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A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

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Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were the
'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who had
just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging rumors--about me
took her record player to my friend for needle replacement. He told me,
so while we had it, we rigged up all four sides of a flashcube to the
power switch and placed it under the turntable. The suspension left a
gap that probably made it a pretty spectacular display the first time
she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers. The
two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains from
flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else apparently
loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all that...this
was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the effect was much
more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced in tech rehearsals.
Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as there is a picture of the
exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud boom;
and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak

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jakdedert wrote:
Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were the
'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who had
just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging rumors--about me
took her record player to my friend for needle replacement. He told me,
so while we had it, we rigged up all four sides of a flashcube to the
power switch and placed it under the turntable. The suspension left a
gap that probably made it a pretty spectacular display the first time
she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers. The
two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains from
flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else apparently
loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all that...this
was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the effect was much
more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced in tech rehearsals.
Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as there is a picture of the
exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud boom;
and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak

Pretty good.
When I was a tech with Philps T&M we had a rather annoying technician
working in the department. He had the odd habit of leaving the 'scope
CRTs he changed out on the side of the bench. I got to work early one
morning and using the anode supply of a scope I very carefully charged
up all the CRTs on his bench. His reaction as he "discovered" this was
well worth getting to work an hour early.


--
Mike McGinn
"more kidneys than eyes"
Registered Linux User 377849

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Mike McGinn wrote:
jakdedert wrote:
Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were
the 'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who
had just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging
rumors--about me took her record player to my friend for needle
replacement. He told me, so while we had it, we rigged up all four
sides of a flashcube to the power switch and placed it under the
turntable. The suspension left a gap that probably made it a pretty
spectacular display the first time she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers.
The two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains
from flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else
apparently loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all
that...this was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the
effect was much more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced
in tech rehearsals. Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as
there is a picture of the exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it
when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud boom;
and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak

Pretty good.
When I was a tech with Philps T&M we had a rather annoying technician
working in the department. He had the odd habit of leaving the 'scope
CRTs he changed out on the side of the bench. I got to work early one
morning and using the anode supply of a scope I very carefully charged
up all the CRTs on his bench. His reaction as he "discovered" this was
well worth getting to work an hour early.


Whoo! How many of them did he pick up before he got wise?

jak

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jakdedert wrote:
Mike McGinn wrote:
jakdedert wrote:
Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were
the 'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who
had just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging
rumors--about me took her record player to my friend for needle
replacement. He told me, so while we had it, we rigged up all four
sides of a flashcube to the power switch and placed it under the
turntable. The suspension left a gap that probably made it a pretty
spectacular display the first time she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers.
The two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains
from flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else
apparently loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all
that...this was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the
effect was much more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced
in tech rehearsals. Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as
there is a picture of the exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it
when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud
boom; and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak

Pretty good.
When I was a tech with Philps T&M we had a rather annoying technician
working in the department. He had the odd habit of leaving the 'scope
CRTs he changed out on the side of the bench. I got to work early one
morning and using the anode supply of a scope I very carefully charged
up all the CRTs on his bench. His reaction as he "discovered" this was
well worth getting to work an hour early.


Whoo! How many of them did he pick up before he got wise?

jak
Once he hit one, physiology took over and he hit all of them. There were
seven or eight of them. It was like making popcorn.

--
Mike McGinn
"more kidneys than eyes"
Registered Linux User 377849

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"Ish" wrote in message
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Excellent stuff !
It brings back memories for most of us I guess.
I remember two things that really stink, each with their own unmistakeable
aroma:
1 An exploding electroytic capacitor.......makes a mess too !
2 A burning-out selenium metal rectifier.......anyone present usually
blames you or the dog !

However my real gem was when I lived in an old house converted to flats, two
teenage girls in
the flat below insisted on playing their stereo at full blast, shaking my
floor.
After numerous complaints it still went on when they returned from clubbing
at 2:30 am, so
when they were out I lifted a floorboard in my room and found the cable
leading down to
their power socket. Dangerously working with the live cable I seperated the
conductors
after removing 4" of the outer sheath, inserted a junction box and a
changeover switch which
I connected to the output of a big P.A. anode supply transformer (1,250
volts)
I waited until the racket started when they returned with their boyfriends
at 2 AM, and threw
the switch..........the result was spectacular.......screaming
females....loud expletives from the males...
and finally opening windows and doors to let the smoke out.
The next moring the offending stereo was dumped in the yard and I removed
all evidence of my
efforts. Later when one of the girls asked me what the cause might have
been, I glibly told her
"It's playing it too loud which causes that"
And peace reigned in those flats until I moved on.

I also remember a timber electricity pole, which carried a high tension
supply of 11,000 volts
falling into a water filled ditch during a gale.......that lit up the sky a
bit !

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"RF" wrote in message
...
Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken
I have a MAC and can't open it. Sorry I bought this POS.

Hey hey hey! Nothing wrong with macs! Video clip wasn't that good anyway.
Looked staged to me.

Tom

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hifi-tek wrote:
"RF" wrote in message
...
I have a MAC and can't open it. Sorry I bought this POS.

Hey hey hey! Nothing wrong with macs! Video clip wasn't that good anyway.
Looked staged to me.


Yeah - three different MACs here - they all open it... sounds like RTFM
to me...

--
randy guttery

A Tender Tale - a page dedicated to those Ships and Crews
so vital to the United States Silent Service:
http://tendertale.com

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jakdedert wrote:
Mike McGinn wrote:
jakdedert wrote:
Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were
the 'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who
had just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging
rumors--about me took her record player to my friend for needle
replacement. He told me, so while we had it, we rigged up all four
sides of a flashcube to the power switch and placed it under the
turntable. The suspension left a gap that probably made it a pretty
spectacular display the first time she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers.
The two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains
from flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else
apparently loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all
that...this was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the
effect was much more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced
in tech rehearsals. Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as
there is a picture of the exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it
when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud
boom; and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak

Pretty good.
When I was a tech with Philps T&M we had a rather annoying technician
working in the department. He had the odd habit of leaving the 'scope
CRTs he changed out on the side of the bench. I got to work early one
morning and using the anode supply of a scope I very carefully charged
up all the CRTs on his bench. His reaction as he "discovered" this was
well worth getting to work an hour early.


Whoo! How many of them did he pick up before he got wise?

jak