Crazy Kid Stuff!!!!!

[JERRY2KONE]

I saw one guys short story on another thread and thought it would be cool to see what kind of crazy stuff some of us may have pulled when we were kids. When I was like 9 or 10 years old I was heavily into HO scale cars & racing (that run on a 12 volt power supply) with a bunch of my friends. Of course just like on here on RCM we were always intrigued with more power and higher speeds, and of course I was curious to see just how fast I could make an HO car go. So I disconnected the + & - wires and tried plugging them into a wall socket (120volts). I can still envision my thoughts and how flabergasted I was to see that HO motor screeming like a bat out of hell. It lasted for like 20 to 30 seconds before the natural physics of electricity showed its ugly head to me. All I remembered was hearing a loud pop and seeing a bright white flash of light. I was stunned, and blinded but managed to find my way into my bed as my mother was screeming "what the hell was that", because it blew the house main fuse and left us in the dark.

As my mom entered my room asking us what was going on of course I said I had no idea. Then we all saw the huge ten inch black circle covering the outlet and surrounding wall area, then my mom blew a fuse. I still laugh when I think of that moment of my self learning process. So whats your story. I know there must be some good ones out there. Come on share them with us.