Just found him in the SSDI. He died in '93 at the age of 68. But I think he fathered at least one kid.
Sent from my iPhone -- Peter [email protected] On Feb 23, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
