Oh man... That was a perfect 1, 2 punch. The original story was funny as all heck and then this wise crack... My sides are hurting. And the worst part is it reminds me of when my little boy noticed a power cord by the side of our bed and for some strange reason decided to cut it with a pair of scissors from the table near by. It was one of those deals that you see just before it happens and you launch and scream but it's already too late... Nice big shower of sparks and a notch in the scissors and... ...a little boy who has a healthy respect for power cords. I just love that bit about unplugging the wrong cord. Things like that are one reason why I try to stick to software. --- James. -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Hopkins Sent: 2004 Mar 05, Fri 07:52 To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks... hence the name willian CHOPS westfield lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Chops Westfield" To: Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks... > On Friday, Mar 5, 2004, at 15:02 US/Pacific, Jinx wrote: > > Cutting through the wiring to the third vapourised my lovely new > > and fairly pricey Lindstrom snippers, the bang and flash right in my > > face scaring the crap out of me. > > Having decided that the mixer was indeed broken, I decided to salvage > what I could (ie the power cord.) So I unplugged it, grabbed the nice > chefs knife from the knife block, and slice through the cord near the > mixer body. Too bad the cord I had unplugged was to the food > processor. Left an impressive notch in the knife blade, made a nice > flash, didn't blow the beaker... > > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.605 / Virus Database: 385 - Release Date: 1/03/2004 -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu