re how starters work really so when you turn on the power this causes the bulb to work like a neon imprecise this description ignores the role of the ballast misrepresents the heating effects in the starter the bimetalic strip cools down immediately after the contacts i ve been thinking of sending into mad magazine an idea for a parody of those books entitled how things work that engineers buy their sons which explain how engines elevators flourescent lights etc work the parody would be how things really work under canned food on the left page you d see the description from how things work gleaming stainless steel equipment pasteurizing the food to precisely the right temperature then sealing the can in an oxygen free environment etc on the right page you d see how things really work brain dead workers sending disgusting food to the gleaming equipment rotting vegetables parts of animals people don t eat barrels of sugar and chemicals under elevators you d see on the left computer geniuses working out algorithms so that x number of people waiting for y elevators will get to z floors in the shortest time on the right you d see giggling elevator controllers behind a one way mirror in the lobby choosing which people appear to be in the biggest hurry and making them wait longest why my thoughts are my own when they are in but when they are out they are another s susannah martin hanged for witchcraft thomas david kehoe kehoe netcom com
