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                Ten Commandments For Technicians


1.   Beware  the  lightning  that  lurketh  in  the  undischarged 
     capacitor, lest it cause thee to bounce upon thy buttocks in 
     a most untechnician-like manner.

2.   Cause  thou  the switch that supplieth large  quantities  of 
     juice to be opened and thusly tagged,  that thy days in this 
     earthly vale of tears be long.

3.   Prove  to thyself that all circuits that radiateth and  upon 
     which  thou worketh are grounded and thusly tagged lest they 
     lift  thee to radio frequency potential and causeth thee  to 
     make like a radiator, too.

4.   Tarry   thou   not  amongst  those  fools  that  engage   in 
     intentional shocks for they are surely non-believers and are 
     not long for this world.

5.   Take care that thou useth the proper method when thou takest 
     the  measure of a high voltage circuit lest thou  incinerate 
     both thyself and thy meter,  for verily, though thee hast no 
     account  number and can be easily surveyed;  the test  meter 
     doth have one and,  as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto 
     the supply room.

6.   Take  care  thou tampereth not with  interlocks  and  safety 
     devices,  for this incurreth the wrath of the supervisor and 
     bringeth  the fury of the safety inspector upon thy head and 
     shoulders.

7.   Work thou not on energized equipment,  for if thou so  dost, 
     will  thy fellow workers surely buy beers for thy widow  and 
     console her in other ways.

8.   Service thou not equipment alone,  for electrical cooking is 
     a  slothful process and thy might sizzle in thy own fat  for 
     hours  upon  a hot circuit before thy maker sees fit to  end 
     thy misery.

9.   Trifle  thou not with radioactive tubes and substances  lest 
     thou  commence to glow in the dark like a lightning bug  and 
     thy wife have no further use for thee except thy wages.

10.  Causeth  thou  to be tagged all modifications made  by  thee 
     upon  equipment,  lest  thy successor tear his hair  and  go 
     slowly mad in his attempt to decide what manner of  creature 
     hath made a nest in the wiring of such equipment.
 
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