"Cold heat" soldering?

[Tony Duell]

> Yep - picking up the hot end of a soldering iron is another one. Yes, I've
> done that once. That was reason I went out and bought a proper stand for the
> iron.

And don't have the mains lead where somebody can trip over it. I only 
made that mistake once, the iron was pulled back in my hand just far 
enought that I was gripping it by the metal element shaft......

-tony