Human Circuits

With parallel circuits, the total resistance
is less than the least resistor...imagine that.
There is no positive without negative.
Switches make and break the circuit;
diodes and transistors control it.
When things get too jazzed up
fuses and breakers destroy themselves
to save it, and when things cool down,
you simply change the fuse or
press the breaker and continue.
But if it breaks again,
you've got problems, pal.
That's when you need a schematic
and the awful trouble shooting guide
with suggestions that fade into your future.
If you're skilled enough to isolate the problem,
you still must be wise enough to decide
whether the repair is worth the labor
when there are so many new units to be had.


(Arkansas Magazine, Arkansas Democrat, August 18, 1985)