[TheForge] Price of Copper

[Dann]

A fellow would hate to be filling that particular bird 
feeder  when  somebody in the house flipped the  squirrels' 110 volt 
light switch .... <Grins>

When I was about 10 years old..  my dad plugged the electric fence in 
while I was working on it.    He thought it was funny.   My brother 
did the same thing to dad a year or two  later...  plugged the fencer 
in while dad was fixing  a broken wire  on the electric fence.

The worst trick that I can remember was getting the 6 year old city 
cousin to pee on the hot fence.  Poor kid couldn't quit, and every 
time his stream crossed the fence.. he got another jolt.   Guess it 
turned out  ok.  Today that cousin is a well- to- do- divorce lawyer.

Sadists all <grins> !

Dann.


At 03:42 PM 4/25/2007, you wrote:
>Woot... back on my folks' farm, they use high-tensile fencing and have
>a powerful fencer... one day when I was maybe 13 I remember having a
>walk around the fields with my Pop and we found a fried deer which had
>gotten its hind legs stuck under the top strand, while the rest of it
>had made the jump over the fence.... glad I wasn't there through its
>struggle, but it was blackened to a crisp.... not sure how many
>watt-hours went into it, but it was... well done, so to speak.
>
>The squirrel thing:  a friend of my folks told us once about how he
>kept squirrels out of his bird-feeders.... he tried everything to make
>the feeders inaccessible, and in the end made a wire ladder/framework
>around the feeders, hooked up to a 110v wall switch by the window, so
>he'd just flick it when a squirrel was there... varmints make for good
>entertainment, whether you feed them or.... otherwise.
>
>ben
>
>
>On 4/25/07, Jerry Smith <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com> wrote:
>>Ben,
>>
>>I have seen the cinder that used to a squerrel at a
>>substation.
>>
>>And it just so happens I live near a 500K power
>>corridor. :)
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>--- Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey, that works for squirrels, too!!  :)
>> >
>> > ben
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4/25/07, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Well, the answer is REAL simple, then.  Use the
>> > power line protection system.  Those bozos fry
>> > themselve on powerlines they try to steel.  Just
>> > apply some high voltage to your sculptures and
>> > they'll never be stolen!!
>> > > Bruce
>> > > NJ
>> > ...
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