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.
A number of people who work at night including according to legend,
Elvis, put foil on bedroom windows to completely darken it for
sleeping during the day.
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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