A Conversation for Static Electric Discharges and How To Prevent Them Zapping You
Electric Grandmother and 'Sliders';
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Feb 23, 2008
Today's Daily Mail carried a story about a lady whose presence around electrical appliances seems to cause them to fail - spectacularly.
Apparently her body is capable of storingsubstantial amounts of static electricity, generated by friction during her normal movements.
This echoes a similar story concerning a lady called Debbie Wolf who claims to be a 'slider' -someone whose presence interferes with household appliances and who can turn street lights off.
Apparently, this phenonomenon has a name - Street Light Interference Syndrome (SLI):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=517487&in_page_id=1770
Electric Grandmother and 'Sliders';
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Feb 23, 2008
May I congratulate you, sir, on a fantastic conversation title?
TRiG.
Electric Grandmother and 'Sliders';
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Feb 23, 2008
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