"Neil" wrote in message
o.uk...

"ARWadsworth" wrote in message
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Sod Teddy Bears. This article reminded me of my first childhood DIY
experiments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8154757.stm


So what DIY experiments did you perform as a child? I know that one
regular poster deliberately electrocuted his sister.

Adam


I wondered what would happen if i wired a 240v - 12v transformer the wrong
way round...

Well, when I could see again, my fingers were black, with soot,
thankfully, and the fuse in the plug simply disn't exist any more.


Oh, and there was the time I made a home-made 'firework' boosted with
magnesium pinched from the school chemistry lab.
According to witnesses, my head was enveloped in a ball of flame - it had a
similar (temporary) effect on my eysight and I staggered home without
eyebrows,

N