tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4257396062643544909..comments2024-03-18T23:21:40.731-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Doofus Of The Day #668Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6969933549601101512012-12-14T08:49:17.272-06:002012-12-14T08:49:17.272-06:00Back when I was in college in Germany, I spotted a...Back when I was in college in Germany, I spotted a t-shirt featuring Helmuth Kohl standing behind an ironing board, his trousers in the board, and the iron to his ear while saying "Hier Kohl." You can guess who was not in popular favor at the time.<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88581802807786181462012-12-13T22:46:04.690-06:002012-12-13T22:46:04.690-06:00Was it really an iron, or the hot line to the Pres...Was it really an iron, or the hot line to the President?.<br />Stuart Garfathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70141737866430702832012-12-13T13:46:14.429-06:002012-12-13T13:46:14.429-06:00I've enough faith in my absentmindedness that ...I've enough faith in my absentmindedness that I don't solder without a nice big cup of ice-water beside me.<br />It is from tiny soldering-iron burns that I learned the trick of immediately icing the burn, which is then unnoticeable an hour later.<br />The only really stupid trick I've done so far was use my trick of using my lips to pull more solder off the spool -- not optimal for lead ingestion at any rate with circuit board work, but when you are doing plumbing with a torch the end of that solder spool does get mighty hot...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56353101146262541822012-12-13T11:36:01.667-06:002012-12-13T11:36:01.667-06:00Ouch #1 for the iron. Ouch #2 for the pun ... whic...Ouch #1 for the iron. Ouch #2 for the pun ... which leaves us steamed. But I must run: I'm pressed for time!Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.com