Guest imported_SKYSTHELIMIT Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 On the electricity thing a while ago when I was in vo-tech a bunch of us started playing with high powered capacitors charging them up and welding them to the water fountains. I found a huge cap and cranked my power supply up to 400 volts dc. I don't know why for the life of me but I grabed the alligater clips with my bare hands and got the worst shock of my life. 400 volts right across the heart. Thank god it was only dc voltage or I would have been fried. My arms fell at my sides and I could not move them. They went completey numb. It took a half hour to get back to normal. Untill then I had to endure a slew of charlie horses from class mates who enjoyed giving me an @$$ whoopin while I could't fight back. Heck they could't hurt me though I was to numb to feel anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Indiana_Truck Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Frank,Have we met? I remember a guy I met in Chicago Ill. back in about 1985? that had a scar on his arm from that very thing. We were both in training for Combined Ins. Co. which turned out to be a joke I would rather forget. Could this have been you?Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Also known as a West Virginia credit card.Bill Boudway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Bob ~ Wasn't Combined Ins one of W. Clement Stone's properties?Always wondered who painted on his moustache. hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Indiana_Truck Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Thats him! Never forget that face. I still have the book they gave me. I think.Never did finish reading it and never will. Maybe I could put it on eBay and get rich. Didn't make any money with them but they said I would make $100 / day. Sounded good back then. Haven't seen anyone from that company for a while so I don't know if they are still around. (I think the face was plastic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Bob ~ I don't think it exists as a company anymore. It was "combined" into something else. For some reason I seem to think it is now AON Corp [or part of it], but I could be wrong.hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Combined Insurance Co. is now owned by AON, but still sells insurance. Mostly in the group worksite voluntary life and cancer market now. HQ still in Chicago area.Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Bob,Not having been to Chicago, nor being involved in the insurance profession, I would have to say that was somebody else...I was finishing-up high school near Baltimore in 1985... I do know that ever since, I do not wear metal-band watches very often, and definitely not when working on vehicles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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