Quote? What is your favorite quote?

[Antares JS]

Can you put this in context or was the next line "OFF WITH HIS HEAD"? Asking for a friend......

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/exorcist-reacts-to-dodgers-mockery
Msgr. Esseff is a Catholic priest who was discussing the controversy with the LA Dodgers and the sisters of perpetual indulgence drag group. No, he did not say "Off with their heads" or anything of the sort. He says to turn the other cheek, pity them, and pray for them.

 

[Cape Byron]

“I thought I’d discharged that capacitor.” Me, today.

 

[Grog6]

I've 2 3kv power supplies to repair; I have to wait for my board guy to be available. (that's the guy with a 2x4 to beat you loose from the electricity. Seriously.

 

[rocket_troy]

“I thought I’d discharged that capacitor.” Me, today.

Nah, that one's already been trademarked

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/diy-mishap-gm125141966-16905619
TP

 

[Sooner Boomer]

“I thought I’d discharged that capacitor.” Me, today.

...yeah

discharge
discharge
discharge
discharge
discharge
wait, there's more!

 

[Cape Byron]

...yeah

discharge
discharge
discharge
discharge
discharge
wait, there's more!

No pain, just scared the bejaysus out of me.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

No pain, just scared the bejaysus out of me.

That's good. I've thrown stuff across the room before, when I got zapped (not intentionally - muscle spasm).

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Back to quotes:

"They eat three meals a day in Texas; breakfast, dinner, and supper", Mary Kay Place "Waltz Across Texas"

 

[OverTheTop]

I've 2 3kv power supplies to repair; I have to wait for my board guy to be available. (that's the guy with a 2x4 to beat you loose from the electricity. Seriously.

Our previous model spectrometer had a 7kV 500mA supply. Deadly. You had to discharge it using a plastic wand to ground before touching. It was for a thermionic valve oscillator. The contemporary version is solid-state and uses 200V at 10A. Much safer.

 

[K'Tesh]

"When in doubt... C4" - Jamie Hyneman

"Jamie wants Big BOOM!!!" - Adam Savage

"There are few problems in this world that can't be solved with the suitable application of high explosives" - Joe King

 

[jqavins]

“I thought I’d discharged that capacitor.” Me, today.

Well, you have now.

Our previous model spectrometer had a 7kV... The contemporary version... uses 200V... Much safer.

"Safer" is relative. Remember, complacency kills.

 

[John Kemker]

“I thought I’d discharged that capacitor.” Me, today.

True story:

Back in the 80s, I attended DeKalb Community College, Central Campus. They had a small AM radio station that ran about 5 to 10 watts output into a "leaky coax" laid on the roof of the covered walkways. Could reach across the street on an overcast day. I was the "station engineer." Not that I was qualifie, or anything, just the most geeky of the staff.

96 Rock, WKLS, used to donate equipment/parts, etc. I was rummaging through the box of parts when I came across an electrolytic about the size of a soda can. It had two screw terminals on the top. To see if it was discharged, I held the terminals up to one of the tubular chrome legs of a desk in the lobby of the station. POW! Melted down into the steel of the table leg! I am so glad nobody actually touched the terminals before I discharged it!

 

[OverTheTop]

The big electrolytics should be stored with a shorting link across terminals. Otherwise charge builds up voltage to dangerous levels.

 

[Cape Byron]

 

[jqavins]

For many years, one of my favorite things to say has been "Oh well".

 

[Cape Byron]

For many years, one of my favorite things to say has been "Oh well".

I prefer the Aussie version which I can't say on this forum, but it rhymes with 'Truck Fit'.

 

[jqavins]

Or, there's a relaxation drug called F*kitol. (The OTC version is called Damitol.)

 

[jqavins]

Or, there's a relaxation drug called F*kitol. (The OTC version is called Damitol.)

Good news! The full strength version has been approved for OTC sale.

 

[KenECoyote]

 

[JohnCoker]

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
Life is short, nature is hostile, and man is ridiculous but oddly enough most
misfortunes have their compensations and with a certain humour and a good deal
of horse-sense one can make a fairly good job of what is after all a matter
of very small consequence.

W. Sommerset Maugham

 

[John Kemker]

"You keep using that word. I do not think that it means what you think it means.".

 

[SDramstad]

"You keep using that word. I do not think that it means what you think it means.".

Is very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.

 

[jqavins]

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.
Life is short, nature is hostile, and man is ridiculous but oddly enough most
misfortunes have their compensations and with a certain humour and a good deal
of horse-sense one can make a fairly good job of what is after all a matter
of very small consequence.

W. Sommerset Maugham

I've always had trouble with the "regret nothing" sentiments of various sorts. I regret the hurt I've caused others. Although those others and I may all forgive me, I will continue to regret it.

 

[JohnCoker]

I've always had trouble with the "regret nothing" sentiments of various sorts. I regret the hurt I've caused others. Although those others and I may all forgive me, I will continue to regret it.

I hadn't thought of that aspect. I still think think this is an excellent quote because it puts life into context.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

"...I'm all ears". H. Ross Perot, Oct. 11, 1992

 

[prfesser]

"I have come to the conclusion that the activity in which I have indulged over a half-century, is, in fact, not rocketry. In any form.

It is sanding."

Anonymous, mostly

 

[rocket_troy]

Baby - A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other

- Ronald Knox

 

[rocket_troy]

Banker - A fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and takes it back when it starts to rain.

Mark Twain

 

[lawn dart]

Is very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.

Have you considered piracy?

 

[Cape Byron]

“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ‘The Beatles did.’” - Kurt Vonnegut