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Post by ChrisK on Jun 3, 2008 9:59:44 GMT -5
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Post by newey on Jun 3, 2008 20:43:07 GMT -5
LOL! Feldergarb strikes again!
"Electrons leaking out onto the carpet", funny as it is, is similar to what was a fairly common belief in the early days of household electricity.
Years ago, a friend of mine had an elderly grandmother, a Polish immigrant who had grown up in the 1920's, who firmly believed that something had to be plugged into every outlet in the house at all times, lest the electricity "leak out" of the open outlets. This would, she thought, run up the bill unnecessarily.
This was an early "urban legend" back in Edison's (and Tesla's) day.
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Post by ChrisK on Jun 3, 2008 22:09:10 GMT -5
Seriously, Feldergarb's G'ma told him the same story.
"Cept it wasn't a story, but the plain truth, dang it.
Standing in the "puddle of electrons" a'soaked into the carpet is why you got shocked when you touched the doorknob.
It didn't happen in the summer 'cuz the puddles evaporated.
I believe it since some folk actually call vacuum tubes "valves", and light switches, uh, "valves". (Feldergarb's G'ma did too, but then, her father was from Yorkshire.)
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