why do people hang shoes on power lines?
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to make their mark and territory. And if it still there years later, they'll look back and say "Hey, that's mine!"\n\nThough, I'm totally against hanging shoes on power lines.. what a waste of material. lol
353840
What sort of shoes are you wearing, you are making static elecricity and its not escaping to earth
868037
It's static electricity from your shoes.
194692
No they wear it to "hang loose".
871854
that is weird i think it has to do with drugs in that area i know when they r on power lines it means that so maybe the same principle applies
548516
For a human to walk on a power line and live, you'd need to scale up the powercords to make the human represent the size of a pidgeon.\n\nThe reason being, if you're standing on a wire, your head may be closer to a wire.  For example...\n\n---------  +\n\n---'-----  -        <-bird\n\n\n---------  +        (+ is positive, - is negative)\n    o\n    |\n---------  -        <-human\n\nThe human body is about 80% water.  As as we all know, water conducts electricity.  As such, your body has a lower "resistance" then the air surrounding it.  So it may be safe to say (approximatly)\n\nHuman's resistance (between lines): 1.1 million ohms.\nBird's resistance (between lines): 20 million ohms.\n\nIf the voltage is sufficient to pass through the 1.1 million ohms, you'll be fried.  The amperage will instantly kill you.\n\n---------------------------------------\n\nIf you're talking about just walking on an electrified line (with no others around), then yes, you should be able to walk along it.  The current isn't different in the same line, so the electricity won't travel through your body.
93370
Under average conditions a power line carries current to \nan appliance designed for the voltage . Cross country power lines operate for supply to cities at very high voltages and if dropped into the salt water would complete the circuit to ground overloading the circuit causing a circut breaker to disconnect .if the breaker fails the \n"short circuit" would overload the supply equipment and\nburn it out. The ultimate breaker may also be a fuse.
495628
Because these neighborhoods have very LARGE birds. And these birds eat humans in the middle of the night. They can digest everything but the shoes so when they are perching on those phone lines and they have to go pooh, out comes the white stuff... and the shoes.\nAnd they hang there because the laces get knotted up in their digestive tracts.
56341
Elevator shoes are quite popular in some places.
429500
they're shoes for punk kids. punk is in nowadays... so naturally more people are buying them
7352
Because ice builds up on the power lines and breaks them, causing a loss of power to the people serviced by that line. Or tree branches/whole trees fall on a power line due to the weight of the ice, or a car slides on the road into a hydro pole.. Anyways, reasons like that.
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Because they are laying where they shouldn't be...\n\n\nNo actually just kidding...if you mean stepped on like in taken advantage of it is because they allow it to happen. People by nature will use every means they can to get to what they want. And if you allow it to happen it will.
336060
Yes they do, if there were no power lines and no electical fields you would not have asked this question therefor the powerlines have not only effected you but in this case have also effected every member here who reads this and respondes to this its called chaos thoery.  And if this doesn't answer your question at least it will effect you *lol* :D
687259
I do it sock sock shoe shoe. No particular reason why, and I don't see any advantages between methods.
498960
its the cables that use to carry the electricity. see any book on power system, such as stevenson
212086
Because it is against the LAW. The load could fall damaging property, hurting OR killing someone.
774887
They work because people do the exercises that come with the shoe purchase.  You could get the same results by doing the exercises and drills without the shoes.  Most people also develop stress fractures in their shins resulting in the muscular imbalance between the muscles of the lower leg.\n\nSave your money.  Get a trainer to give you a strength and plyometric workout regimen, it will be a better use of your money.