I've never really been very good at catching things. However, one time when
I knocked the soldering iron off the desk, I instinctively managed to catch
it- an outside chance. I fully regretted this rare show of coordination, and
vowed to be permanently uncoordinated from then on.

Jon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Nordhauser [mailto:digital@NYCAP.RR.COM]
> Sent: 07 March 2004 15:55
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks...
>
>
> 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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