Soldering injury tales

[John Lawson]

>From age 15 to 17, I worked after-school at a car stereo company, which, 
back then (1968+) meant 8-track mostly, some 4T, and a few 'exotic' 
cassette players.

   One late spring afternoon, after having been 'out' most of the night, 
full day of school, warm late afternoon. music playing - John fell asleep 
in the middle of replacing a fried transistor and nodded off - actually I 
nodded *onto* my soldering iron and was awakend by the smell and the 
sizzle of a neat, surf-board shaped patch of skin being branded into my 
*forehead*.

   So I got to spend the next three weeks going to classes and explaining 
the tribal markings I'd given myself.

   Of course, over the years, I've grabbed my share of the stupid end of 
hot irons, including dropping one while I was working on the power supply 
of my [ob:classiccmp] PDP11/34.


   Cheers

John

PS: I was *not*, however, using Nassau solder.  I was saving *that* for 
eBay...   ;}