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) < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] NTC again [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues) > > 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > _________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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