From: "Gina Miller" <nanogirl@halcyon.com>
>This story reminds me of a lady who lived in one of my childhood
>cities. She lived on a corner house that exuded beside a regularly
>traveled street. (4th and Ash) Anyways, as every place one can
>live as a child seems to inhabit some mysterious persona of fear,
>she was ours. She was never seen, ordered in and had lived in the
>particular residence long before anyone could place her. The most
>obvious of her idiosyncrasies was that the outside of her entire
>house (windows and front door included and only excluding the
>roof) was wallpapered so to speak with aluminum foil. It was
>rumoured that this was her means of repellant against the aliens.
>This would protect her from them. At the time, I recall
>assimilating this to the likes of the tradition in India, where
>mirrors protect people when placed strategically in fabrics, bags
>etc. from evil spirts. Their theory is if the evil spirit see's
>his own reflection, it will scare him away. I once had a bag that
>I purchased from a friends "hippie store" with these mirrors on
>them. Although I never met the mysterious shiny house lady or the
>original person in question from the previous story, It makes you
>wonder about the human psyche. (twilight zone music plays in the
>background- collective consciousness) anyways, I use mirrors for
>various purposes, however not one of them are these, the same
>goes for aluminum foil. Just thought I'd throw in a similar
>character for notation.
Mirrors are a classic element in Feng Shui for you amateur geomancers/geotechs out there.
Unfortunately foil on the walls or the wearing of foil especially on the head to protect against aliens is a classic sign of schizophrenia.
Unless it was properly grounded (Faraday shield) it would not form an effective shield against "radio waves" or microwaves, nor would it be an effective anti-Tempest defense. (Van Eck Radiation)
Brian
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