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The Seldom Killer:
A long time ago when I worked for BT, a customer called up reporting that a direct lightening strike had killed his landline. Apparently the dropwire took the runt of the hit causing the base unit of his cordless phone to explode. The remnants of which were rather permanently attached to the oak countertop they had been sat on. The handset had been thrown across the room into a concrete pillar. Anything that hadn't shattered across the room was going to have to be crowbar'd out, mostly the battery.
Explosive welding, nature got there first.
The strike also fed back to the secondary distribution point and knocked out half the neighbourhood. When I spoke to the customer about a week later to discuss progress on repairs, he told me that the house still smelt of melted battery.
osaka:
Man, when a direct lightning strike killed my landline all I got was a burnt net card and a bad block on my external drive. All the awesome shit happens to someone else.
Masterpiece:
Help, my bed is holding me hostage
BeoPuppy:
... what are its demands?
Masterpiece:
Being cuddled forever, having sheets changed every now and then, and the permission to keep me warm.
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