Re: Terrified Parents

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Original poster: "Jim Mitchell" <Wrenchead-at-starband-dot-net> 

Wow, when I was 13 I had my first NST, and even before that I was meddling
in flybacks and ignition coils, not to mention mains powered cw multipliers,
(bad idea)

Regards - Jim Mitchell
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Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: Terrified Parents


 > Original poster: Chris Roberts <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > I was 16 when I started messing around with these things and at first the
 > answer was "absolutely no way!" The only way that I could build one was
 > when I brought a signed note from my science teacher (who had done a
couple
 > of demonstrations with tiny ones) that we were not going to kill
ourselves,
 > then we were allowed. If you could get somebody to make sure that you know
 > what you are doing and that you won't kill yourself, =D then I'm sure that
 > that would help. After my parents saw that we were being safe about what
we
 > were doing, we got a little bit more leniancy and we now have a coil that
 > can actually impress people. The line is drawn right now at "no utility
 > line things" and I am happy to deal with that for a good long time...
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "margaret louise"
 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > I am 15, and am in the process of building my first TC, from a 12/30 nst.
 > However as my largish 12/30 NST arrived in the mail today, my mother has
 > gone on a major freak/stress/ you are going to kill yourself ramapage. I
 > tried telling her i had read the sftey doc on the pipman site and numerous
 > other but to relatively no avail. is there anyone out there who can say
 > anything to help put her mind at ease?
 >
 > thaks, Ruben
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > -Chris
 >
 > "The trouble is not that the world is full of fools, it's just that
 > lightning isn't distributed right." -Mark Twain
 >
 > "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
 > not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein
 >