Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:fumi3c$fjt$3
@aioe.org:

> I rigged the TV's and stereo's outlets and all of
> the 1st floor lights with those X-10 remote control power modules.

We had very cute apprentice trainees in our calibration lab at Charleston
Naval Shipyard and took great delight in pulling gags like this on them.

I remember one particularly great gag which involved plugging a sweet
thang's workbench into a thermal christmas tree blinker during her lunch
break. All afternoon, her bench power went on...and off....and on....and
off, how fast depending on what load was put on it.

She was a very independent type and always refused anyone who wanted to
help her learn new electronic ideas or help her solve problems. After
discovering her independence, most everyone in the shop simply let her
alone. It was all we could do to keep from rolling on the floor watching
her bench going on and off and Miss Independence NEVER SAYING A WORD about
it all afternoon.

Quitting time came, she packed up her stuff and left right on time as
usual. After she'd gone, we took the blinker out of her power strip and
noone ever mentioned it again. Next morning, her bench ran perfect and she
never said a word.

PRICELESS.....(c;

Did you ever pull the gas mileage tricks on some braggart telling your
group the fantastic gas mileage his new car or truck got?