[rmason]

Dad was an American but strongly identified as Irish. He said my great grandfather who I never knew spoke with an Irish brogue.

When I was 16 I was working on my ham radio's linear amplifier. I was certain that I had shorted all the capacitors but one still held a charge and once again with much more force knocked me on my ass.

For days I could see the line up my arm where the electricity travelled. After that I always grounded the capacitors three times just to be sure!