Floridatennisplayer
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I’m still waiting to do something dumb......now that was dumb!
Did you ever do anything dumb ?
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I just bought a new Toyota Corolla in 1971 - $1,875.00. I'm 19, cruisin' along, enjoying the AM radio. I stop at a light & it suddenly starts idling rough - the whole car shaking. I know nothing about mechanics. I opened the hood & noticed 3 plug wires connected & one just hanging there. (Engine still on, of course). At the time, I didn't know what they were, but I figured I'd just snap that loose one back on over the spark plug & see what happens. Well, that worked, but as soon as I snapped it in, I got a big shock up my arm & I was thrown back onto the pavement.
My friends really LOL'd when I told them what happened & I said, "I don't get it; a car runs on gas, not electricity, so how did I get electrocuted?"
My friends really LOL'd when I told them what happened & I said, "I don't get it; a car runs on gas, not electricity, so how did I get electrocuted?"
When I was around 19, I took my date to a restaurant. I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich. I really liked it. It seemed easy enough to make at home; I'm not much of a chef.
The next day, I put some cheese between 2 slices of bread & put it in the oven. A few minutes later, I smelled something burning. The bread caught fire & the cheese was burned......
My date later told me, "You better marry a woman who can cook."
The next day, I put some cheese between 2 slices of bread & put it in the oven. A few minutes later, I smelled something burning. The bread caught fire & the cheese was burned......
My date later told me, "You better marry a woman who can cook."
GeorgiaXplant
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Well, duh! It didn't occur to you to turn the engine off first? There's this thing called an alternator that converts mechanical energy into electricity. Zap! I thought guys were born knowing about cars. Wait. My grandson doesn't know how to change a tire. Never mind.
LOL! No, I didn't know what the alternator does & I never knew why it's called that. "Alternate" (to me), means a "different choice." I'm one of those guys who doesn't know & doesn't care about mechanical things. I also have no mechanical ability. I have changed a tire, however. I still don't know how we get light when we turn on a switch. I've had friends explain it to me, but when they're done, I ask, "So, how does the light go on?"
I think we all have certain abilities at birth & sometimes, we get a whole bunch of ability/talent in ONE specific area at the expense of other areas. My music teachers (starting at 4 years old) always told my mom, "I've never had a student play Bach at that age." Some things came easy to me that friends had a very hard time learning.
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GeorgiaXplant
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And the Sisters would tell my mother that they never had a student who still couldn't play the piano after eight years of lessons and never got past John Thompson's First Grade Book. However, I do know that if sitting at the right place on the piano bench, middle C is directly across from the belly button. And I can read music.
After years of designing long distance circuits for TPC, and later in my "career" migrating analog circuits to digital, I still cannot grasp how billions of voices can squeeze through skinny little telephone lines or float around in the air and get to where they're going.
We might all have certain abilities at birth, but after nearly 79 years, mine haven't surfaced. Sigh.
ETA: Alternator, like alternating current (AC). Then there's a generator, but those aren't used in cars anymore. A generator is, for all practical purposes, a dynamo. Does that simplify it for you?
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No, but it's sorta fun seein' ya try.
Reminds me of my algebra teacher in 8th grade. He couldn't get it through to me, either. He even told me, "If it ain't ♫♫, you ain't getting it."