My car's battery drains at the drop of a hat and whilst I don’t like it I live with it for now. What that means is that if I don’t drive it for a day or two I will probably have to give it a boost with my battery booster! I was doing that on Thursday, just outside the house, when a kindly looking gentleman came along and this conversation ensued.
He: Be careful with them [the leads on the booster]. Make sure you don't let them touch otherwise you might get a shock.
Me: I did that once but I just blew the fuse.
He: I'm living up the road, well, it's my parents house because I live in Cheltenham (I think he said), I work on Casualty, the television programme. Anyway, my dad did that, let the leads touch and he got a shock. He collapsed. I went to him but I couldn't touch him because I would have got a shock as well. So I dialled 999 and they told me not to touch him. Just collapsed he did.
So I just had to leave him alone until the ambulance came.
Me: That's terrible and thanks for the advice ...
Friendly chappie that!
DW
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