So I found out recently that I nearly died a few months ago.
My oven went kaput a few months ago. I took the advice of some guys at the local hardware store and started tinkering in the back panel. I powered off the main switch for the oven and unplugged everything as I was working. All that did was result in a short circuit. After some time, I finally got sick of using the toaster oven. I asked Rose to call a repair man and he arrived on Tuesday. He had seen what I had done, because I didn't replace everything, and because I had told Rose what to tell him. He said that there was still electricity in the oven, and that if I had touched another surface that would have been the end of me. Poor Rose would have come home to a smoking body.
I guess I'm lucky to be alive. Lesson: don't listen to a bunch of hacks from a hardware store. Listen only to the real deal.
UPDATE: Please check out my little Radio.Blog on the left hand side of the main page of this blog, currently only available in this skin. This week, it's Massive Attack's 100th Window, which is a good album if you are familiar with them, and great if you are not.
