[Elecraft] Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT

[Darwin, Keith]

I've been racking my brain to see if I've done anything stupid.
 
Well, there is that time I heated the sand of an ant hill with a
magnifying glass.  After 5 minutes nothing happened so I touched it see
if it was hot.  Believe me it WAS!
 
I tried to make a watch demagnetizer by winding about 5 feet of wire
around a cardboard core and plugging the ends into the wall outlet.
Thank God for circuit breakers.
 
Worst of all was the time I came in from playing outside and found my 25
watt soldering iron on my bed.  The iron was on and the bedspread was
burned / melted under the iron.  I had apparently left it plugged in
when I went outside hours earlier.
 
And of course there was that little surprise winter swim in a manure pit
but that is getting very OT!
 
- Keith KD1E -