OK, I've been quiet but this thread is just too good to leave alone.
Back in college I had a part time job repairing the old-style pinball
machines with 100's of relays, solenoids and contacts that would either
get dirty or have their wires break.  You get inside by sliding the
glass off and then raising the bed like a car hood (bonnet).  I was
short so I would stand on a box at the front with most of my body
hanging inside.  I had been chasing a problem with the set of schematics
and my non-technical boss insisted on standing next to me yammering away
about something - I tried my best to ignore him.  I found the broken
wire, reached up for the soldering iron and proceeded to pick it up by
the wrong end.  After the seared flesh smell dissapaited, he decided
that maybe he would go back to his office and let me concentrate.  That
is now my first level of testing a technician - hand them a soldering
iron and see if they grab the right end.  So far, I'm the only one to
fail this.  Only once, however.

Steve

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