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  1. 11-28-2007, 04:31 AM #1
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    Default And the painful lesson of the day is...

    So I was replacing the starter on my friend Lindsay's car earlier... thought she had disconnected the battery...

    Painful lesson of the day... never take a friend's word for disconnecting a battery. She had loosened the terminals, but the ***** was NOT disconnected...

    So I go about my business removing the starter bolts, pop the little plastic cap off the + wiring, start to wrench one and BAM... it arcs a little. I'm thinking "**** **** **** ****". I yell for Lindsey and she comes out, and I'm like "Dude.. disconnect the battery all the way" and just as I said that, I dropped the starter.... Trying to grab it, I grabbed the back end, the end that goes into the transmission. I successfully grabbed it and pushed it right onto the frame. The ***** grounds against the chassis, and sent the full shock through my left ring finger.

    HOLY...

    ****ING...

    CHRIST...

    It hurt... SO BAD. I can't stop shaking, and my entire upper body is sore. My finger is pretty gnarly and swollen. Just above my elbow's really sore, and according to webmd, if the jolt was powerful enough, an exit wound may form in the next few hours.... I hope not... if it does, I'm going to the er and getting bandaged up properly....

    So... lesson of the day... double check your ****ing battery connections.

    Fuck stance. Stance is for kids in skinny jeans with Justin Beiber haircuts. You don't need stance when you got swagger.
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  2. 11-28-2007, 04:40 AM #2
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    DAMN...I know that hurt.


    Shits real out here. You betta keep a strap and learn somethin'    .



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    Yeah it did... I'll take some pics of my ****ed up finger later.. right now I'm taking a shower and going to bed.

    Fuck stance. Stance is for kids in skinny jeans with Justin Beiber haircuts. You don't need stance when you got swagger.
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  4. 11-28-2007, 04:44 AM #4
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    Hope you don't wake up with an exit wound lol......i kid.


    Shits real out here. You betta keep a strap and learn somethin'    .



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  5. 11-28-2007, 07:49 AM #5
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    Damn.

    Just damn. That's why I always check.
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    Lol. I would have beat my friend with the alternator.
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    this should be interesting when QD see's it.
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    I would stick my tool in he vagina, and give her a shock.
    Resize sig area!
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    12 volts is not going to do any serious damage. Just some pain. Pop you a few advill and youll be fine. The biggest thing you should have is some swelling.
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    Damm, Sometimes a person has to learn the hard way.... My self
    included!!
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    is it wrong that i LOL'd..i mean thats bad, but i LOL'd



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    Yeah I'm ok this morning.. just got some gnarliness going on on my finger... definitely took off a couple layers of skin.. booo... and it's kinda oozing a little. Definitely scared the **** outta me though lol.

    and by the way, the starter was for a 2001 mustang GT, and apparently they crank at about 15 volts.... Freakin A.... 15 volts sounds so inconsequential... till it's zapping through a finger.

    Fuck stance. Stance is for kids in skinny jeans with Justin Beiber haircuts. You don't need stance when you got swagger.
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    Volts mean nothing, what you want to know the amperage that ran through your body.

    Volts don't kill, amps do.

    Never take a womans advice on something automotive... Maybe in some really rare cases but for you typical woman... don't trust em. They seldom know what they're talking about.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrivenMind
    Volts mean nothing, what you want to know the amperage that ran through your body.

    Volts don't kill, amps do.
    ah, thank you... finally someone that knows what hes talking about...

    Blitanicle99, go try it
    dont take anything i say srsly. its the interwebs.

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    Bet you dont like those 460 cold cranking amps now..Ouch..i know that **** sucks.
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    yo phantom, i'm sorry you had to go thru that. i've had some close calls in my experience and it scared the ever living shyte out of me! but what i'm laughing at is 2 things... what_lag saying he will lay the pipe (lol dude she's a lesbian, that aint happenin) and 2 driven mind (lolx2 dude she IS a woman!)

    but again, i know that sucks. sorry for your finger. i know how that goes


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    the above is only true if phantomsilvia is emily, formerly known as phantomsol.

    if it is not, then the goes for myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by collins
    yo phantom, i'm sorry you had to go thru that. i've had some close calls in my experience and it scared the ever living shyte out of me! but what i'm laughing at is 2 things... what_lag saying he will lay the pipe (lol dude she's a lesbian, that aint happenin) and 2 driven mind (lolx2 dude she IS a woman!)

    but again, i know that sucks. sorry for your finger. i know how that goes


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    the above is only true if phantomsilvia is emily, formerly known as phantomsol.

    if it is not, then the goes for myself.
    Hi Collins. yeah its me

    Fuck stance. Stance is for kids in skinny jeans with Justin Beiber haircuts. You don't need stance when you got swagger.
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    460 amps would kill an elephant... doubt its 460.00 amps

    less than 1 amp will kill you.
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    makes ya wana slap a ***** i know that hurts sorry to hear but yeah deff check next time
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    Yea that must of hurt. Good advice to always double check
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    Damn that sucks, but I agree with DrivenMind, should not have listened to her.... I have no idea how to disconnect a battery.... or change a tire....
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    You ever attactched muscle stimulator to your penis?

    Or got tazered in the balls?

    Trust me those feel ten times worse then getting shocked.

    ~ugh....~

    Maybe then again...I should have this experience. I havent had one ... so hmm...
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