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Old 04-11-2007, 10:45   #61
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I just let my wife buy them.
I guess I could let her use them, but not sure if I could let her plug them in yet.




oh i'm in so much trouble if she reads this.
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Old 04-11-2007, 14:24   #62
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74% on top of that I couldn't even figure out which ones I got wrong.
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Old 04-11-2007, 15:26   #63
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Brave man Knotty Buoyz. LOL
Well I just ruined about $100 worth of electrical equipment trying to wire up a vacuum controlled switch to my vacuum pump. Sparks were flying and that mysterious blue smoke from the relay. *sigh*

Maybe I should have let KnottyGirls do it eh?
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Old 04-11-2007, 16:19   #64
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If you let KnottyGirls do it at least there is a less chance you "you" getting electrocuted. You could be helpful and stand by the house breaker with a beer in your hand, I suppose...

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Old 04-11-2007, 17:49   #65
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That's why the women in Cambodia walk twenty paces ahead of their husbands. Land mines. Those guys are smart.
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Maybe I should have let KnottyGirls do it eh?
Sheez, I said the electrical part was my weak area. Apparently we share that!

I just put an additional fire extinguisher under your work bench, dear.

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Old 04-11-2007, 23:11   #67
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Yeah but if he lets you do it, at least he has someone to blame.


If he dear that is.
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