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katiefooleryI spent most of this morning without power. Gosh it was great. One minute, I was eagerly popping my fruit muffins in the toaster, the next I was powerless.
Well, apart from the lights. The lights were working fine.
Not so the toaster, the central heating (waaah!), Bindi’s hairdryer, the fridge and anything else you care to mention that involves a power-point in any way.
Thank goodness I’d just made a cup of tea or I would have gone insane.
I’d relate the following couple of hours of pointless phone calls and frustrated waiting but a) it’s really boring, and, b) would involve far too many mentions of how damned cold I was. I was freezing! The weather had been looking up at the start of week, but it had taken a turn for the worse and seemed to be mocking the whole situation.
So... cold...
Oh, did I mention that I couldn’t even turn on a computer? No warming glow of the monitor, no internet.
So... very... cold... I think some of the shivers might have been withdrawal symptoms from my beloved internet, too.
So, there I was, wrapped in too many clothes for comfort (including a scarf wound about six times around my neck), reading my new manga until my fingers were too cold to hold things up any more.
When the electrician finally arrived, he said such inspiring things as:
“Oh, I really hoped it wouldn’t be one of these types of fuse-boxes.”
And:
“Damn, I don’t have any of these fuses.”
And then we worked out that the toaster had caused all this trouble. The toaster. The stupid, piece-of-rubbish four-slice toaster that's too narrow to fit anything but the slimmest bread slices and that toasts things unevenly anyway. That pointless, frustrating, AGGRAVATING toaster caused all of this trouble. So now we have to dispose of it. At this point in time, I can’t decide if I’d rather burn it or smash it with something heavy. Both options are incredibly attractive.
In non-toaster related news, I’m enjoying the new range of styles that LJ has given us, courtesy of VOX. It turns out they’re going to start leaning towards CSS customisation now, so I might actually have a chance of customising it to suit my purposes!
*stabs S2*
Well, apart from the lights. The lights were working fine.
Not so the toaster, the central heating (waaah!), Bindi’s hairdryer, the fridge and anything else you care to mention that involves a power-point in any way.
Thank goodness I’d just made a cup of tea or I would have gone insane.
I’d relate the following couple of hours of pointless phone calls and frustrated waiting but a) it’s really boring, and, b) would involve far too many mentions of how damned cold I was. I was freezing! The weather had been looking up at the start of week, but it had taken a turn for the worse and seemed to be mocking the whole situation.
So... cold...
Oh, did I mention that I couldn’t even turn on a computer? No warming glow of the monitor, no internet.
So... very... cold... I think some of the shivers might have been withdrawal symptoms from my beloved internet, too.
So, there I was, wrapped in too many clothes for comfort (including a scarf wound about six times around my neck), reading my new manga until my fingers were too cold to hold things up any more.
When the electrician finally arrived, he said such inspiring things as:
“Oh, I really hoped it wouldn’t be one of these types of fuse-boxes.”
And:
“Damn, I don’t have any of these fuses.”
And then we worked out that the toaster had caused all this trouble. The toaster. The stupid, piece-of-rubbish four-slice toaster that's too narrow to fit anything but the slimmest bread slices and that toasts things unevenly anyway. That pointless, frustrating, AGGRAVATING toaster caused all of this trouble. So now we have to dispose of it. At this point in time, I can’t decide if I’d rather burn it or smash it with something heavy. Both options are incredibly attractive.
In non-toaster related news, I’m enjoying the new range of styles that LJ has given us, courtesy of VOX. It turns out they’re going to start leaning towards CSS customisation now, so I might actually have a chance of customising it to suit my purposes!
*stabs S2*
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on 2006-08-25 11:43 pm (UTC)The heating's back on so I'm much happier. :D