OT: static electricity question

I found remedies to prevent fuzzies from sticking to my clothes (dryer
sheets) and my hair from getting too staticky & fly–away in winter
(dimethicone styling products) but one big problem I have is that I seem to
be carrying more electricity in my body that in the past resulting in a
massive jolt (sometimes a visible spark!) when I touch an object or when I
get out of the car and touch the door to close it.
It happens no matter what kind of shoe soles I have on, be it rubber or not,
and no one I know seems to have a clue of how to 'break' the charge before I
touch something and get zapped. I know I once learned this back in my grade
school days, but since forgotten.
Tried all sorts of rituals, such as touching the outside of the car door
before stepping out both feet, etc.
People with me hear the ZAP sound and then the expletive that I shout just
after the spark, its embarrassing and it has gotten to the point of being
kind of painful.
Any advice? I've had enough shock treatments!
Jennifer

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:30:03 GMT, "lilacjennifer"
<screws...@houston.rr.com> wrote:
One way to help with this is to hang conductive strips from the car
frame (underneath the car – out of site). Occasionally you may see
these, often in pairs, hanging down. When the car moves, they don't
drag, but when the car stops they touch the ground and discharge
static buildup from the frame to the ground (before your body
completes the path by touching the car door and the ground). A wire
can do it, but since there is "wear" and abrasion when they touch the
pavement, usually a heavy/tough material is used for the strip and a
conductive wire or layer embedded to carry the charges away.

In article <%phmf.42174$Ox.14...@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
screws...@houston.rr.com says...
Here's some advice:
http://www.goaskalice–cms.org/scripts/printerfriendly.cfm?questionid=2358
It's not explicitly stated, but that metal key suggestion likely presumes that
the end of the key that you are holding be insulated in some fashion.
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Read the article and now I feel informed–––thanks!
Will try the key routine since the head of my key is covered in plastic.
Due to the unusually colder weather we've had in Houston this week, I've
been wearing an insulated jacket that is nylon on the outside and could be
the reason I'm more high–voltage than usual.
I've developed a real phobia of touching people or objects lately afraid
I'll end up fried or with a bad perm.
Jennifer


"FeAudrey" <feaud...@yah00.forspamhaters.c0m> wrote in message
news:ggpmf.3619$4o7....@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net...

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:25:48 GMT, FeAudrey wrote:
You want to be touching the metal part of the key. The static charge
will discharge metal–to–metal without your receiving a "shock
treatment."
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