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Originally posted by Gitchigumee:
This is no lie, I tried changing a lightbulb last night, but alas, I was out of lightbulbs, and so I am still in the dark.
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Methinks you should invite Borderstone to stay he is I understand like Yuri quite a bright spark
But meanwhile GG try to refrain from sticking your fingers in the open socket , unless you are sure thst the light switch is off. How do you know if it is off?
1 If you put your finger in the socket and feel a strong tingle it is not off.
2 if you are in the US and the sytem is not a pair of two-way switches the main on/off switch's lever will be down
3 if on the other hand you are in the UK and I, believe, Australia the lever will be up (*** see below)
Don't ask me why but I do not think it has anything to do with whether the water drains out of a sink in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction... oh yus
from a blog on a scientific experiment made during a visit to Quito Ecuador on the equator at:-
http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/12/...-the-equator/-
"Draining water from a sink worked as expected. In the northern hemisphere, the water circled counter-clockwize. In the southern hemisphere, it circled clockwize. And right on the equater, the water drained straight down. The impressive part was the difference in draining methods was apparent in less than 10 feet on either side of the equator."
Obviously no (Keith) Urban Legend there!!
*** from a wiki at:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_switch
"The direction which represents "on" also varies by country. In the United States it is universal for the "on" position of a toggle switch to be "up", whereas in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand it is "down.""
John the "wise" not "wize" wotever neckst? No dowt sumebuddy will insist that there are metals or elements named "cadmium", "sodium" "uranium" and no it can't be write "aluminum"!!!