A day in the life of a hard-core genomer

[Jodie]

So here I sit, minding my own business, when a delivery truck rolls backward down the hill, smacks into a light post, shears it off (fiberglass) it falls, shorts out my power distribution panel, kills the steel door into my computer room and breaks half of my batteries. Sigh. the generator kicks in and immediate nukes its voltage regulator.

So I grab a spare regulator (yes, I'm paranoid) and skin three knuckles and break a socket replacing it. I take the cutoff saw to the power box and just rid PG&E from the picture. I called the city as well as PG&E - PG&E says the light pole is the city's problem - the city agrees, and swears it will be out of my garage by Wed. at the earliest. ARF? So I took the cutoff saw to the pole. Cut it up into nice three foot sections and put them out by the curb. PG&E shows up and throws a fit. Cops show up and throw a fit. City worker shows up and throws a fit. Wants to press charges for Destruction of City Property. "Send me the bill" I reply. Not good enough, thinks they. Soooo they file a police report. In the meantime PG&E starts throwing yet another fit - seems I cut off the distribution block on 'their' side of the demarcation. "It's on my property" replies I. They leave with power still out to my house, but everyone else in the neighborhood back on line. That's ok, I can wait them out. I have a large generator.

What a day - I have battery guts all over the garage floor, my power is coming from a generator and I have multiple municipalities wanting to sue me. (but not the dipwit who doesn't curb his tires...) Oh well - I guess that's why I have a law firm on retainer... Now if I can just get all the machines to politely come back up. Something to be said for having installed the Journaling Files System on them... Hey Dnar - if you haven't checked it out, do so... It's AWESOME. Three plus hours of down-time. My stats are going to stink... :rolleyes: That's the real horror to the story. :D

I really really need a life. (And a couple hundred gallons of Diesel fuel and a new blade for my cutoff saw and a couple dozen new batteries...)

News-flash - PG&E must be back - my power panel in the computer room shows the grid back online and the generator trying to recharge batteries that no longer exist... Guess I'd better go cut that before I lose another regulator. Should put a sign on the garage door so my sister doesn't park in the acidic gel, too...

Thanks for letting me vent, all... I feel much better now... :p :D

[siggy]

Sorry for all your troubles. But if it will make you feel any better, I was having a bad day until I read this. My day does not even come close.

Sorry again Jodie. :(

[Jodie]

Thanks, Sig! It's really not so bad... The kitty-litter trick is working well on the battery goo... I pay people to get me out of all the trouble I get myself into, so it's really a non-issue... :D

Why is your day going poorly? [comfort!]

[siggy]

Thanks for the comfort. It just seems like one of those days that everything I touch...I break......(course I can fix it too) but who as the time. Also Aunt flo is visiting for a few days.

<<HUGS>>

[Jodie]

<<< HUGS! >>> Hang in there - 99% of life is 'just showing up and waiting it out'... It will all get better on its own - it always does!

[viperdog]

Now I understand why there are 30-06, 9mm & 357 holes in those 225 HDs.... lol

Hope your tomorrow works out better....hugs kid!

[Jodie]

Don't forget the .50 BMG! I want to see if any city employees stand up to it better than the ST225 did... [ROFL!] :D

No worries, the network is back online, the generator is again sleeping peacefully, and I found a hazardous waste company to come clean up the polluted kitty litter absorbing the battery goo... It's all kinda amusing when you think about it... :rolleyes: :D

Thanks, though! I appreciate the sentiment!

[MechCD]

Holy Sh!t.... Cheezus pris.... why don't you sue them? why are they sueing you in the first place? their truck hit yer house......

[MechCD]

i'd be very pissed at the city. Why would they care if you cut up a damaged pole on your property? i local police officer told me that if city stuff like poles and sign fall INTO YOUR YARD AND ARE DAMAGED the item that fell is legally yours. So the wind pulls up a street sign... me has a streetsign in basement, neighbor has a stop sign :) SOmene plowed into the stop sign in the winter... the pole was flat to the ground :) we had to remove it ourselves and call the city hall to get another one put in :D but i guess you could say I live in the country city.. A suburb i guess. Not big enough yards to be country, not city enough to be city

The city should thank you for removing the pole...

