so -- and this, admittedly, isn't audio-related, but it is diagnostic:
DSC_0826 (3) by
Mark Hardy, on Flickr
Earlier today, I was out doin' some outdoor chores. I was trimming the grass around the electric fence on the larger of our two vegetable gahdens (umm, I mean gardens -- sorry, too long livin' in the Bay State
). Since nips from those things are unpleasant, I decided to turn the fence off. Now, the "energizer" on that particular fence has one of those membrane switches for on-off, with a red LED that flashes when a DC pulse energizes the fence. The switch doesn't give much tactical feedback, so I usually push and hold it for a wee bit and carefully observe the LED to ensure it's really off. I have, on occasion, been
burned by so doing, so, today as I did this, I thought to myself:
Which led me instantly to the following Crocodile Dundee-esque thought, which (and I wouldn't admit this just anywhere) I proclaimed out loud*:
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I Talk to the Trees...