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Originally Posted by Patti
Wasn't he holding some key? Think he was able to let go right away when he got struck or ... I don't know, must have been a quick flash. What a nut.
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well, I'lll have to refresh my memory by reading a 'cliff notes' out of Wokipedia on the whole story, but as I recall, he ws trying to ultimately STORE !!!! the electricity in a jar (duhhhh) and the key as I recall was supposed to be the conductive metal "attraction" (hoo boy) to the jar. As I recall from the 6th grade re-written and sanitized version of the stary, for young minds' safe consumption, I thnk there was a boooy helping, too. Thats great - try to attract a lightning bolt , with a key, a kite string, and an unsuspecting boy, and see what happens. i've read adult-material (ahem - adult-level) material on Franklin, and he was chock full of nuts in eccentricities, predilictions, idiosyncrasies, and maybe thats where the adjective 'nuts' came from, as in 'he is nuts' lol.
However, many of his innumerable inventions have neem industry movers, but one I recall I used every day for about 25 years was a "Franklin-Covey' day minder. Refills with 1/4 of a year about $30. Beautiful leather cover, size of a thick novell., and he had very unorthodox views of time management, where he included personal needs, self-improvement, and etc,. And he prioritized the subjects for you, as I recall.
The special 'Monticello' pages were an extra $5 more too, and they simply had a small picture of Jefferson's hallmark Home 'Monticello', and a quote from Jefferson's venerable wisdom per day. Jefferson was one sharp cookie.
And Jefferson WAS a president. A lot of people think Franklin was a president, but he was not. lol.... better go now and post the new lyrics in quizzers. Awful nice talkin with you Patti, thank you !