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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on July 12, 2007, 12:59:35 PM
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A cautionary tale for all but especially for Nick given his cataclysmic magnetism..
BOSTON (Reuters) - Here's a handy tip for joggers: If you think you might get caught in a thunderstorm, leave your music player at home.
Doctors at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada said a 37-year-old jogger wearing an iPod was burned on his chest, neck and face after the man and a nearby tree were struck by lightning in 2005. The burns traced the path of the earphones, they said.
The patient's eardrums were ruptured and the tiny bones in his middle ears were dislocated, the doctors wrote in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
The man's jawbone broke in four places and both jaw joints were dislocated, probably because the electric current made his jaw muscles contract violently, Eric Heffernan, Dr. Peter Munk and Dr. Luck Louis wrote in their letter.
The metal in the earphones helped channel the current and cause the injuries, they said.
"Although the use of a device such as an iPod may not increase the chances of being struck by lightning, in this case, the combination of sweat and metal earphones directed the current to, and through, the patient's head," they said.
Heffernan said it's not just iPod headphones that pose a risk. "I think that this has the potential to occur with any sort of headphones."
Two years later, more than half the patient's hearing is gone and he cannot hear high frequency sounds, even with hearing aids.
"He still jogs, and he bought a new iPod after the incident, but he leaves it at home now when he goes jogging," Heffernan, a radiologist, said in a telephone interview.
The National Weather Service has estimated that a person's odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 5,000. About 10 percent of those who are struck die.
"I think the message should be that, in the event that you're jogging and get caught in a thunderstorm, make sure your iPod is not in contact with your skin and remove the earphones from your ear," Heffernan said.
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A cautionary tale for all but especially for Nick given his cataclysmic magnetism..
BOSTON (Reuters) - Here's a handy tip for joggers: If you think you might get caught in a thunderstorm, leave your music player at home.
Doctors at Vancouver General Hospital in Canada said a 37-year-old jogger wearing an iPod was burned on his chest, neck and face after the man and a nearby tree were struck by lightning in 2005. The burns traced the path of the earphones, they said.
The patient's eardrums were ruptured and the tiny bones in his middle ears were dislocated, the doctors wrote in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine.
The man's jawbone broke in four places and both jaw joints were dislocated, probably because the electric current made his jaw muscles contract violently, Eric Heffernan, Dr. Peter Munk and Dr. Luck Louis wrote in their letter.
The metal in the earphones helped channel the current and cause the injuries, they said.
"Although the use of a device such as an iPod may not increase the chances of being struck by lightning, in this case, the combination of sweat and metal earphones directed the current to, and through, the patient's head," they said.
Heffernan said it's not just iPod headphones that pose a risk. "I think that this has the potential to occur with any sort of headphones."
Two years later, more than half the patient's hearing is gone and he cannot hear high frequency sounds, even with hearing aids.
"He still jogs, and he bought a new iPod after the incident, but he leaves it at home now when he goes jogging," Heffernan, a radiologist, said in a telephone interview.
The National Weather Service has estimated that a person's odds of being struck by lightning are 1 in 5,000. About 10 percent of those who are struck die.
"I think the message should be that, in the event that you're jogging and get caught in a thunderstorm, make sure your iPod is not in contact with your skin and remove the earphones from your ear," Heffernan said.
Is it me, or is that a bit pointless? If he can't hear worth a damn, what's the point in buying an iPod?
But then, what's the point in buying an iPod anyway?
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The bit that got me was the advice for if you are jogging and are caught in a thunderstorm. Surely you would me more inclined to get the hell home than anything else.
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When interviewed by the BBC, the man said Pardon!
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All very well but I walk round with one of these in my chest and stern warning to keep away from Arc Welding as the current can jump like lightning. Whenever there is lightning about I am fearful.
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And the fitting looks like this
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All very well but I walk round with one of these in my chest and stern warning to keep away from Arc Welding as the current can jump like lightning. Whenever there is lightning about I am fearful.
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And the fitting looks like this
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Perhaps you should invest in one of those rubber suits I hear you can buy from 'specialist' shops.....
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Sweaty though noooo:
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But pobably less sweaty than you would be when you are bricking it about lightning.
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rubschin:
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There was once this lady, old family friend, who was convinced that the safest place in a thunder storm was out in the car... rubber tyres insulating her from the possible lightning strike ;D
Out she'd go in the car at the merest sight of dark clouds.
We finally heard that she'd crashed the car ...
in the wet happy001
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::) ::)
Can't even spell 'Leeds'. noooo:
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And why's someone got him in a half Nelson?
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And why's someone got him in a half Nelson?
No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
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And why's someone got him in a half Nelson?
No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
Speak up ~ I can't quite make it out.
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No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
redface: It's been a long time since I watched wrestling.
Shoulder socket?
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No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
redface: It's been a long time since I watched wrestling.
Shoulder socket?
I can tell you that fitting the new batteries is a bugger eeek:
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No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
redface: It's been a long time since I watched wrestling.
Shoulder socket?
I can tell you that fitting the new batteries is a bugger eeek:
DIY involves a kitchen knife and copious quantities of kitchen towel I suppose?
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No, you are obviously not a wrestling fan, because that's an arm lock.
