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On Sun, 1 Jan 2006, Aaron Lanterman wrote:

> I slipped, got a good inch of the iron across the top of my hand by my thumb. 
> Felt like an idiot, I have no idea what possessed me to try that.

[ Oooh, veterans' war stories.  How can I pass this up... ]

That's just SOP for working with a soldering iron.  Working without
a soldering stand, feeding solder with my mouth, holding component
to board with one hand, I grab the wrong end of the iron and in
that moment before the pain really registers have time to think:
*this* is going to hurt.

m

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Monty Brandenberg