Do you take precautions?

That is a very sensible precaution. There may be live parts inside a toaster even though it is not heating and a metal implement e.g. a knife could conduct electricity and allow a lethal shock to the holder. People have been killed doing this.

When I was servicing colour TVs back in the 70s if we had to put a hand inside a working TV we always used, as a precaution, to put the other hand in a pocket (away from grounded metal), so we wouldn't get a shock across the chest in the event of accidental contact.

Interesting! I had a friend who repaired computers several decades ago and was good about touching a half dozen things to discharge any static before touching the motherboard and chip.

Don't know if you consider this a precaution, but I never drive a car without locking all the doors.

I've gotten annoyed at Wally when I'm the passenger, and he's driving.

He'll stop at a store he just needs to run in and out of, and he'll leave the keys in the ignition (car turned off), and the drivers door open.

I'll immediately lean over and lock that drivers door.

I still have my little earthing bracelet.

Foot on clutch when turning on ignition.

Never put knives in a sink.

Automatic spellcheck on emails on send.

Shoes with a lawnmower ( in the tropics it's not always the most comfortable option)

I turn off the water - especially in the wintertime when I am gone for several days.
Any large item that I carry down stairs I always rest on my hip so I can see the steps clearly. I do not want to fall down the steps.

What's an earthling bracelet for?

Electrical:

Earth (British and Commonwealth English)

Ground (US English)

A grounding or earthing bracelet is worn by people when handling electronic components or poking about inside computers etc. The idea is to remove any static electric charge from the body that might damage circuit components such as chips. They have a wire with a clip and you connect this to earth or ground if you prefer e.g. the metal case of equipment or a water pipe.

They are also called "anti-static wristbands".

Ah. Thanks.

I misread it as saying "earthling" bracelet.

I thought it had something to do with protection from the faeries.

The great protection against the Faery race is iron, or preferably steel. The metal can be in any form : a sword, a knife, a pair of scissors, a needle, a nail, a ring, a bar, a fish-hook. A knife or nail in your pocket prevents you being `lifted' at night. As an additional safeguard, put a smoothing iron under your bed. I believe they don't like the sound of bells either.

Can I use the flat iron I use on my hair?

My husband, for some strange reason, would always use these diaper pins on the fitted sheets. Must have been something from his childhood when they either didn't have fitted sheets, or they weren't made well.
The faerie folk must have influenced them, because about a dozen times when coming around the corner of the bed I would stab myself with one of the damn pins that had popped open.

However, I did tell him if he ever puts diaper pins through the fitted sheets again, I'd hit him over the head with a cast iron skillet, so maybe there's something to it.

We are passionate two baggers here.

Whatever the delivery we always use two bags each load.

There was this one time when we didn't have enough paper bags to put on ( we usually always use two each just in case one falls off during the paroxysms of ecstasy).

We made do with one paper one plastic and the asphyxiation was exquisite.

It was around this time that we began to experiment with electrical cords which was such abuzz.

What a pity you didn't get electrocuted ...

What a thoroughly grounded riposte.

I have no idea, I only have an earthing bracelet.