And more to the point, where on that device to you connect the earphones? Eh?
redface: It's been a long time since I watched wrestling.
Shoulder socket?
I can tell you that fitting the new batteries is a bugger eeek:
DIY involves a kitchen knife and copious quantities of kitchen towel I suppose?
A great deal of blood was involved! It is not pleasant but fortunately the batteries last about 6 to 7 years.
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
If only!
The point is that it is not a pacemaker but a defibrillator which, by definition, activates when I stop activating ~ Err ......... if you see what I mean.
To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
Interesting concept here. Vibrations generate power - using the heart beat. This power is then fed back to the device to make the heart beat hence producing more power. And so on, ad infinitum.
Gentlemen, we have solved the renewable energy conundrum!!
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
If only!
The point is that it is not a pacemaker but a defibrillator which, by definition, activates when I stop activating ~ Err ......... if you see what I mean.
To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
eeek: You have corrosive blood! eeek:
and there must be a pun in there somewhere for Darwin to connect with. Plenty of potential for wit, if he has the energy!
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To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
And they do all this now at Kwik Fit? Amazing eeek:
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
Interesting concept here. Vibrations generate power - using the heart beat. This power is then fed back to the device to make the heart beat hence producing more power. And so on, ad infinitum.
Gentlemen, we have solved the renewable energy conundrum!!
Actually the old fashioned Rotary action self-winding watch used a similar principle. No electricity of course but self winding none the less. If I remember the principle correctly it had an off set weight that swung round inside the watch case as you moved your arm and that was sufficient to keep the watch spring wound.
Presumably a w@nk would cause you to arrive early for appointments! lol:
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
If only!
The point is that it is not a pacemaker but a defibrillator which, by definition, activates when I stop activating ~ Err ......... if you see what I mean.
To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
eeek: You have corrosive blood! eeek:
and there must be a pun in there somewhere for Darwin to connect with. Plenty of potential for wit, if he has the energy!
Of course I have corrosive blood ~ we don't all have embalming fluid in our veins you know.
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
If only!
The point is that it is not a pacemaker but a defibrillator which, by definition, activates when I stop activating ~ Err ......... if you see what I mean.
To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
eeek: You have corrosive blood! eeek:
and there must be a pun in there somewhere for Darwin to connect with. Plenty of potential for wit, if he has the energy!
Of course I have corrosive blood ~ we don't all have embalming fluid in our veins you know.
drumroll:
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There was an article in the news a few days back about a mini generator that runs on vibrations being invented so batteries may soon be a thing of the past for your pacemaker as long as you are the active sort.
If only!
The point is that it is not a pacemaker but a defibrillator which, by definition, activates when I stop activating ~ Err ......... if you see what I mean.
To be strictly accurate they replace the whole unit and the leads not just the batteries because of the potential for corrosion that can effect the efficiency of the leads.
eeek: You have corrosive blood! eeek:
and there must be a pun in there somewhere for Darwin to connect with. Plenty of potential for wit, if he has the energy!
No one can hear you scream. . .
Don't make him think about Sigourney Weaver or he will need a battery change. ;)
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Actually the old fashioned Rotary action self-winding watch used a similar principle. No electricity of course but self winding none the less. If I remember the principle correctly it had an off set weight that swung round inside the watch case as you moved your arm and that was sufficient to keep the watch spring wound.
Presumably a w@nk would cause you to arrive early for appointments! lol:
redface: Not sure about that. In fact, I could not possibly comment.
I have an "automatic" watch , it is a good, expensive Seiko, purchased in Gibraltar, as one of a pair. About a year after I had it, it began to run slow, so I took it to a watch repair shop (in France) to have new batteries. Went back half an hour later to a lot of sniggering and Gallic shrugs, and the immortal works, "zees watch does not take zee piles (batteries) you must... how do I say?.... move faster." Bloody cheek. redface: redface: Having said that, I just had a nasty shock, I set it by the atomic clock in the lounge this morning and have been out walking for most of the day. When I just checked it I thought I must be dead, it said 16h40 when the atomic clock showed 17h50. The second hand is just crawling around. Bah!
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The second hand is just crawling around. Bah!
Sounds like it has got piles after all.
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Actually the old fashioned Rotary action self-winding watch used a similar principle. No electricity of course but self winding none the less. If I remember the principle correctly it had an off set weight that swung round inside the watch case as you moved your arm and that was sufficient to keep the watch spring wound.
Presumably a w@nk would cause you to arrive early for appointments! lol:
redface: Not sure about that. In fact, I could not possibly comment.
I have an "automatic" watch , it is a good, expensive Seiko, purchased in Gibraltar, as one of a pair. About a year after I had it, it began to run slow, so I took it to a watch repair shop (in France) to have new batteries. Went back half an hour later to a lot of sniggering and Gallic shrugs, and the immortal works, "zees watch does not take zee piles (batteries) you must... how do I say?.... move faster." Bloody cheek. redface: redface: Having said that, I just had a nasty shock, I set it by the atomic clock in the lounge this morning and have been out walking for most of the day. When I just checked it I thought I must be dead, it said 16h40 when the atomic clock showed 17h50. The second hand is just crawling around. Bah!
Well I never said Rotary were the only people that made them.