I wasn't quite so successful....connected 20,000 Volts (1 Meg in series) to
lab handle, knew that my target was coming in the corridor.
Waited...waited..and finally..ho-ho-ho..the handle moved. But there was no
swearing on the other side, just a sound of groaning. I opened the door.
Our old, retired internal postman was sitting on the floor, looked dizzy
and whispered ' what happened' .  He had a pacemaker. I was upset and
really felt panic. After a
 while the old man came on feet and I explained to him the stupid thing I
did. He smiled a little and said  I should be more careful with practical
jokes.

The postman got his revenge. He asked a guy to help him with charging a
High Voltage Capacitor, which was laid on the floor near my chair. I came
into room, saw the cap on the floor and wondered who had lost it, bent and
stretched my hand to take it up....FLASH!..KAZAM!...I must have jumped 1
meter....like the old saying : > Some bad guys are punished at once by
God<..

Inge


On 15 August 2013 19:02, Whittaker, Dewey (EHCOE) <
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> My physics teacher in high school was fostering the opinion that knowledge
> was key to realizing our potential as he started to grasp the metal door
> knob to the lab, in the next not realizing I had been playing with the van
> de graaf generator and some large capacitors and had charged it to the max.
> As he jumped and yelled my name, I said "Class, Mr. Rolle wants to say that
> concludes the demonstration on realizing potential".
> The path to success leads through the halls of academia.
> Dewey
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Drew meyer
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 9:39 AM
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> Doug,
>
> Excellent!
>
> When I was in high school our math teacher (Geometry) was diverted somehow
> to the question of what education proved.  He promptly told us that what it
> meant most of all that we were willing to learn.  He said  "An employer is
> looking for someone willing to learn.  Your education will prove that you
> are willing to learn.  When you start work they will teach you much of what
> you need to know to achieve their goals.  Education is not so much a proof
> of knowledge as the proof of willingness to learn!"
>
> Drew Meyer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:10 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC again [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
>
> Good observation.  One of my instructors in college once said "College
> only teaches you about 25% of what you need to know.  It gives you the
> tools to understand what you will be taught in the workplace".  I have
> found this to be very true.
>
> Doug Pauls
>
>
>
> From:   Louis Hart <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:   08/15/2013 08:40 AM
> Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC again [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
> Sent by:        TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Bev et al, a few weeks ago, I heard an interesting observation about
> education and its value on the radio. The speaker said education provides
> knowledge, and knowledge reduces fear. Living with minimal fear is a
> valuable behavior. Thus, anthropology and Spanish have practical value, not
> easily quantified.
>
> I studied physics at a liberal arts college. One of the physics profs
> there made a comment I have never forgotten: The only students who are
> getting a real liberal education are the science students. Now I would
> expand upon his statement: The most useful path in education to follow is
> one in science, preferably physical science.   Louis Hart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 8:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
>
> And yet another addition.
>
> The oldest is a former paratrooper who I then helped put through fire
> fighter's school, now studying for captain while an active city firefighter
> and pulling in a good salary.  The oldest daughter with a BA in sociology
> and anthropology is living in a camper van and working as a farm hand while
> the younger daughter with a BA in international development and Spanish has
> been teaching English in Mexico but not getting enough hours to make ends
> meet and is now coming home to live with us for a max of six months while
> she tries to get her act together.  I wish the girls had taken something
> practical, but you can't really tell teenagers/young adults much. It is
> hard watching them learn the hard way.
>
> Bev
>
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