Dad blast it, I've been zapping myself all day on anything remotely metal and it is getting OLD!!!!!!
I don't know why I'm extra staticy today, but it is begining to hurt. I've even tried a trick my supervisor uses, she touches her ring to the metal and that usually dissapates the static. I usually wear my wedding band on my penticle since it won't fit my ring finger anymore, so I decided to try it on my pinky. Fits nicely there and that seemed to work for a while, but the zaps are getting so big and powerful I still get zapped :(
Okay, silk shirt over a poly shell probably wasn't the wisest fashion choice, esp since it has been pretty dry humidity-wise, but it looked good. So the silk shirt is off, I'mm bare armed and we'll see what happens when I get up next. I'm strongly suspecting the shell will build up enough static from my chair I'm still going to get zapped. At least the day is almost over and I can go home. Tomorrow it will be nothing but cotton on this bod :D
I don't know why I'm extra staticy today, but it is begining to hurt. I've even tried a trick my supervisor uses, she touches her ring to the metal and that usually dissapates the static. I usually wear my wedding band on my penticle since it won't fit my ring finger anymore, so I decided to try it on my pinky. Fits nicely there and that seemed to work for a while, but the zaps are getting so big and powerful I still get zapped :(
Okay, silk shirt over a poly shell probably wasn't the wisest fashion choice, esp since it has been pretty dry humidity-wise, but it looked good. So the silk shirt is off, I'mm bare armed and we'll see what happens when I get up next. I'm strongly suspecting the shell will build up enough static from my chair I'm still going to get zapped. At least the day is almost over and I can go home. Tomorrow it will be nothing but cotton on this bod :D
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Both silk and poly are static generating materials (silk, especially, is one of the tests for true amber and true jet). And I don't wear a lot of poly but I've got a few silk shirts that just do not work in a dry environment (which is to say, anywhere indoors with air conditioning).
I've never actualy tried it, but I wonder if trailing a static strap of some kind might not work...it would act a little like a lightning rod, and ground the charge before it grounds you.
He said we should get some speaker wire and make me a drag wire to tie around my ankle, kinda like the one we have attached to his wheelchair :D As much as the idea sounded good, I think it would be tripping hazard for other people hehehehehe
Today I'm wearly cotton/poly blends and so far (knock on wood) haven't built up that much static.
The other thing you can do is get one of those telescoping wands with a loop handle that you can wrap around your wrist (I have one that has a miniature magnet at the end -- great for picking up pins, paper clips, etc., when you're as spill-prone as I am)-- use it to touch everything and ground yourself.
And, yeah, cats tend to get really wary of you after being zapped on the nose a few times!
I've taken to grounding my self out on the kitchen faucett at home. The catshave definately gotten smart hehehehehe.
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