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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
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Subject: Re: Assumptions
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Date: 12 Feb 90 03:02:39 GMT
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 BB>     I think the key word here is assumption. You and Curtis 
 BB> assume most people can't, I assume they can.

You're right.  I DO assume that most people - whether disABLEd or not -
are not qualified to do high-voltage electrical wiring (for purposes of
conversation, I am using "high voltage" to mean any voltage over 50V).
There is a technical term for people who assume they can do wiring of
the sort we're talking about; we call them "corpses".

BB> I know a young lady who took her washing machine apart, located
BB> the problem, went out and bought the offending part, installed
BB> it and reassembled the machine with her feet.

Yes, but there's a difference here.  Had she made a mistake, the washing
machine was unlikely to kill her.

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