PG&E welll........... ummmm no comment there


My house's wiring is all inside, id on't see how or where Ohio Edison could call any of of it theirs considering it was all put in by my dad or the person who lived here before us....... The line comes in, goes to a self installed box.. and goes from there.

battery acid = bad :)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Jodie, my lips move when I read. I need a picture. Maybe it should be your new icon. It should be you in your drop-dead lipstick with your coach bag and uber fem Italian shoes wielding a power saw. Grrnnnnngg!!!!!

Daniel

[Jodie]

Originally posted by MechCD
Holy Sh!t.... Cheezus pris.... why don't you sue them? why are they sueing you in the first place? their truck hit yer house......

It wasn't their truck - it was a third-party- A delivery truck/courior.

Their p1ssy about my chopping up their light pole into bite-sized pieces for them... (Hey, it was in MY garage) Shrug. Like I say - That's what I pay attornys for... It's their problem now, not mine...

[Jodie]

Originally posted by Daniel, Laura, and Nora
Jodie, my lips move when I read. I need a picture. Maybe it should be your new icon. It should be you in your drop-dead lipstick with your coach bag and uber fem Italian shoes wielding a power saw. Grrnnnnngg!!!!!

Daniel

ROFL! The cutoff saw I used is actually state property - I climb occassionally with Search and Rescue, especially in the winter up around Truckee, lost hikers and skiers and such... It's an awesome saw, cut a car in half in about 20 seconds and come back for more...:D :D :D (And I was wearing my not-so-uber-fem Soloman hiking boots at the time, as I was about to go out for a hike, too... Sigh. :rolleyes: )

[Jodie]

Originally posted by MechCD
i'd be very pissed at the city. Why would they care if you cut up a damaged pole on your property? i local police officer told me that if city stuff like poles and sign fall INTO YOUR YARD AND ARE DAMAGED the item that fell is legally yours. So the wind pulls up a


I think they're fortunate I didn't cut-up the city employee and the PG&E guy and then dump

battery acid = bad :)

on them... ;) :p :cool:

[Alfred Das]

Wicked!

A:

(Thanks for sharing a fine real life story!)

[Dave S]

Jodie that sucks girl, ere...if U ave any more bother wiv em let us know hu & we’ll send the boy's round to sort it... OK?!?. My bro’s over their can be on the case in minutes!!!!:eek: :eek: :D

[Jodie]

Originally posted by Dave S
Jodie that sucks girl, ere...if U ave any more bother wiv em let us know hu & we’ll send the boy's round to sort it... OK?!?. My bro’s over their can be on the case in minutes!!!!:eek: :eek: :D

There's a plan! Thanks! I'll keep you posted! ;)

[Chas]

Originally posted by Dave S
Jodie that sucks girl, ere...if U ave any more bother wiv em let us know hu & we’ll send the boy's round to sort it... OK?!?. My bro’s over their can be on the case in minutes!!!!:eek: :eek: :D

Hey Dave
This is Lara's twin sister you are talking about here and armed with a bloody huge chain saw........ i really feel she may be able to take care of herself :)

Of course if you really wanted any assistance ,i could put a call out to the South London posse for you ;)

[MikeTimbers]

Originally posted by Chas
Of course if you really wanted any assistance ,i could put a call out to the South London posse for you ;)

That's "sarf" I think you'll find. (well it is in SE9 anyways)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I lived in a squat in Kennington SE11 for a while. The elderly couple in the ground floor flat used to beat me up on a daily basis. Its been 15 years but if they're still breathing, they're fierce and stealthy, like a Pinto with a V8 stuffed under the hood. We could send them around.

I was working for Computer Cab as a "telephonist." Aside from the dispatchers (former drivers), I was the only guy who worked there. I did well. The American accent sounded efficient, apparently. I was quickly promoted to the lofty position of "ring back girl," in charge of telling people that their cab, already late, would be another 20 minutes. I loved that job.

Daniel

[Chas]

Originally posted by MikeTimbers


That's "sarf" I think you'll find. (well it is in SE9 anyways)

Gor blimey mate your right there, Sarf London it is.......

[MikeTimbers]

Hmm, I broke down in Kennington at 2am once. Not a pleasant wait for the AA (and that's not short for Alcoholics Anonymous for you Merkans)