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Subject - Verb Agreement

14 April 2015 21:50

There's pretty much no way that I can describe the act of cutting a live, 240V mains-voltage, wire in half with a pair of scissors which doesn't make me look like an idiot.

Yet yesterday evening that is exactly what I did.

There were mitigating circumstances, but trying to explain them would make little sense unless you could see the scene.

In conclusion: I'm alive, although I almost wasn't.

My scissors? They have a hole in them.

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icon Hubert at 15:37 on 14 April 2015

I'm glad you're OK.

icon Elessar at 16:29 on 14 April 2015
http://tanguy.ortolo.eu/

Glad you are alive and well! Now, throw that multimeter to the trash can, along with the scissors, before someone kills himself after trusting it.

icon adam at 17:16 on 14 April 2015

Just for the record the recommended fool-proof procedure before working on mains is using cheap voltage tester pen that was tested on known live socket first.

icon Francesco at 17:38 on 14 April 2015
http://www.ariis.it

One big #yolo moment! Glad to hear you are still in one piece (well, in one piece and uncooked)!

icon Gregor at 08:43 on 15 April 2015

Hi,

you are the nominee of the month for the Darwin Award ;-)