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1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
Lame Xmas lights hack
Article: 7586 of alt.hackers From: beavis@mtv.com (Beavis), MTV Networks, Inc. Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Lame Xmas lights hack Date: 3 Apr 95 07:50:05 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Lines: 8 Approved: Your mom. Message-ID: 3lpfor$6n4@koala.uwec.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: 137.28.84.255 Status: RO
ObHack: Last Christmas we blew a fuse in one of our strands of lights. Not [C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C having an extra fuse around, and since the stores were closed, I went to my box of junk in the closet. Since I learned years ago to never throw anything away, I had the end of an old extension cord in the box. I removed about an [C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C[C inch of wire from one strand of the cord and crammed it into the empty fuse holder. I believe I'll replace it before we use it again this year, but it worked fine last holiday season. Yeah, I know it's lame, but....