New outlets and faceplates for everybody!

We had some work done in our living room and I decided to replace all the electrical outlets and faceplates.

I'm please to say I only had to put a little bit of plaster on one spot and I only got electrocuted once.

The first plug I took out managed to rip out a large chunk of wallboard with it, enough so that the faceplate didn't cover the damage. After patching, drying and repainting, I learned my lesson and the remaining faceplates / outlets got a quick outline with a razor knife to break any old paint.

I managed to do one switch, one telephone and five additional electrical outlets without any further problems or damage. Then I got to the seventh outlet...

Turns out there are two circuits in my living room and I had turned only one circuit off.

On the seventh outlet, I unscrewed the faceplate, unscrewed the outlet and proceeded to pull it out of the work box. That was when I switched my grip and I grabbed the outlet by it's sides. By doing that, I placed my thumb on the "hot" screws and two of my fingers on the "neutral" screws of a live circuit.

Thankfully I was wearing rubber sole'd shoes and I was standing on a wood floor, neither of which are good at conducting to ground. That meant that the electricity only flowed between my thumb and fingers. My hand got more than a little tingly but the rest of me avoided any electricity-induced issues

So now I know - there are two circuits in my living room...

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Yes, I watched both hockey and football last night. Yes, the Bruins won, again, and the 49ers won.

The Bruins beat the Sharks 4-0 last night, maintaining their 12-point first-place lead in the NHL.

Their next game is tomorrow (Tuesday) against the Canadians.

As for football, both teams I want to see in the Superb Owl have advanced to the conference finals.

This Sunday at 3:00, the 49ers will by in Philadelphia to play the Eagles. After that, at 6:30, the Bengals will be in Kansas City to play the Chiefs.

Unfortunately, the Bruins will be playing the Hurricanes at 5:00 on Sunday so there will be some channel-flipping going on.

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Time for food and then DVRs.

Here are some links:

• A lot of these terrorists thugs that attacked the US Capital are going to spend a lot of time in prison.



• Trust me, just say everything is fine. If you tell them something is wrong, they will give you more work to do so you can come up with solutions to "your problems".



• Key phrase in this story: "But now we get it, even a candie's shoes can be polarizing."
  Trust me, if you are offended that a marketing cartoon isn't sexy enough, you need a therapist.



• This is why the Ukrainians want German Leopard tanks - They need to transport their beer while beating the shit out of the Russians.



• Oh Canada.



• Only in Florida.