The author makes note to discourage the licking of loose phone wiring, and I would just like to double-down on his wise words, from experience.
When wiring a phone extension for your grandma and you can't find your wire strippers, please take pains to make sure you are only stripping "dry" wires with your teeth, not the "wet" ones, lest you find out that those in Hollywood movies who fly across the room after touching a live electrical cord actually has some basis in reality.
When wiring a phone extension for your grandma and you can't find your wire strippers, please take pains to make sure you are only stripping "dry" wires with your teeth, not the "wet" ones, lest you find out that those in Hollywood movies who fly across the room after touching a live electrical cord actually has some basis in reality.