[Elecraft] Soldering Naked

[ynkedragon at aol.com]

Phil,

I too have had the experience of feeling liquid solder on bare skin, but in a less dramatic part of my body.  

When I was young and dumb, about 35 years ago, I was attempting a repair of a wire antenna with the broken connection about 6" above eye level.  A large drop of solder fell on the inside of my forearm and sizzled as it cooled and hardened--then had to be dug out of burned flesh,   I NEVER made that or a similar mistake again, always asking myself, if some solder falls . . . where will it fall?  

You have quite a gift for teaching an important lesson in a funny and dramatic way.  Thanks for making me laugh
until my sides hurt.

73,  Blair K3YD