From Craigslist ad for a photographer:
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Stuff that makes you go "hmmmm."
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I think they should have a couple of GoPro cameras on their wedding registry.
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An undress rehearsal might be a good idea. Fewer re-takes required. Or are more re-takes better?
Charge by the pound.
Should the advert be for a "pornographer"? I suspect they'd get plenty of takers if they posted on the right site, or maybe just put up a flyer on a pole in the local red light district.
Using your tongue as a voltmeter.....
1:10 and 3:10 are pretty exciting...
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Uh, yeah... Licking soldered connections even without voltage applied seems like a Bad Idea since solder and flux are not really safe chemically to ingest, plus whatever stuff is on them from handling, the floor, his butt after being shocked 
, etc. Then add the whole shock/electrocution bit... I'll pass, thanks.
Think I'd go from "hmmm..." to "hmph!" on this one. Or maybe emulate Bill the Cat ("phhhblt!")
Aside: When I was working on Journeyman Electrician I was paired with an old fart (probably younger than I am now) who would lick his fingers and whip across powered lines to check voltage. He could tell 120 V, 240 V, 440/480 V by the resulting shock. He would also carve out little chunks of dead flesh from his fingers to show why it didn't hurt. After I graduated, except for a few brushes with transmission tubes, I pretty much stuck with low-voltage things (except for my early audio hobby days, don't do much of that any more, maybe when I retire).
, etc. Then add the whole shock/electrocution bit... I'll pass, thanks.Think I'd go from "hmmm..." to "hmph!" on this one. Or maybe emulate Bill the Cat ("phhhblt!")
Aside: When I was working on Journeyman Electrician I was paired with an old fart (probably younger than I am now) who would lick his fingers and whip across powered lines to check voltage. He could tell 120 V, 240 V, 440/480 V by the resulting shock. He would also carve out little chunks of dead flesh from his fingers to show why it didn't hurt. After I graduated, except for a few brushes with transmission tubes, I pretty much stuck with low-voltage things (except for my early audio hobby days, don't do much of that any more, maybe when I retire).
If I had not acclimatised to such weird and wonderful behaviours by working here for the last year or so I might find these things a little odd...
Take away:
- When a doctor says "Stick out your tongue." -- do it.
- When an engineer/tech says "Stick out your tongue." -- don't!
As a kid, ya never put your tongue across the terms of a 9v battery? LOL
Tastes salty.
Tastes salty.
He has relatives that are suicide jihadist's.
Of course. But (a) a 9 V battery is a known voltage, more or less; and, (b) I did lots of stupid things as a kid I would not do now.
And a few I still do, natch...
"Age does not necessarily bring wisdom; sometimes, it just turns young fools into old fools." - Grandmother (usually about grandfather)
I has a nostalgic trip down memory land a while back, stuck my tongue across a 9 volt
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That was standard practice when I was growing up for testing 9 volt batteries! You got used to what level of tingling you got for fresh or old batteries.
"Growing up"?
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OK, I admit it. Even now I will do it if there is no multi-meter around. But given how cheap meters have gotten, I have one in every toolbox possible to avoid that."Growing up"?
hmmmmmm.... that may explain a few things.
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