Back in high school (this will date me) lots of people wore big round haircuts ("afros" or what have you) there was one guy "Giesky" whose hair was a mess- just an excuse for not combing, and we gave him endless trouble over it which he took good-naturedly. One day he fell asleep with his head on the bench, and his matt of unruly hair was such a good insulator that he did not discover he was laying on a hot soldering iron until he woke up from the smell... -- Lawrence Lile Mike Hawkshaw Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list 03/08/2004 10:00 AM Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU cc: Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks... >-----Original Message----- >From: Hulatt, Jon [mailto:jhulatt@MONSTEREUROPE.COM] >Sent: 08 March 2004 08:04 >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [OT:] More stupid electrical tricks... >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.... This story might well be apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, but there is a story form the past where I work, about a lad who was working one hot afternoon at his bench. Being hot weather, he was wearing shorts, and like some of you guys have also done, he dropped his iron. Not wanting the iron to hit the floor he caught it......between his thighs. I think if true, this must surely have brought tears to his eyes. All the best....Mike. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics