[Elecraft] Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT

[James Kern]

I learned that nail polish remover was actually paint thinner on the cabinet
of one of my boatanchors when I was much younger. I thought it would make a
good cleaner. It sure did.. Cleaned the cabinet right down to bare metal!
DOH! To this day I still have a reminder of that on the back corner of my
HQ-180.


James Kern
Network Administrator
Kurt S. Adler, Inc.
1107 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
212-924-0900 x222 (work)
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jkern at kurtadler.com


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:04 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT


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 -
 
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