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Electric Grandmother and 'Sliders';
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Posted Feb 23, 2008 by BigAl - Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Blue Banana, Patron Saint of Left Handers
Today's Daily Mail carried a story about a lady whose presence around electrical appliances seems to cause them to fail - spectacularly.

Apparently her body is capable of storingsubstantial amounts of static electricity, generated by friction during her normal movements.

This echoes a similar story concerning a lady called Debbie Wolf who claims to be a 'slider' -someone whose presence interferes with household appliances and who can turn street lights off.

Apparently, this phenonomenon has a name - Street Light Interference Syndrome (SLI):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...n_article_id=517487&in_page_id=1770

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Posted Feb 23, 2008 by TRiG (Ireland) Human rights under attack in Uganda. Look it up. Excellent coverage on the blog "Box Turtle Bulletin"
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Posted Feb 23, 2008 by BigAl - Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Blue Banana, Patron Saint of Left Handers
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