Big Magnet Panic

Monday I performed an errand for our MD Daughter - I delivered her big ol' honking Bernina sewing machine to the dealer for a service visit. (It's a long way from her Grandmother's old Singer w/ the foot treadle for power!)

So I struggle through the front door, obviously not enjoying the struggle, & an anorexic-looking woman about 5 ft tall came over to relieve me of my burden, carries it across the large room & hoists it up onto the counter. Meanwhile, I'm still only half way there.

After some light-hearted banter. I notice a bunch of square, 1 inch thick blocks in a stack right next to my left elbow that I was casually leaning on. I also noticed that there was a stray block sitting separately on the counter, covered w/ pins, needles & all sorts of other steel sewing paraphernalia stuck to it. The top of the stack was about 3 inches from my PM.

I had been leaning there for a minute or two, & had felt nothing funny in my PM, so I knew it wasn't affecting me at all.

I asked the woman if they were indeed magnets & she said "Oh, yes & they are very strong, too."

I said, "Well, I'd guess that I should move, I have a PM."

At that, she looked horrified & asked "Do you want us to call 911 for an ambulance?. Do you feel OK? Would you like to sit down?".

I asked her if they had given the store clerks warning about how dangerous magnets were to PM's.

I then asked her if they had ever had a PM host come in & she said they hadn't. Meanwhile, I was playing w/ the stack of magnets - much to her horror.

I explained all about the reality of magnets & how far you had to stay away from them & that if it did affect your PM it would only slip it into test mode & when you moved away, you would return to normal

You know, I'm not really sure that she believed me.

Donr

3 Comments

hehehe

by Suz2015 - 2016-02-24 02:02:59

Thanks for educating the nice lady, but shaky finger at you for teasing her so badly...:)
Thanks for the laugh.
Suz

And I thought you were the seamstress

by NiceNiecey - 2016-02-25 05:02:31

Don, I totally get schlepping the Bernina into the store/shop. Bless you for doing that for your wife.

I loved the story. You really are a stinker. Keep the stories coming!

Niecey

It wasn't for my...

by donr - 2016-02-26 02:02:46

.,..WIFE - it was our MD Daughter in Mississippi. This daughter has THREE of them, each heavier than the other (Of course, that depends on the order you pick them up.)

The one I took was the light one. No. 2 is a "Serger," which runs 4 different spools of thread simultaneously & weighs in at more than a Sumo wrestler on an eating binge. #3 is a humongous embroidery device that takes a crawler crane to move in & out of the house. I had to put an access panel in her roof so we could get it in & out for trips to be serviced. She owns a Kenworth tractor & a flatbed trailer to haul the thing to the Bernina store.

The magnet incident was NOT a story. Every word of it was the unvarnished truth. The alternative ending to the story goes like this -

...I guess that I should move; I suddenly clutched my chest, started gasping for air as I croaked weakly "I....have....a Pace...maker! Hurrry...call...9...1...1" just as I hit the floor, writhing in agony and gasping panic-stricken.

Cheers, Niecey.....

Donr

You know you're wired when...

Your pacemaker interferes with your electronic scale.

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