I electrocuted a gecko this morning with my PC.

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jjones

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Woke up this morning and went into my office as usual and powered up the computer. Immediately a big flash shot out the back followed by smoke, the stench of fried capacitors and burning flesh. I'm thinking: WTF???

Unplugged the computer and immediately determined that the power supply was toasted. When I pulled out the supply and opened the box, I couldn't find anything immediately wrong but the smell was pretty bad. Pulled off one of the circuit boards and flipped it over and the other side was completely charred and welded into the mess was what was left of the body of a small gecko. Death by electrocution!

I live in Cancun and we always have geckos running around the house. I guess one of the smaller ones crawled in through the fan vents in the back and snuggled up against a warm circuit board. Fortunately, it only fried my power supply and not anything else; sure woke me up out of my morning daze though.
 
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Originally posted by: Ime
Originally posted by: BornStar18
Is there any chance it was the Geiko lizard?
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One can only hope.
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aw, come on! I like the Geiko lizard. The commercial with the Taco Bell dog- that stuff is funny!

edited out my cursing...oh, and I'm a she ;)
 
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i'm surprised my parents went through their whole tour of duty overseas and didn't get electronics nuked by lizards or monkeys or those weird black squirrels...
 
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

*GASP*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

/me wipes tear from cheek

BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAhahahahahahahahahahahahahhhaaaaa....

woah...

I haven't lauyghed that hard in a long time :)
 
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Originally posted by: Millenium
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
how do some people bypass the curse filter? :confused:
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he didn't. shit's isn't a forbidden word. It seems as if the censoring software doesn't understand the 's.
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i thought it was. I wonder if sh*tstorm is banned

EDIT: I guess it isnt. It let it through but i edited so the Mod eases the finger off the "Banned" button :D
 
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Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
 
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jjones

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Originally posted by: LakerGod
Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
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You don't want to live in Cancun; life here is a living nightmare. Warm days, starry nights, Caribbean ocean just steps away and almost every day I'm forced to look at beautiful women going topless and wearing butt floss. It's disgusting. ;)

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Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: LakerGod
Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
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You don't want to live in Cancun; life here is a living nightmare. Warm days, starry nights, Caribbean ocean just steps away and almost every day I'm forced to look at beautiful women going topless and wearing but floss. It's disgusting. ;)
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I think I deserve that punishment then...
 
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Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: LakerGod
Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
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You don't want to live in Cancun; life here is a living nightmare. Warm days, starry nights, Caribbean ocean just steps away and almost every day I'm forced to look at beautiful women going topless and wearing butt floss. It's disgusting. ;)

Edit: spelin
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What line of work do you do?
 
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jjones

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Originally posted by: ProUser
Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: LakerGod
Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
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You don't want to live in Cancun; life here is a living nightmare. Warm days, starry nights, Caribbean ocean just steps away and almost every day I'm forced to look at beautiful women going topless and wearing butt floss. It's disgusting. ;)

Edit: spelin
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What line of work do you do?
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Work??? I didn't move to Mexico to work. :p

Actually, I have a couple of online businesses that actually make money and I do a little web developing on the side. I'm lucky in that I can spend time the way I want and I have the time to spend with my wife and 18 month daughter who, just so happens, loves the beach. :)
 
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Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: ProUser
Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: LakerGod
Dude...you live in Cancun?! How awesome is that! What do you do down there? If there is a good market for jobs, I'm ready to move. ;)


P.S. Gecko killer!
Click to expand...
You don't want to live in Cancun; life here is a living nightmare. Warm days, starry nights, Caribbean ocean just steps away and almost every day I'm forced to look at beautiful women going topless and wearing butt floss. It's disgusting. ;)

Edit: spelin
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What line of work do you do?
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Work??? I didn't move to Mexico to work. :p

Actually, I have a couple of online businesses that actually make money and I do a little web developing on the side. I'm lucky in that I can spend time the way I want and I have the time to spend with my wife and 18 month daughter who, just so happens, loves the beach. :)
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Dang, that is awesome. I went to Cancun for a week vacation a little over a year ago and absolutely loved it. It must be a lot of fun living down there. Isn't it expensive though? I'd have to think the cost of living down there is fairly substantial? Or maybe that is only in the "hotel area".. but Cancun itself isn't very big.. just a little cut out in the jungle almost. :)
 
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