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<blockquote data-quote="JayKay" data-source="post: 263543" data-attributes="member: 324">Driving my dad's full-size GMC Awesome 80's van back from Fargo (to Bismarck).&nbsp; Mom in the passenger seat, dad sleeping in back.&nbsp; Go under an overpass, and the wind hits as we drive onto ice.&nbsp; I'm going about 70.&nbsp; Van bucks straight sideways, pointing north.&nbsp; I turn the wheel into the skid, foot off the gas, no touchie the brake.&nbsp; Eventually it drifts back straight, about the same time as we run out of ice.About 5 minutes later, I thought I was going to vomit.Also, in my early 30's, I was installing steel siding on a house, and we were just wrapping up the job.&nbsp; I was putting the A/C box back onto the siding, and had a long 1/4&quot; magnetic nut driver extension in my trusty DeWalt cordless drill.&nbsp; Self-tapping screw in the back of the box, just drilling into the new siding.The chuck on the drill was rubbing on hot 220VAC wire.&nbsp; Rubbed through.&nbsp; The whole entire house went hot briefly.&nbsp; I fell backwards off the short ladder, landed on my butt in the grass.&nbsp; The two guys with me happened to not be touching the house for the brief time that it was hot.&nbsp; Had to replace a couple of charred pieces of siding in a corner.&nbsp; The bit was tack-welded into my drill, never to be removed again.Electricity bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayKay, post: 263543, member: 324"] Driving my dad's full-size GMC Awesome 80's van back from Fargo (to Bismarck). Mom in the passenger seat, dad sleeping in back. Go under an overpass, and the wind hits as we drive onto ice. I'm going about 70. Van bucks straight sideways, pointing north. I turn the wheel into the skid, foot off the gas, no touchie the brake. Eventually it drifts back straight, about the same time as we run out of ice. About 5 minutes later, I thought I was going to vomit. Also, in my early 30's, I was installing steel siding on a house, and we were just wrapping up the job. I was putting the A/C box back onto the siding, and had a long 1/4" magnetic nut driver extension in my trusty DeWalt cordless drill. Self-tapping screw in the back of the box, just drilling into the new siding. The chuck on the drill was rubbing on hot 220VAC wire. Rubbed through. The whole entire house went hot briefly. I fell backwards off the short ladder, landed on my butt in the grass. The two guys with me happened to not be touching the house for the brief time that it was hot. Had to replace a couple of charred pieces of siding in a corner. The bit was tack-welded into my drill, never to be removed again. Electricity bad. [/QUOTE]

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