People say/write the most amusing statements

[Vince Pagliaroli]

My monday rant this week is going to be that "people get so worked up about semantics".

Ya better word it very carefully if ya know what I mean.

 

[Jeff Reardon]

The Cambridge dictionary differs:
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Likewise, I sincerely hope you have not been electrocuted (killed) many times. If so, I'd suggest a different line of work.

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The proper term for being killed by alternating current electricity is that the victim has been "Westinghoused". Or at least that's how Thomas Edison saw it. The history of Edison's competition with Westinghouse over whether electricity standard should be DC or AC led to the invention of the electric chair. https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-war-of-the-currents

 

[Vince Pagliaroli]

I worked for Westinghouse at the plant that made (at that time) the largest transformers in the world. They had to invent a RR car that the transformer became a part of for transport. We made transformers that went all over the world, many still in use. Each transformer was tested for lightening strikes. My Gawd what a sight & sound that was. Talk about Electrifying!!