Old farts and friction folders.

draggat said:
I worked with a guy who got zapped with 120 so bad that it caused irreparable nerve damage in his hands. He had the misfortune of standing in a puddle of water which an electrical cord was laying in - it had a small cut in the side.

A guy I was working next to got a jolt of 240 to his temple due to a circuit that was energized with raw wire sticking out of the receptacle. He was kneeling on the floor and turned his head when it grazed him. It completely laid him out. Not sure if he ever went back to work after that.

Both were construction sites. You're lucky, electricity is no joke!

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No, electricity is no joke at all. I won't touch it!!! I don't mind a bit of carpenter work riper, or some drywall and paint if need be, but beyond changing flashlight batteries I call the licensed electrician and pay the bill.

Oh, and beautiful Sardinian!!!!!
 
jackknife said:
No, electricity is no joke at all. I won't touch it!!! I don't mind a bit of carpenter work riper, or some drywall and paint if need be, but beyond changing flashlight batteries I call the licensed electrician and pay the bill.

Oh, and beautiful Sardinian!!!!!
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Always better safe than sorry!

Thanks!
 
Mens Abdita said:
Here is my Svord.
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If you notice, there's a scorched little chunk missing from the blade.
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Funny-ish story of how it got there:
I was sharpening this on my electrical mini-belt Worksharp sharpener, when its motor burnt out. I went onto the Worksharp website and did a customer service chat. It was actually great customer service as they offered to send me a new unit, no problem. Except to prove that mine had stopped working and was useless, I needed to send them a photo of my burnt out unit with its power cord cut off. "No problem." I said to myself "After all, I do have a knife within reach."
So I took my Svord and easily cut the power cord - is what I would say had I not forgotten that the power cord was still plugged into the wall outlet! One loud and bright flash later, and the Svord had a little chunk vaporized away (at least I think).
I am not electrical engineer, but I tend to believe that the plastic handle of this knife saved me from a decent amount of electrocution. I don't think a standard wall outlet has enough juice to kill a man, but based on what it did to my blade, I am not so sure.
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That reminds me of the time I was helping a friend install a whole house fan for his attic. Instead of running a new electrical line his plan was to involve rerouting a line from a light fixture that he wasn’t using, and the wire from the wall switch had to be cut and then attached to the fan controls. Since the existing wire was in a tight spot in the attic and I was the smallest person there I was volunteered to do the dirty work. In I went with the wire cutters. They confirmed that the breaker had been opened. As soon as I squeezed the wire cutters I got a shower of sparks. Good thing the wire cutters were insulated.
 
lambertiana said:
That reminds me of the time I was helping a friend install a whole house fan for his attic. Instead of running a new electrical line his plan was to involve rerouting a line from a light fixture that he wasn’t using, and the wire from the wall switch had to be cut and then attached to the fan controls. Since the existing wire was in a tight spot in the attic and I was the smallest person there I was volunteered to do the dirty work. In I went with the wire cutters. They confirmed that the breaker had been opened. As soon as I squeezed the wire cutters I got a shower of sparks. Good thing the wire cutters were insulated.
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So your friend got confused about what an open breaker means?:oops:
 
afishhunter said:
Mens Abdita Mens Abdita said "Thanks - hey, you’re in NYC? So am I!"

My condolances to both gents.

my last load out of the NYC metro area picked up in Jamaca, NY. (AKA: "JFK International Airport").
It took over 8 hours to reach NJ via the JW bridge. (roughly 5 miles)
They had the lower level closed resurfacing, so everyone had to use the upper level.
Too many "people" and/or "humans" on that island. 🤨
I prefer under 40,000 populations cities. TBH 1600 of them in one city is plenty. 😇
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30+ years of driving a tractor trailer/ low boy around the city and all over creation too!!😉...Learned how to drive a. Trailer in Manhattan too.......Hell of a.place.to conquer your off tracking....🙄.....Lotsa sour.sleeps on the.corners😜
 
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