Fzzzzzzttt!
My previous house had used to have a combined kitchen and dining area, but a previous owner had decided to build an extension and move the kitchen into there. From above, imagine an "L" shape at the back of the house: the vertical bit would correspond to the old part, and the horizontal bit to the extension with the kitchen. You with me? Good.

For all kinds of reasons, this kitchen needed a radical overhaul, so it was being gutted and rebuilt. An electician came around to look at the wiring, and asked me why I was still alive.

The kitchen wasn't properly connected to the main circuit. Instead, a wire was run from the ring, though the wall, along the outside of the house, and back through the new wall.

Did I say "wire"? Well, in places, it was. But there were also bits of old coathanger put to novel use.

Recycling isn't always a good idea.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 24 Aug 2009, 13:57, 3 replies)

Happy b3ta birthday!
Glad the coathanger didn't kill you.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 24 Aug 2009, 15:40, closed)

Thank you!
So am I. Though, of course, I wouldn't get the chance to object if it had - so it's win-win.
:)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 24 Aug 2009, 15:43, closed)

Better than
the traditional non-regulation use to which coat hangers are fabled to be put.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Tue 25 Aug 2009, 1:52, closed)