Can anybody explain this? I was given a cheap AM-FM radio, which I placed batteries in, tested (it worked OK), and set on my dresser top (turned off). One night (the night that a strong solar flare was causing an aurora), the thing went on by itself (it was tuned to an AM station). It played for about 20 seconds, then went off! I immediately checked it…and it was turned off!
What could have caused this to happen?
But, where did the brush come into it? Paint or hairbrush? And, if paintbrush, were you using “spring” or “autumn” colors?
It’s these little, omitted details that count, ralph. 
a dodgy connection in the on/off switch??
Yep, amazing how weird cheap electronics can be sometimes. My aging set of computer speakers sometimes pick up radio transmissions when they’re turned off. Really startled me until I figured out what was going on.
My IBM speakers do that too. Usually shortwave, foreign broadcasts.
Nothing freaks me out more than picking up radio through an electric guitar or bass.
ralph124c – Are you sure that what you were hearing was the AM station that the radio was tuned to? I’ve frequently (once or twice a year) had chatter from powerful vehicular radios come in over stereo speakers, and even an answering machine. I’m not sure whether the vehicles are emergency services vehicles (police, fire, etc.) or just dispatching radios in commercial or public utility vehicles. I’ve never actually seen the vehicles responsible, just heard them driving by in sync with the transmission.
My computer speakers always pick up a local “smooth jazz” station – something to do with its frequency and the gauge of the speaker wires, I’d guess.
So the aliens that contact we on my electric toothbrush are real?
Shit.
How very Spinal Tap.
Sorry about that ** ralph124c **.
As long as you did NOT hear a voice telling you to kill your family, I think you’re fine…
Thanks, SanguineSpider.
They just keep saying “Use the * Force* Plant!”
I dunno wha the hell they’re talking about.
I just hate when I get the "kill your family"command via a strange voice. It just really sucks, like GAWD! I have so much time to, like, kill them right now. I just got my dress for the dance, it’s like so killer! Prom is the end-all, be-all, you know? Gotta get my shoes to match and like, a little itty bitty tiara. I just don’t have any extra time to like kill anyone but that buggin’ voice in my headphones says, “KILL, KILL, KILL your family!” and I’m like, “What-EVER!” GAWD, get off my back, monkey. I gotta, like buy my shoes and see if Tiffie got asked yet by Brad. If she doesn’t get asked soon, she’s, like gonna DIE! How embarrassing not to have a date this late, GAWD! I’d die! Just DIE!
My computer speakers pick up police broadcasts if they’re nearby - the wire is evidently just the right length.
my friend’s CD has a bit of surface damage and whenever its playing a certain track with the lyrics “and i have the skill to do it” it gets stuck on “Kiil” from skill and just stays on it over and over and over
What’s the frequency, Ralph?