Static electricity everywhere

joshofbass

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: joshofbass on Dec 27, 2010 9:17pm

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

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gonobobel

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: gonobobel on Dec 27, 2010 9:20pm

It's your first winter in Beijing or what?

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:32pm

gonobobel wrote:

It's your first winter in Beijing or what?

Yes.

No wait, no.

No wait, yes.

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:36pm

joshofbass wrote:

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

Well done.

I zapped a hairdresser recently. I took off my jacket and they handed me a key to put my bag inside the locker...

I looked at it dangling there and for a second I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:37pm

joshofbass wrote:

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

Well done.

I zapped a hairdresser recently. I took off my jacket and they handed me a key to put my bag inside the locker...

I looked at it dangling there and for a second I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:38pm

joshofbass wrote:

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

Well done.

I zapped a hairdresser recently. I took off my jacket and they handed me a key to put my bag inside the locker...

I looked at it dangling there and for a second I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:38pm

joshofbass wrote:

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

Well done.

I zapped a hairdresser recently. I took off my jacket and they handed me a key to put my bag inside the locker...

I looked at it dangling there and for a second I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:40pm

joshofbass wrote:

Confirmation bias maybe, but I have noticed it a lot lately.

Managed to zap a student head to head last week..

Well done. I zapped a hairdresser the other day. They handed me a key to put my stuff in the locker and for a moment I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it, then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:41pm

Well done Joshofbass. I zapped a hairdresser the other day. They handed me a key to put my stuff in the locker and for a moment I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it, then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 27, 2010 9:42pm

Well done Joshofbass. I zapped a hairdresser the other day. They handed me a key to put my stuff in the locker and for a moment I was Ben Franklin... I grabbed it, then WHAM!!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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bajie

Joined: Dec 10th, 2010
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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: bajie on Dec 27, 2010 10:33pm

maybe this will help. your clothes will not have too much electricity. can't assure you your hands won't.

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bajie

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: bajie on Dec 27, 2010 10:34pm

maybe this will help. your clothes won't have too much electricity. can't assure you your hands won't though.

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nanananayeah

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: nanananayeah on Dec 27, 2010 10:48pm

i do anything to avoid it and think i have myself pretty well trained by now. went to thailand last christmas, even after nearly 2 weeks there i was still closing doors with my elbows. it's pretty bad when you go to kiss your other half and get lip-zapped, not cool.

Trust me, it's so danger.

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nanananayeah

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: nanananayeah on Dec 27, 2010 10:49pm

i do anything to avoid it and think i have myself pretty well trained by now. went to thailand last christmas, even after nearly 2 weeks there i was still closing doors with my elbows. it's pretty bad when you go to kiss your other half and get lip-zapped, not cool.

Trust me, it's so danger.

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nanananayeah

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: nanananayeah on Dec 27, 2010 10:55pm

i do anything to avoid it and think i have myself pretty well trained by now. went to thailand last christmas, even after nearly 2 weeks there i was still closing doors with my elbows. it's pretty bad when you go to kiss your other half and get lip-zapped, not cool.

Trust me, it's so danger.

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iztel

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: iztel on Dec 28, 2010 2:29am

waiguo baby hen keai

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 28, 2010 10:52am

Déjà vu!

Yeah, lip zaps are the worst!

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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waitaitai

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: waitaitai on Dec 28, 2010 11:12am

My kids are diabolical about this. They purposely drag their feet across the floor and zap each other on purpose. Then they laugh like little maniacs. Sometimes I worry that I am raising the next generation of bunny stompers.

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chaofan

Joined: Feb 15th, 2009
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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: chaofan on Dec 28, 2010 11:18am

Have you taken off your jacket while listening to mp3 player or something electronic? It will freeze the thing or fry it!

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iztel

Joined: Jun 23rd, 2009
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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: iztel on Dec 28, 2010 11:48am

what the hell is going on in Beijing? I have never experienced this anywhere I have ever lived. I thought it only happened if you purposely dragged your socks on the carpet?

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 28, 2010 11:54am

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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foreign.lecturer

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: foreign.lecturer on Dec 28, 2010 12:02pm

On a careless occasion my static charge will reset my satellite decoder. I don't know how many times this can happen before the thing fries completely.

Remmy?

China has more pigs than America has people.

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foreign.lecturer

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: foreign.lecturer on Dec 28, 2010 12:11pm

I found this static charge remover gun ... perhaps made in China.

Then of course the Japanese solution:

China has more pigs than America has people.

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samanthawang

Joined: Dec 21st, 2009
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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: samanthawang on Dec 28, 2010 12:23pm

This city's whole electrical wiring system is f***ed. Is it exactly normal for white sparks to fly every time you plug something in?

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RemmyM

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: RemmyM on Dec 28, 2010 12:36pm

foreign.lecturer wrote:

I found this static charge remover gun ... perhaps made in China.

Cool! Do you, like, zap people with it before you shake their hands etc.??

Remmy be pimpin' in BJ, yo!

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iztel

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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: iztel on Dec 28, 2010 12:42pm

haha good lord the Japs can make anything cute.

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cowboy123

Joined: May 29th, 2008
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Re: Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: cowboy123 on Dec 29, 2010 1:26pm

Dry air = static

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VH

Joined: Oct 7th, 2011
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Re: DRY AIR? - Static electricity everywhere

Posted by: VH on Dec 18, 2011 1:50pm

Does anyone have any success counteracting this with humidifiers? When I take sheets off the bed to wash them, the static sound is epic... Hollywood, Scott Baio-like... frippppppshh! It is all getting unbearable. I welcome any anti-static solutions and alternatives to licking a lamp post!