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Ungrounded Electrical outlets Jeff Sapocinik 12-21-2006
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Posted by Eric in North TX on December 23, 2006, 8:01 am



Personally I tire of hearing about ungrounded outlets. Reality check;
my bet is that well over half of the dwellings in the U.S. have
ungrounded outlets, and people have lived long full lives in them. I'll
also bet that your chances of actually having a fatal or even
debilitating shock are up there with winning the lottery and getting
struck by lightning. This is all just hype, part of the lowest common
denominator, lets idiot proof everything thing. I say lets thin out the
gene pool, why let idiots live to reproduce more idiots.


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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on December 23, 2006, 9:09 am



Eric in North TX wrote:
> Personally I tire of hearing about ungrounded outlets. Reality check;
> my bet is that well over half of the dwellings in the U.S. have
> ungrounded outlets, and people have lived long full lives in them. I'll
> also bet that your chances of actually having a fatal or even
> debilitating shock are up there with winning the lottery and getting
> struck by lightning. This is all just hype, part of the lowest common
> denominator, lets idiot proof everything thing. I say lets thin out the
> gene pool, why let idiots live to reproduce more idiots.

well over the years I have haD SOME APPLIANCES INTERNALLY SHORT TO
GROUND, PRIMARILY WIRES BURNING OFF AND HITTING THE FRAME:(

anyhow if these werent grounded someone could of gotten a lethal
shock......... children and elderly are espically at risk.

I also see this in my business I repair offce machines primarily roll
laminators. At least once a month a wire burns off a switch or
similiar.

ground has indeed saved lives


Posted by Pop` on December 23, 2006, 2:16 pm


hallerb@aol.com wrote:
> Eric in North TX wrote:
>> Personally I tire of hearing about ungrounded outlets. Reality check;
>> my bet is that well over half of the dwellings in the U.S. have
>> ungrounded outlets, and people have lived long full lives in them.
>> I'll also bet that your chances of actually having a fatal or even
>> debilitating shock are up there with winning the lottery and getting
>> struck by lightning. This is all just hype, part of the lowest common
>> denominator, lets idiot proof everything thing. I say lets thin out
>> the gene pool, why let idiots live to reproduce more idiots.
>
> well over the years I have haD SOME APPLIANCES INTERNALLY SHORT TO
> GROUND, PRIMARILY WIRES BURNING OFF AND HITTING THE FRAME:(
>
> anyhow if these werent grounded someone could of gotten a lethal
> shock......... children and elderly are espically at risk.
>
> I also see this in my business I repair offce machines primarily roll
> laminators. At least once a month a wire burns off a switch or
> similiar.
>
> ground has indeed saved lives

"could of"? could have
"espically"? especially
"business I"? business. I
"office"? office
"ground"? Ground

YOU have a "business offce"? Wow!




Posted by Jeff Sapocinik on December 23, 2006, 10:09 am


Thanks for your advice!

Eric in North TX wrote:
> Personally I tire of hearing about ungrounded outlets. Reality check;
> my bet is that well over half of the dwellings in the U.S. have
> ungrounded outlets, and people have lived long full lives in them. I'll
> also bet that your chances of actually having a fatal or even
> debilitating shock are up there with winning the lottery and getting
> struck by lightning. This is all just hype, part of the lowest common
> denominator, lets idiot proof everything thing. I say lets thin out the
> gene pool, why let idiots live to reproduce more idiots.


Posted by Rick on December 23, 2006, 10:56 am



>
> Personally I tire of hearing about ungrounded outlets. Reality check;
> my bet is that well over half of the dwellings in the U.S. have
> ungrounded outlets, and people have lived long full lives in them. I'll
> also bet that your chances of actually having a fatal or even
> debilitating shock are up there with winning the lottery and getting
> struck by lightning. This is all just hype, part of the lowest common
> denominator, lets idiot proof everything thing. I say lets thin out the
> gene pool, why let idiots live to reproduce more idiots.
>

Because then there would be no one left to post some of the more entertaining
questions to
alt.home.repair....




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