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One of the long time (sponsor?) members of my ham radio club in college relates a tale of carrying a small CRT face down through his "observatory" (complete with dome). His grip slipped and he dropped the CRT between his hands, shattering it a million pieces. The screwdriver he was also carrying mysteriously evaporated. When the dome was disassembled some 20 years later, he found the screwdriver, firmly embedded in the top of the dome about 40' above the floor. It seems that the motion of the CRT between his hands created enough of a charge that when he bumped the anode connection, it caused him to launch his arm and the screwdriver!
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