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1. Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: richard.arnold@juno.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 06:39:55 -0600
OK, I know this is off topic, but.... The BarcaLounger on Wheels ('86 Ford Crown Vickie) has developed some shocking behavioral problems, literally. Over the last couple of months (as the weather get
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00212.html (8,695 bytes)

2. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 08:04:01 -0500
Did you just get new tires? I read somewhere that the newer tires are better insulators than the old. Make sure you ground yourself on the frame at the door when exiting at a gas station! There have
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00213.html (10,170 bytes)

3. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:41:32 -0500
My wife's car does this all the time, since day one. Two solutions, one is it move to a humid climate, but that is a bit drastic. The second solution and the one I use is to touch the key to the door
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00214.html (10,250 bytes)

4. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:47:40 -0500
Didn't they used to sell ground straps that hung from maybe the rear axle to the road to discharge static? Used 'em on big gasoline haulers as I remember. If you could find 'em might they help? chuck
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00216.html (10,732 bytes)

5. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 16:17:30 EST
<< Didn't they used to sell ground straps that hung from maybe the rear axle to the road to discharge static? Used 'em on big gasoline haulers as I remember. If you could find 'em might they help? I
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00232.html (8,819 bytes)

6. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@attglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:41:11 -0500
Guess we be a lot older than we think if we remember those chains? chuckc
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00235.html (9,467 bytes)

7. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 16:44:39 EST
<< Guess we be a lot older than we think if we remember those chains? >> A lot older than I want to think sometimes for sure. LOL But YOUNG AT HEART!! --David C.
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00236.html (8,753 bytes)

8. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Byers" <byers@cconnect.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:40:33 -0500
I have found that making sure I keep contact with the door as I get out of the car keeps the sparks away. Steve Byers Havelock, NC USA '73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE" "It is better to remain silen
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00241.html (10,215 bytes)

9. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:13:40 EST
<< I have found that making sure I keep contact with the door as I get out of the car keeps the sparks away. >> Heck Steve--As big as I am and as little at the cockpit is, I am ALWAYS in contact with
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00250.html (8,748 bytes)

10. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 03:10:23 GMT
you can still buy static straps from Kmart here in Aust. they were supposed to reduce/stop car-sickness. I have doubts as to their effectiveness
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00251.html (9,448 bytes)

11. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Gary and Kate Bales <kgb@clipper.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 08:11:34 -0800
Hi Andy, Speaking as one whose mother purchased Dramamine in case lots while I was small, I can attest to the fact that ground straps do NOT work for motion sickness. Kate
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00256.html (10,114 bytes)

12. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Bkitterer@aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 01:09:34 EST
<< OK, I know this is off topic, but.... The BarcaLounger on Wheels ('86 Ford Crown Vickie) has developed some shocking behavioral problems, literally. Over the last couple of months (as the weather
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00263.html (9,387 bytes)

13. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 06:47:08 EST
<< ground straps do NOT work for motion sickness. >> But C-Bands DO work, and work well. My wife is very prone to motion sickness on curvy roads in cars. She once got quasy on a docked, moored boat w
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00264.html (8,824 bytes)

14. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Brad Fornal <toyman@htcomp.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 06:23:31 -0600
HEY! Are polyester suits making a comeback??? Brad
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00266.html (8,651 bytes)

15. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Chuck Ciaffone <chuckc@attglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 08:43:34 -0500
Yes, certainly they don't. BUT ... Do ground straps work for static electricity?? chuck
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00268.html (10,619 bytes)

16. Re: Off Topic -- Static Electricity (score: 1)
Author: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 11:15:55 -0500
Yep, my mom uses them all the time. She went from never want to be on a boat to touring the Bahamas and the BVI in a 42 ft cabin cruiser. I have no idea why they work, but they do for her. Jeff Jeffr
/html/spridgets/1999-11/msg00275.html (9,740 bytes)


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