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So, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.

We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.

(, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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Obscure foundry related dirty secret
This is a little obscure. In order to bump up the nitrogen content of some steels and aluminium alloys, foundrymen will piss into the molten metal.

This is the basis of an urban legend in foundries - some metal is melted in electric induction furnaces. If you piss into them - so the legend goes - the current will travel up the piss stream and fry you. I was told this when working in a foundry on a student job - was meant to be the reason for a ghost that haunted the foundry.

Incidentally, another student I worked with there always introduced himself as 'Steve'. Eventually we found out his last name was Wanklyn. Tee hee.
(, Fri 28 Sep 2007, 18:53, Reply)

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