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@rookie54 saidNEVER try to recharge flashlight batteries by plugging an electrical
never walk right behind a horse whist the animal is feeding
cord into a wall outlet, then sticking the 2 wires on opposite sides
of the battery. Results:
1. The battery swells up, turns black, and starts to smoke.
2. The main breaker switch flips, turning off all the lights in
the house.
3. If you're a 10-year-old kid, you'll probably catch a whipping
from Dad.
Let the record reflect this was the beginning (and end) of my
6 min. career as "Junior Scientist" 😳
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@mchill saidOn Tuesday nights my parents used to go bowling at a “Club” we belonged to. We weren’t allowed to watch TV while they were gone. Brilliant GBS thought he and his two siblings would outfox them. He would have his siblings watch to make sure the folks had left and off we’d go to the Rec Room to watch TV. My parents suspected that maybe, just maybe we weren’t following orders and made a plan. One Tuesday evening we did our routine and much to my surprise the TV wouldn’t come on. So GBS thought, “ gee I’d better call the club and tell dad about the issue” (I wasn’t a particularly smart fellow). When I told him, over the phone about the situation he said, “And you know this, how?”. Damn busted. This was in the late 50s and TVs had tubes. He had just removed the one that apparently started to set.
NEVER try to recharge flashlight batteries by plugging an electrical
cord into a wall outlet, then sticking the 2 wires on opposite sides
of the battery. Results:
1. The battery swells up, turns black, and starts to smoke.
2. The main breaker switch flips, turning off all the lights in
the house.
3. If you're a 10-year-old kid, you'll probably catch a whipping
f ...[text shortened]... et the record reflect this was the beginning (and end) of my
6 min. career as "Junior Scientist" 😳
@orangutan saidghoti
Their weird rules handed down from the ancients.
I find they reinforce my understanding of language and help me avoid idiocies of spelling.
Usually I'm neither correct or scientific, especially with the fanciest words.
pronounced "fish".
Engrish spelling is abominable. Probably because it's a mishmash of Saxon, French, Latin, American, and whatever the Celts gibbered.
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@Drewnogal said“ Nous ne pouvons pas vivre dans une bulle”.
Gdyby kózka nie skakala, to by nózki nie zlamala
….. which translates as ‘If the goat didn't jump, she wouldn't have broken her leg’.
I was told this by my parents whenever I fell and hurt myself.
