Comments on: Old Timey Ads and Joel Chandler Harris’ Fear of Electricity http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/ This Nation's Most Exciting House Museum Blog Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Thorpe http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-264287 Joe Thorpe Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:41:53 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-264287 Old fashioned watches were very susceptible to even tiny magnetic fields. An electric streetcar would cause them to stop, I imagine. When I was a kid, I couldn't wear them unless they were an antimagnetic model, 'cause my own magnetic field would stop them within an hour or two. Old fashioned watches were very susceptible to even tiny magnetic fields. An electric streetcar would cause them to stop, I imagine. When I was a kid, I couldn’t wear them unless they were an antimagnetic model, ’cause my own magnetic field would stop them within an hour or two.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-25438 Kirk Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:09 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-25438 He was a man before his time, he just didn't know that you have to be in a DeLorean to go back to the future. He was a man before his time, he just didn’t know that you have to be in a DeLorean to go back to the future.

]]> By: Atlanta blogs today | Fresh Loaf http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-25437 Atlanta blogs today | Fresh Loaf Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-25437 [...] — And finally, one reason the Republicans got clobbered is they are selling fear rather than hope. And at the Wren’s Nest, they remind us that people once feared electricity. Even Joel Chandler Harris was worried that if he wore a wristwatch on the streetcar, the combination of the two might make him explode. So he came up with a very unique solution that involves a secret desk compartment. Don’t worry, Joel, your secret is safe with me. Bookmark It [...] [...] — And finally, one reason the Republicans got clobbered is they are selling fear rather than hope. And at the Wren’s Nest, they remind us that people once feared electricity. Even Joel Chandler Harris was worried that if he wore a wristwatch on the streetcar, the combination of the two might make him explode. So he came up with a very unique solution that involves a secret desk compartment. Don’t worry, Joel, your secret is safe with me. Bookmark It [...]

]]> By: Amanda http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-25416 Amanda Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:38:10 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-25416 When you guys have children Im totally going to sneak in between the sheets with a bonnet on my head and pretend to be one of the brood just so that I can hear the coolest bedtime stories ever. I need more stories like this! Keep 'em coming! When you guys have children Im totally going to sneak in between the sheets with a bonnet on my head and pretend to be one of the brood just so that I can hear the coolest bedtime stories ever.

I need more stories like this! Keep ‘em coming!

]]> By: lain http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-25369 lain Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:20:49 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-25369 That's not the story I heard, andrew, but that certainly seems plausible. That’s not the story I heard, andrew, but that certainly seems plausible.

]]> By: andrew http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/comment-page-1/#comment-25368 andrew Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:10:34 +0000 http://www.wrensnestonline.com/blog/old-timey-ads-and-joel-chandler-harris-fear-of-electricity/#comment-25368 He didn't do that because he thought all the rumbling of the streetcar would make his watches less accurate? He didn’t do that because he thought all the rumbling of the streetcar would make his watches less accurate?

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