wrote:

When the offender isn't around, poke a small hole in the
paper dome over the speaker coil and squirt a little superglue in
there. Removes all the bass and most of the treble. I've used that to
good effect. Another guy had a radio that made way too much noise, so
I opened it and twisted one of the transistors so the leads shorted.
The twit found it, believe it or not, even though he had no clue about
electronics. I got serious with the next one, smashed it flat in the
hydraulic press. Ran another through the pressure cabinet washer; 180-
degree caustic washes all the music out of a radio. On another, I
tuned it to the classical-music station and superglued the tuning
mechanism to that spot.


I had a neighbor who would bum rides. As soon as you started the
engine, he would change the radio to his favorite station. I had a nice
63 Pontiac Catalina convertible with a factory AM radio. He got in one
day and got really ****ed because he could turn the knobs, and the dial
would move, but the station didn't change, and neither did the volume.
When the station identified as a FM country station and he freaked out.
He was yelling, "There's something wrong with the radio!", "There's
something wrong with the radio!" I told him "It sounds ok, to me." He
never asked for another ride.


These and many other tricks escalated to fantastic levels at one
point, but we were sure having fun. I noticed that production was up
when we had fun, and told the boss I (as shop foreman) was going to
allow it to continue, within reason. He didn't like that. Had no sense
of humor.


You need sense, before you can have a sense of humor.


Production and morale fell off after I left, they told me.
Nobody ever got hurt through those 12 years of playfulness.

I could have written a thick book on all the practical jokes we
played. I can just see OSHA trying to get it pulled off the bookstore
shelves.


If the shop is really humid, just pour a little salt on the circuit
board. By the time it quits working, it won't be worth repairing. It
might even give a little light show and lots of distortion as it dies.
;-)


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