RE: Fw: TI-H: Russian roulette
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RE: Fw: TI-H: Russian roulette
Not as bad as my mishap... or just plain stupidity. I did the same thing you
did, with the accidently grab the iron too low, right on the hot part, but,
the cord was too short, and with me being right handed, I had a tendency to
toss it to the right, while dropping it. Well, the cord went tight, and
sprung back right on to my lap! Lemme tell ya, I'm glad I was wearing jeans!
And man, you move quick with a 400 degree soldering iron in your lap about 3
inches away from, well, you know where! Of course, I jumped up, and the iron
landed right on the carpet, but it landed just right, so the hot part was
about a half inch away from the carpeted part. Boy I was glad it didn't melt
it (both the carpet and the jeans :) but I did learn since then, to put the
iron back in the holder when I get done using it, and to use a nice LONG
extension cord.. :)
-Jeff Dezur
jeffd@wwnet.net
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From: owner-ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
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Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 1998 11:28 PM
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: Fw: TI-H: Russian roulette
at my local bowling alley i was trying to hook up my CD player to one of the
jacks in the ground and the jack's cover was charged! I couldn't even bowl
after that! and damnit, I LOST!
heres a semi-related story that proves I am a complete idiot:
i was soldering some calc links.. i held the iron with my left hand. I
rested
the iron on the my cutting board while I adjusted the pieces... when I went
to
grip it again I gripped a little itty bit too low! I i felt it a little and
dropped the iron! right on my rug! Some of the rug melted... but none of it
caught fire... the only real damage was inflicted upon my self confidence..
=)
PS are the $100 irons better/more useful than the $6 ones from radio shack?
My crappy RS ones break every other minute.. is it worth buying a good one?
-DaVe! =)
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the Pope! +---<O-|--<
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