Near Death ExperiencesLast time I crashed my bike, as I flew through the air towards the car in front of me not much went through my head apart from "You idiot". No tunnels, no lights to stay away from, no smiling family members beckoning to me.
Surely you've had a better near-death experience?
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chthonic, Thu 25 Nov 2004, 11:35)
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Shocking StoryI think I was about 12, and I had just heard about electromagnets in school. I wasn't actually taught how they worked, but I was determined to make one. I got home retired to my room and decided to make an electromagnet. I went down to the furnace room and got two long pieces of thick, heavy-duty, wire. I then went upstairs to the fridge and took a magnet. (you can see where this is going). I thought to myself how easy this would be. I taped, yes taped, one end of each wire to the magnet. Then, without thinking, I jammmed the other ends into a nearby wall socket. As soon as I did this several blue sparks shot out in a fraction of a second before the breaker shut itself down. This could have ended differently-thank God the wires were insulated!
(, Fri 26 Nov 2004, 22:35, Reply)
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