[Elecraft] Re: Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT

[Dave G3VGR]

Indeed. The signal to noise ratio on this reflector is getting beyond a 
joke & it must really irritate people who have dialup accounts.  What 
makes it worse is that all this OT drivel ends up in the searchable 
archives.
73, Dave G3VGR
K2 #4783

n3drk wrote:
> I am surprised the moderators have not stepped in to end these stupid, 
> stupid and more stupid
> posts. Geez, and I thought the SKN was bad. What happened to Elecraft 
> questions?
> 73s
> john
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim F." <j_fitton at yahoo.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 8:03 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Stupid, stupid, stupid - OT
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> One dangerous (electrical) mistake was at 9 years old.
>>
>> Sent away to Johnson Smith & Co.  for plans and parts
>> to make a
>> radio the ad said, used no batteries or electrical
>> power.
>>
>> It turned out to be a crystal set complete with
>> cat-whisker, crystal, terminals, coil form, and wire.
>> I followed the directions faithfully and bought an old
>> junk store 50 cent headphone set (five weeks
>> allowance..)
>>
>> I had no idea what an antenna or ground was, and
>> neither did anyone else in my family. So I put on the
>> headphones and inserted the bare antenna and ground
>> leads into the house power socket. There was a flash
>> and the house went dark.  My mom excitedly replaced
>> the fuses. I inspected the circuit, reversed the two
>> wires and did it again.  Same problem, but with a
>> stern warning never to do that again..
>>
>> Another stupid mistake was committed a month ago as I
>> plugged in a "new" antique Heathkit Condenser checker
>> without checking the AC wiring.  The person who wired
>> it long ago connected the hot side of the AC line to
>> the black ground probe and as soon as the probe
>> touched a chassis that I was working on, there was an
>> amazing blast of light and a bang just before the room
>> went black...I sat there for a very long moment
>> contemplating life,
>> and wondering if I was still here on earth.  Could
>> feel my
>> pulse pounding in my temples, and that was a very good
>> sign.
>>
>> Could have been easily killed either time. Guess there
>> must
>> be some other purpose for staying here on earth...
>> and I'm dying to find out what.
>>
>> Jim - W1FMR
>>
>>
>>
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