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\begin{document}

\begin{center}
\LARGE\bfseries
	Power Electronics Rules to Live By
\end{center}

Some of these are by first-hand experience\ldots

\vspace{\parskip}

\begin{enumerateshort}
\item
	Remember---The spiral binder on your notebook \textsc{is
	conductive}\ldots
\item
	After calling the fire department, the bathroom is along the
	way out the front door.
\item
	Remember when your mother said to keep some clean underwear
	around\ldots
\item
	Avoid touching high-voltage connections. High voltage cooking
	is a slow and slothful process.
\item
	\ldots\ and anything over 200\,V is acceptable for cooking a
	hotdog. It has been found that applying more than 600\,V is
	actually faster than the microwave.
\item
	It is not wise to sneeze on high voltage equipment, numb-nuts.
\item
	Remember this phrase, it might come in handy: ``May I have
	another fuse, please''.
\item
	If you heard the \emph{boom}, you are still alive.
\item
	And no, it didn't go dark because you are dead. You brought the
	lights down, dummy.
\item
	Maybe there aren't many power engineers because they don't
	\textsc{live long}.
\item
	Power engineering is Darwin's law in action: The weak and the
	stupid\ldots
\item
	Famous last words (of southern persuasion): ``Hey ya'll, watch
	this!''
\item
	The less fusing you use, the better the chance of obtaining
	nuclear fission.
\item
	Don't work with anyone who boasts that he can feel the
	difference between 230\,V\textsc{ac} and 480\,V\textsc{ac}.
\item
	Handing your boss a charged-up electrolytic cap will put the
	career meter in the negative range.
\item
	\ldots\ but you'll be the envy of all your still-employed
	cohorts.
\end{enumerateshort}

(This was in the lab next door. They must have an interesting
lab-life\ldots)

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