How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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Freightdog wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:01 pm
Even EDC electricians this morning kept yelling

Bat phleung (turn off)
Bat phleung (turn on)
Bat phleung, bat phleung (turn it off again, I think….)
Nah, it's actually bat and baek. (off - on) (close - open)

baek

បើកភ្លើង baekphleung

bat

បិទភ្លើង batphleung

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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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Username Taken wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:41 pm
Freightdog wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:01 pm
Even EDC electricians this morning kept yelling

Bat phleung (turn off)
Bat phleung (turn on)
Bat phleung, bat phleung (turn it off again, I think….)
Nah, it's actually bat and baek. (off - on) (close - open)

baek

បើកភ្លើង baekphleung

bat

បិទភ្លើង batphleung

:hattip:
Yep, when it comes to electricity, it's always handy to know which is 'on' and which is 'off' . :head shot:
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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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Province villagers caught in a thunderstorm believe that standing on one leg will protect from lightning.

Good luck bringing them up to western electrical safety standards.

In addition to poor electrical house wiring, lots of appliances with frayed wires, etc., continue to be used way beyond their safe lifespan.

That and the belief in karma. Time to die can’t be stopped by any amount of safety.

This is just my opinions.
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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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Unsure if related but a few people -- girls and guys I know-- They shut their phone off when raining or when they sleep. Or-- they just don't want to speak with me and up to something else lol
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They think lightning can travel through the phone like a landline
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nemo wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:41 pm They think lightning can travel through the phone like a landline
Phones connected to electricity can still kill the users.
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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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yeah, but not cell phones in your hand in a thunderstorm as is thought here by provincial people.
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Re: How Many Stupid Deaths from Electrocutions in Cambodia ?

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^^
My wife went on a sex strike until i stopped doing that.
So angry at my stupidity.
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