rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Dan Meyer) (02/01/91)
szarekw@lonexc.radc.af.mil (William J. Szarek) writes: >In article <1991Jan29.202923.11185@ms.uky.edu> ghot@s.ms.uky.edu (Allan Adler) writes: >> >>How do you know that the liquid does not separate into discrete >>drops as it falls ? If that were the case, then there would not >>be a connection between the source of the liquid and the source of >>electricity. The reason I raise this possibility is that I remember >>Allan Adler >>ghot@ms.uky.edu > >I *know* that the stream is steady enough. I live on a farm and was clearing >the brush from the fence line when time came to 'relieve' my self. *My* >stream made contact with the electric fence line. *TRUST ME* it will work. > >Fence electrifiers (if that is what they are called) can be picked up at >any Agaway or True Value Hardware /home and garden stores. > >It should solve your problem. I don't remove brush from the fence line anymore! >(I leave it to the hired man. . . but I watch ;-}) > >-buzz This reminds me of a summer on a farm with my grandparents. There was this particulerly nasty barn cat that I wanted to teach a lesson. I tried and tried to make him touch the electric fence and get the nasty shock; I had no luck. So, I grabbed him, touched him to the fence while holding his middle --- -- I was much more surprised than the cat about the nasty shock I recieved !!! -- Dan Meyer Remember: " Buffalo never Oink " Seen on a South Dakota travel brocure. Advertisment: Try the Railway Post Office , a railfan BBS ! (612) 377-2197. UUCP: {crash tcnet}!orbit!pnet51!rambler ARPA: crash!orbit!pnet51!rambler@nosc.mil INET: rambler@pnet51.orb.mn.org