -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@ h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/e...s/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 at hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@ u@e@n@t@@ |
"Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun'" wrote in message .. . Q: Twenty years ago, a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing. Unfortunately, the engine fails before he has time and the plane crashes smack in the middle of "no-man's-land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in "no-man's- land?" Actually, he shouldn't have been flying so close to the border. There was a buffer zone between East & West Germany at the time and pilots were aware of it. I think it was around 10 or 20 miles or so. And I think burying survivors would be a violation of their rights. -- Tom Sevart N2UHC Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc |
"Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun'" wrote in message .. . Q: Twenty years ago, a plane is flying at 20,000 feet over Germany. If you will recall, Germany at the time was politically divided into West Germany and East Germany. Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing. Unfortunately, the engine fails before he has time and the plane crashes smack in the middle of "no-man's-land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors - East Germany or West Germany or in "no-man's- land?" Actually, he shouldn't have been flying so close to the border. There was a buffer zone between East & West Germany at the time and pilots were aware of it. I think it was around 10 or 20 miles or so. And I think burying survivors would be a violation of their rights. -- Tom Sevart N2UHC Frontenac, KS http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc |
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mentioned... In sci.electronics.design Harris wrote: Several people have and of course they are all dead. Well, you can have shocks that would cause death if left untreated. As some people get treated, they get to experience it all, apart from actually getting planted. That's near-death. There _is_ a difference. -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@ h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/e...s/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 at hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@ u@e@n@t@@ |
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