Darwin, Keith wrote:
Worst of all was the time I came in from playing outside and found my 25
watt soldering iron on my bed. The iron was on and the bedspread was
burned / melted under the iron. I had apparently left it plugged in
when I went outside hours earlier.
Soldering irons! That reminds me of another goof-up: I was working as a
radio technician for the city of Binghamton, NY, and was, of course,
quite used (ha!) to soldering. One day, while repairing some old boat
anchor of a VHF public works radio I suddenly smelled and odd smell, it
almost (!) smelled like human flesh....well, it *was* flesh -- mine: I
had put my left hand down on top of the plugged-in iron (some Weller
unit) and apparently missed any nerve endings that might have reacted to
the heat. I bear the scar of a Weller tip and barrel to this day -- and
I've never done that again.
Ah, the good ole days!
73,
Joe, W2RBA
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