From: john@junk.com   
      
   "BelPowerslave"  wrote in message   
   news:gje05b$ucn$1@news.motzarella.org...   
   >> A friend of mine had the same problem on his Dreamcast. Static   
   >> electricity blew out his controller port. He sold me 30 games for  I   
   >> believe around $30.00 . His loss my gain. Whats funny is that before   
   >> he sold the games to me I found a Dreamcast in the wild for $5.00. It   
   >> worked perfectly. I already had 3 Dreamcast so Isold it to hom for the   
   >> same $5.00. explicitly told him to ground himself before he plugged it   
   >> in. But alas to no avail.   
   >   
   > It really sucks, because even outside of the apartment I shock the fuck   
   > out of anything I touch. It hurts me too, which is the part I don't like.   
   > Just, say, getting out of my car and then closing the door produces are   
   > HUGE pop and quite a bit of pain.   
   >   
   > I am noticing that after getting out of the shower I don't shock shit, so   
   > Ted's thoughts of the humidifier may just be spot-on. Perhaps I should   
   > take to slightly wetting my hands before picking up any sort of   
   > controller...   
   >   
      
   Nylon socks? Nylon carpet?   
   Rubber soled shoes?   
      
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