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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If it's a 9 volt or watch battery I just lick the terminals

[–] ElJefe@lemm.ee 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I had a bad habit of touching the negative pole of a AA or AAA battery to my upper lip, and the positive to my tongue, and you can feel a bit of current and sort of gauge how much charge the battery had. One day I saw this mini battery for a camera just laying around. I did it without realizing it was an A23 12 volt camera battery. I literally saw lightning in my eyes and never did that again without making sure I wasn’t going over the usual 1.5 volt AAs.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was installing lights once on a stepladder. Asked my girlfriend at the time, "can you switch off the fuse for the bedroom?". "Sure thing!" was the reply. I got a massive jolt that spread down my body and rattled the ladder. Somehow didn't fall. Just stepped down and processed a few things.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lights were on the fuse marked "lights" and she switched off the wall sockets?

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

so it was a misunderstanding between "sure thing" meaning "I've already done it" and "sure thing" meaning "I'm on may way to do it"

[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 2 points 8 months ago

It's still the best way to determine if it has charge and how full it is and nothing will change my mind.