No, he never did that again, but went on to fame & fortune as a falsetto singer for the band AC/DC...
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:10:56 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Does anyone know how to make a Jones Motrola _safe_? > > I suspect he will never do that again. > > On 02/23/2012 06:43 PM, Peter Fraser wrote: > > An old buddy of mine grew up on a farm. When he was about 10 he decided to > > pee on the exposed spark plug of a running pump motor, which sparked his > > pump quite well, and quite painfully. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > -- Peter > > [email protected] > > > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Don Dellmann<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich"<[email protected]> > >> To: "Antique Phonograph List"<[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:43 AM > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Does anyone know how to make a Jones Motrola _safe_? > >> > >> > >>> I believe I mentioned that here previously, I suspect that it was ignored > >>> though. > >>> > >>> On 02/23/2012 03:56 AM, Jim Nichol wrote: > >>>> That sounds like a brilliant guy. I was just in a course about > >>>> electrical safety last week. The voltage that kills the most people is > >>>> 120 VAC. > >>>> > >>>> Jim > >>>> > >>>> On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:44 AM, DanKj wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> This discussion reminded me of a situation here, a few years back: > >>>>> The power company replaced the wires from my house to the pole, and a > >>>>> few months later, I happened to touch the metal pipe through which the > >>>>> wires ran to my meter in the cellar. ZAP! The pipe had never been > >>>>> attached to the meter box or my fuse/breaker box, both of which were > >>>>> grounded (after I grounded them - NOTHING was grounded when I moved in > >>>>> here!) ... Anyway, I called the company to have the thing repaired, as > >>>>> it was obvious that the live conductor was touching the pipe at the > >>>>> top. They sent Vern& Ernest, I swear. Even after I demonstrated the > >>>>> problem by lighting-up a 100W bulb between the pipe and a ground, one > >>>>> of the guys grabbed both pieces of metal& ZAPPED himself for proof! > >>>>> "Oh yeah, that's live." I guess he was accustomed to 120volts AC! > >>>>> > >> > >> Reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a Silvertone tape recorder and a > >> Sure brothers microphone. The tape recorder chassis was grounded to one > >> side of the AC. The microphone shield wire was grounded to the metal case > >> of the mic, and the other side to the recorder chassis. The stack vent > >> pipe from the bathroom downstairs ran right up through the middle of my > >> bedroom, which of course was an earth ground. > >> > >> Mic in one hand, lean against the pipe with the other hand. (you can > >> guess the rest). I wish I could say I only made that mistake once. :-( > >> > >> Don > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
