[ARC5] Safety First!

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

This sort of stuff is not limited to electronics.
As a boy, I attended a hunting safety class
in western New York being put on by some
local organization.

After a stern lecture about ensuring that
your firearm is unloaded, the instructor set
a shotgun down on the table, stock down,
and BOOM!  A hole in the roof was the next
event in the lesson!

Mac, K2GKK/5




----Original Message Follows----
From: SBJohnston at aol.com
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Safety First!
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:14:23 EST


Rich wrote:

 > Although I grew up and cut my teeth on vacuum tube gear, I tend to get
 > complacent from time to time. This time I had an entire class on hand to 
wittness
 > "The Old Baldheaded Fart" get zapped!

I've been zapped good by high DC voltage and RF several times in my life, 
but
fortunately I can still smile about it.  What I find funny is how my first
reaction is to look around and think "Did anyone see me do this stupidity?"

A more rational thought might be "Hurray!  I'm still alive!"... but I'm not
always rational.

Steve WD8DAS

sbjohnston at aol.com

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