[08:37] <daftykins> https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2022/01/10/who_me/#c_4393422
[08:37] <daftykins> morning all
[08:52] <zxmpi> o/
[08:54] <zxmpi> my boss a trained electrical engineer once took a dodgy crt monitor apart. after it had been plugged out for 2-3 days to fix it. was in different room when we heard a loud hiss/whine. walked into room of smoke and he was standing there with plasitc handle of screwdriver. the metal had evaporated.
[08:58] <daftykins> :o
[08:58] <daftykins> made the assumption that 3 days was enough to discharge? ooh
[09:00] <zxmpi> he acknowledged that he might have been a little hasty as it was a big monitor
[09:02] <daftykins> :)
[09:02] <zxmpi> my father took a belt from a step down transformer he made in 40s. only time i saw him enraged. it flipped him across the room and he hit wall about 6 foot from ground. he punched it into a permanently off state
[09:06] <daftykins> that'll teach it!
[09:14] <zxmpi> it wasn't going to cause anyone any trouble again
[13:12] <davef> morning folks
[13:14] <zxmpi> o/
[13:16] <daftykins> \o
[13:18] <davef> Thankfully the frozen hell hole of Hoth is lifting (slightly) .. at least my back door wasn't frozen shut this morning.
[13:18] <daftykins> excellent news!
[13:19] <zxmpi> so... does that make it angry goose or moose season? :-P
[13:20] <davef> The goosesesesssses are always angry in Canada.
[13:20] <zxmpi> but now they can open your back door
[13:22] <davef> I posted this a while back.. https://twitter.com/DavieDavieDave/status/1460326855429525507
[13:24] <daftykins> :)