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08-10-2009, 02:49 PM
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Ride 'em Cowboy
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Here's Another Good One
Getting shocks at the grocery store from Static Electricity
 I did a little looking around the net to find out I'm not alone. Nuttin more irrating then reaching for a loaf of bread and getting zapped. If it were the dead of winter I could understand it a bit more...But when it's 100ºF outside....Guess maybe the instore A/C is drying the air out. Maybe I'll carry a sharp metal knife around with me and scare the shelving out of not shocking me. Anyone else been here before?
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08-10-2009, 03:03 PM
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Or you could use that static electricity to get your windows to come up.
 I like playing with static electricity. My cat on the other hand..... |
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08-10-2009, 08:27 PM
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It's always car doors with me during all seasons except winter. I go to open a car door, I get zapped. I go to shut one, I get zapped. Go figure
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08-11-2009, 12:18 AM
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Hold a coin to the item to discharge the static electricity. You wont feel the discharge this way.
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08-11-2009, 03:29 AM
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I usually only get shocked in the winter, but then, yeah, it's everything.....grocery store shelves, car doors, house doors, other people. My family tells me they think I shuffle my feet when I walk and that's what causes the static to build up, because neither of them seem to have this problem.....I'm not aware that I "shuffle" though......at least I don't THINK I do.
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08-11-2009, 10:54 PM
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Don't work on your motherboard in the grocery store.
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