12,000 volt cellphones!
Jan. 14th, 2006 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gizaOn the matter of the cellphone, I discovered that the local Verizon store was open until 8 PM tonight and didn't open until 11 AM tomorrow. So I figured it would be best if I got the phone issue taken care of tonight instead of waiting until tomorrow morning. That turned out to be a good idea, since the store was dead when I got there. So I got my E815 and left.
The lack of Bluetooth wasn't a big problem for me, since it only took me about half an hour to port my addressbook over and in the process discovered some cellphone numbers that weren't in my Mac's address book.
In other news, regarding high voltages, my father used to work as a lineman for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L) in years past. He read my recent LJ entry about transformers exploding and had this to say to me:
Then my Mom wrote me and shared her thoughts on the accident:
I guess it's pretty amazing how cellphones have changed our lives in ways like this.
The sneaking a beer into the hospital thing is pretty cool too. :-)
The lack of Bluetooth wasn't a big problem for me, since it only took me about half an hour to port my addressbook over and in the process discovered some cellphone numbers that weren't in my Mac's address book.
In other news, regarding high voltages, my father used to work as a lineman for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L) in years past. He read my recent LJ entry about transformers exploding and had this to say to me:
When I worked at PPL [before you were born] I saw at least two pots [that is what we called transformers] blow up.
I also remember the time I was working on a pole when another crewman got burned when two phase wires he was working on out of a bucket truck, got together. Then were rated at 12,000 volts to ground.
My back was to him at the time. It sounded like someone had fired a shotgun off next to MY head.
He received a lot on burns over the top half of his body.[Luckly he was working in a double bucket, the other lineman was able to move the bucket to saftey] He was on fire as they brought him down. He had to get a lot of skin grafts but returned to work a year later.
Also that movie about the POPE watching the break dancer should not surprise you. He had many youth groups perform for him.
I also remember the time I was working on a pole when another crewman got burned when two phase wires he was working on out of a bucket truck, got together. Then were rated at 12,000 volts to ground.
My back was to him at the time. It sounded like someone had fired a shotgun off next to MY head.
He received a lot on burns over the top half of his body.[Luckly he was working in a double bucket, the other lineman was able to move the bucket to saftey] He was on fire as they brought him down. He had to get a lot of skin grafts but returned to work a year later.
Also that movie about the POPE watching the break dancer should not surprise you. He had many youth groups perform for him.
Then my Mom wrote me and shared her thoughts on the accident:
My two cents on that accident: Dad and I were engaged. The news reported the accident but gave no names. I didn't know if it was your Dad burned or not. With no cell phones, all I could do was wait to hear. He finally did call and was really shook up. Dad said he and a buddy visited the guy in the hospital later and snuck a beer in for him.
I guess it's pretty amazing how cellphones have changed our lives in ways like this.
The sneaking a beer into the hospital thing is pretty cool too. :-)
