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3hr power cut thanks to some trees
On 18/10/2012 20:36, Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
Yes, some idiot phoned someone up to say that they could see some power cables arcing into the trees across the road from us. So, a contractor was sent to hack the trees. At ten to five in the evening. For three hours. No power to the whole street. As if the trees are going to grow more than another centimetre overnight, or as if they had suddenly done so the night before? I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the gas hob. Well, it seems that the power cut has had one other side-effect. It appears that the hard disc of our Topfield PVR is now corrupted. All the recorded programmes have zero length. The boys are not going to be happy that all the Shaun The Sheep and Octonauts have gone. Michael |
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3hr power cut thanks to some trees
On Oct 19, 12:22*am, Michael Kilpatrick
wrote: On 18/10/2012 20:36, Michael Kilpatrick wrote: Yes, some idiot phoned someone up to say that they could see some power cables arcing into the trees across the road from us. So, a contractor was sent to hack the trees. At ten to five in the evening. For three hours. No power to the whole street. As if the trees are going to grow more than another centimetre overnight, or as if they had suddenly done so the night before? I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the gas hob. Well, it seems that the power cut has had one other side-effect. It appears that the hard disc of our Topfield PVR is now corrupted. All the recorded programmes have zero length. The boys are not going to be happy that all the Shaun The Sheep and Octonauts have gone. Michael My heart bleeds. If you are so concerned, buy a UPS for your computer. |
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3hr power cut thanks to some trees
Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
On 18/10/2012 20:36, Michael Kilpatrick wrote: Yes, some idiot phoned someone up to say that they could see some power cables arcing into the trees across the road from us. So, a contractor was sent to hack the trees. At ten to five in the evening. For three hours. No power to the whole street. As if the trees are going to grow more than another centimetre overnight, or as if they had suddenly done so the night before? I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the gas hob. Well, it seems that the power cut has had one other side-effect. It appears that the hard disc of our Topfield PVR is now corrupted. All the recorded programmes have zero length. The boys are not going to be happy that all the Shaun The Sheep and Octonauts have gone. Michael Its at times like this I bless linux -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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