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Offline Thor

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Much to My Dismay
« on: May 31, 2010, 04:43:09 PM »
The power went out AGAIN this morning at 0445. Thanks to my Uninterruptable power supply,(UPS), I was able to shut things (computers, etc) down nicely. Unfortunately, I am unable to sleep when this happens. Being somewhat prepared, I broke out the propane lanterns and the small cook stove I recently purchased. Much to my dismay, I only had coffee beans. Finally, I figured out that I might be able to use my UPS to grind some coffee. I plugged it in and was able to grind enough coffee to fill the coffee container. I used the camp stove percolator , et voila, fresh coffee!!  :-) Inga even prepared a grilled ham & cheese for breakfast.
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Re: Much to My Dismay
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2010, 05:57:07 PM »

Power outages are just nature's way of helping us save on utilities.  Sometimes it's more generous with it's help than at other times.
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Re: Much to My Dismay
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2010, 07:13:12 PM »
And the same tale on DU would be quite different :-)
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Offline Thor

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Re: Much to My Dismay
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2010, 10:18:02 PM »
On the serious side, I've seen better power supplied in third world countries. Oncor is a piece of shit provider and a complaint to the PUC is going out tomorrow. There were storms this morning, but they were AFTER the power dropped.
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Re: Much to My Dismay
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2010, 11:35:08 PM »
Quote from: Thor on May 31, 2010, 10:18:02 PM
On the serious side, I've seen better power supplied in third world countries. Oncor is a piece of shit provider and a complaint to the PUC is going out tomorrow. There were storms this morning, but they were AFTER the power dropped.

Last week at about 9:17 AM our power went out. No weather whatsoever.

AT 10:12 it was restored by Oncor.

Apparently my Oncor is better than your Oncor.
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