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Yesterday I put my hand into a projector while it was still plugged in and grabbed a big hunk of metal. You ever have those moments when you think "Why have I survived this long? Surely I should have been weeded out by nature by now".
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Yesterday I put my hand into a projector while it was still plugged in and grabbed a big hunk of metal. You ever have those moments when you think "Why have I survived this long? Surely I should have been weeded out by nature by now".

 

Lmao! Yes, constantly!

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.....trying to fool a HP 1020 that the casrtridge it in my pressing my finger against the sensor. My arm is still tingling :)

 

Ohhh I did that with one of the big LaserJet 4s. It was only as I pressed it I noticed the faint yellow warning label covered in toner. Arm throbbed for about 2 days!

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i reached in to an old Minolta printer when it was not cooled down enough to clear a paper jam, i didnt have any fingerprints on my left hand for 2 whole weeks!
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A little while ago I opened up a DVD player to fix the drive band on the drawer. I'd been on the shandy's since 6pm and it was about 11pm when I did it, so wasn't exactly sober. I unplugged it to work on it, but then plugged it in to test with the hood still off..... the drawer worked a treat but in my excitement I caught something with my hand on the inside - it threw me back into the chair and I spent the rest of the night wondering if my heart was going to stop.
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I once naively thought my skills extended into the realm of diagnosing and fixing a PSU. Unfortunately, I didn't unplug it from the wall. So when I opened it up and my hand caught one of the capacitors...BANG!! Electric tripped off on that circuit and my arm was buzzed for about 2-3 hours. luckily nobody apart from my immediate colleague found out about my stupidity. :(
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A few months ago I was soldering a connector on a IWB board when I dropped the soldering iron and decided to show how fast my reflex's were and catch it, which I did and yes it hurt a lot :mad2:
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I attempted to replace a dull lamp in a projector when it had been on all morning, ignoring the "warning hot" label, pulling on the metal handle to remove it to descover it was indeed hot. It amused the class of children as the lamp flew across the room.

 

(Something you tend to do only once)

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I remember soldering something at home - I went for a better grip on my soldering iron, holding it inbetween my fingers in the same way you hold a pencil.

 

I remember wondering "Whats that burning smell?" and hearing a dull sizzle to look down and realise what I was doing.

 

I had to invent some new swear words for that one - the current batch wouldn't cut it.

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You are all idiots. I have never done anything stupid that would endanger my life or anybody elses!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone while driving down the M1 at 90MPH

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You are all idiots. I have never done anything stupid that would endanger my life or anybody elses!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone while driving down the M1 at 90MPH

 

That's BS that is mate. We all know you drive a reliant robin - they won't make 90mph ;)

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That's BS that is mate. We all know you drive a reliant robin - they won't make 90mph ;)

 

They do when stuck on the front bumper of a juggernaut :p

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I once naively thought my skills extended into the realm of diagnosing and fixing a PSU. Unfortunately, I didn't unplug it from the wall. So when I opened it up and my hand caught one of the capacitors...BANG!! Electric tripped off on that circuit and my arm was buzzed for about 2-3 hours. luckily nobody apart from my immediate colleague found out about my stupidity. :(

Been there done that!

Blew a small hole right through my thunb (sealed it at the same time). Now that hurt!!

BTW its about 380V at a lot of amps from one of those smoothing caps in a switch mode psu when you short them out. Actually saw a crome Vanadium spanner MELT due to shorting out a psu cap!

Alan

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