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![]() "Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun'" wrote: In article , mentioned... A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He survived to make the video, but as a double amputee. I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details. Tom, N3IJ Well, that's a helluva way to become a celebrity! But on observation, the amputee must've been a DOD civilian, because he couldn't have remained in the AF without his legs. Or whatever was amputated. Or maybe he did the narration after he had recovered and was discharged. I wouldn't count on it. My Brother-in-Law lost a leg while in the airforce and served more than 20 years after that before he retired, picked up quite a few promotions along the way. I think you will find that amputees have served in the USAF, RAF, RCAF, RCN and probably several other military services over the years. Admittedly they lost their limbs after they joined the service. From what I can recall one USAF aircrew member lost a limb in a (B-47)? crash, the RCN guy lost one after his aircraft went off a carrier and he passed under the carrier and lost, I think a leg. The most famous is probably Douglas Bader who lost both legs and went on to serve as a fighter pilot in WWII. One thing they all have in common is that they fought like hell to stay in. Dave |
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![]() "Watson A.Name - 'Watt Sun'" wrote: In article , mentioned... A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He survived to make the video, but as a double amputee. I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details. Tom, N3IJ Well, that's a helluva way to become a celebrity! But on observation, the amputee must've been a DOD civilian, because he couldn't have remained in the AF without his legs. Or whatever was amputated. Or maybe he did the narration after he had recovered and was discharged. I wouldn't count on it. My Brother-in-Law lost a leg while in the airforce and served more than 20 years after that before he retired, picked up quite a few promotions along the way. I think you will find that amputees have served in the USAF, RAF, RCAF, RCN and probably several other military services over the years. Admittedly they lost their limbs after they joined the service. From what I can recall one USAF aircrew member lost a limb in a (B-47)? crash, the RCN guy lost one after his aircraft went off a carrier and he passed under the carrier and lost, I think a leg. The most famous is probably Douglas Bader who lost both legs and went on to serve as a fighter pilot in WWII. One thing they all have in common is that they fought like hell to stay in. Dave |
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In article ,
mentioned... A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He survived to make the video, but as a double amputee. I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details. Tom, N3IJ Well, that's a helluva way to become a celebrity! But on observation, the amputee must've been a DOD civilian, because he couldn't have remained in the AF without his legs. Or whatever was amputated. Or maybe he did the narration after he had recovered and was discharged. "Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. -- @@F@r@o@m@@O@r@a@n@g@e@@C@o@u@n@t@y@,@@C@a@l@,@@w@ h@e@r@e@@ ###Got a Question about ELECTRONICS? Check HERE First:### http://users.pandora.be/educypedia/e...s/databank.htm My email address is whitelisted. *All* email sent to it goes directly to the trash unless you add NOSPAM in the Subject: line with other stuff. alondra101 at hotmail.com Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers. Go to the URL that will give you a choice and save you money(up to half). http://www.everybookstore.com You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html @@t@h@e@@a@f@f@l@u@e@n@t@@m@e@e@t@@t@h@e@@E@f@f@l@ u@e@n@t@@ |
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A former member of the Air Force told me about a safety training video
narrated by a transmitter tech who did not observe *all* the procedures. He survived to make the video, but as a double amputee. I was told that this training video was part of the curriculum for so many years that the principal character became somewhat of a celebrity. Perhaps someone with more direct knowledge can add or correct the details. Tom, N3IJ "Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill I died from one 20 years ago. |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill I died from one 20 years ago. |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? [.sig_snip] My first clear memory of my life is the few minutes immediately after of my dad's warning me not to poke a finger in a light socket while he fetched a new bulb. Dad left the room and 2-3 year old Eric headed straight for the (now empty) lamp socket. Amazing how clear a memory can be after decades. The closest death by electrocution I've suffered was in the mid 1980's. Our disposal protocol required us to let air into CRTs. For some reason, I powered up the monitor before I disposed of it. I unplugged it, took the back off, donned my leather gloves, grabbed my uninsulated pliers and, with one hand on the steel case, snipped the nipple off of the 25" CRT. I remember the world getting almost completely covered by a big dark. I didn't get thrown or loose consciousness. My arm ached for a little while, that big dark is still with me from time to time. Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived? If anyone has made that journey, I'd be curious to know if your experience was similar to people who have survived a "fatal" drowning (great peace, white light, etc.). EI |
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 03:29:47 GMT, Eric Immel
wrote: Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived? That's pretty close to what I'm getting at. What I *am* actually get at is that theoretical physicists are coming around to the rather extraordinary view that one cannot from one's own perspective be killed by any sudden and dramatic life event. No matter how bad the shock, you will always 'come around' to find that you've survived. The tricky bit is that you'll probably have found yourself in a different reality to the one you left. In the one you've left, observers will see your cold, dead, smoking body lying sparko on the ground. Your relatives will grieve, your obituary will be written. But *you* won't know anything of that. You'll just believe you've had a lucky escape; you'll go home and tell your friends and family all about it and years later maybe you'll tell others via the Internet. Sounds nuts? Incredible as it may seem, the majority of physicists currently working in this field now believe this to be the case! And we're talking world-class theoreticians here, not just the kooks who post to alt.sci.theories. For further info, try Googling for the following: Many Worlds theory Max Tegel Quantum suicide experiment Quantum Theory of Imortality David Deutsche Schroedinger's Cat -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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![]() "Paul Burridge" wrote in message = ... On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 03:29:47 GMT, Eric Immel wrote: =20 Paul, are you asking if anyone has been killed, then revived?=20 =20 That's pretty close to what I'm getting at. What I *am* actually get at is that theoretical physicists are coming around to the rather extraordinary view that one cannot from one's own perspective be killed by any sudden and dramatic life event. No matter how bad the shock, you will always 'come around' to find that you've survived. The tricky bit is that you'll probably have found yourself in a different reality to the one you left. In the one you've left, observers will see your cold, dead, smoking body lying sparko on the ground. Your relatives will grieve, your obituary will be written. But *you* won't know anything of that. You'll just believe you've had a lucky escape; you'll go home and tell your friends and family all about it and years later maybe you'll tell others via the Internet. Sounds nuts? Incredible as it may seem, the majority of physicists currently working in this field now believe this to be the case! And we're talking world-class theoreticians here, not just the kooks who post to alt.sci.theories. =20 For further info, try Googling for the following: Many Worlds theory Max Tegel Quantum suicide experiment Quantum Theory of Imortality David Deutsche Schroedinger's Cat Are yes, the multiverse people. I think David Deutsche still has his page up on qubits.org Alex |
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