"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On 31 Dec 2004 20:13:07 GMT, Mustmaker wrote:
Millions of years ago on the Forrestal, I had asked an electricians mate
to
show me how to use his wiggins, as I was inserting the second probe into
the
outlet above the scuttlebutt, he quietly pushed the water button so an
ice cold
stream splashed onto my arm, practically needed new scivies.

Can we get that again, in English this time?

I don't know what a scuttlebutt is but I have heard of the simple voltmeter
commonly used by electricians as a wiggins.