> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Willis [mailto:mwillis@NWLINK.COM]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 3:55 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT] [Way-OT] Technicians versus Engineers
>
>
> Max Toole wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 7/15/99 12:40:48 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET writes:
> > <snipped>
> > the Navy.  When he learned that I didn't know how to strip
> wire with my teeth
> > and had not been taught how to draw an arc from the plate
> of a transmitter
> > final to see if there was B+ voltage present, he said I
> should ask for my
> > tuition back  :-)
>
>   Oh, come ON, now!
>
>   Real tech's use a thumbnail for wire stripping - any
> dentist will tell
> you, teeth shouldn't be used for wire stripping.  LOL!
>
>   Mark
>

Especially if you haven't checked for B+ beforehand!