chris French wrote in message ...
Been visiting my parents for a week, as usual did a few jobs around the
place for them.

One was to fit an old kitchen cupboard on the wall in the new utility
room.

Hold cupboard up on the wall deciding where they want it, I comment it
needs to be high enough to give access to the sockets and FCU's below.

Decide on placing, mark out and drill the first hole for the fixing
screws, drill goes off line a bit.. Peer into hole, notice something
shiny - realise it's the exposed live conductor of the ring main feeding
the above mentioned sockets etc.........

God - I did exactly the same a few years back. Except with me, it
happened on a bank holiday Monday, just before I was set to leave my
parents place and embark on a 200-mile car journey home with all the
family (hence I was probably rushing the job, ha ha). Never done it
before or since. Beam me up, Scotty...