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What was you most expensive accidental damage?

I have read many claims by members that they accidently damaged their multi-thousand dollar cartridge styli by improper handling. I have blown out a few low power handling speakers with high powered amps. Several members claim that their cats have clawed the speaker cones to shreds. Have you experianced any 1) blown amplifier output transistors by accidently shorting the speaker wires. 2) Extra loud turn on thumps blowing out speakers 3)Putting the wrong tube in tube socket destroying the tube 4) leaving tube equipment so longthat the capacitors melt. 5)Electrical fires from AC shorts?
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bigjoe
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mint , believe me i wanted to do a lot more than just poke pencils in that mother#$%!@#s ears but the thought of waking up in a cell for the next 10 years fighting over a doughnut with a cell mate named bubba gave me a quick reality check.
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Quicke,man i hate morons like that,im always amazed at the lack of consideration people have in other's home's.

about 20 years ago i was out bar hopping & i parked my bike where the security guard could see it & even gave the slob a 20 spot to keep an eye on it for me while i was inside.

after i had my fill i came out to the parking lot & i couldnt find my scooter,i thought it got stolen until i looked closer,some drunken fool had ran over the little yellow curb between the 2 parking spots & ran right over my bike,not only did he run over the bike he was parked directly on top of it with most of the bike still under his suv,then he passed out with the motor still running.

i do believe that was the angriest moment in my entire life not to mention i had well over 10k (big $ back then)into that harley & i ended up eating every last cent of it too.

mike.
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i havnt thought about olympia stadium in years! those were the days thats for sure.
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chazzbo,i never took that fool to court infact i never even waited for the cops to come i just split & went on home,even though i wanted more than anything to rip that fool out of his car & do some very bad things to him i was better off just walking away.

at that time i wasnt allowed in or around bars & by me just being there it woulda cost me my freedom so i just ate it & told myself thats what i got for being somewhere i wasnt supposed to be in the first place,something i found out very early in life is that revenge can & will end up costing people their freedom,it did me.

what bummed me out more than loosing my scooter was that by me not calling the cops this druken fool was able to drive home so hammered that he passed out on top of my bike,i still wonder if he hurt anybody on his way home.

mike.
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