Things have been going pretty well for a while...we were getting lulled to sleep thinking this is the way it is around here.
We hosted a Superbowl party last night. We had 14 people over for dinner, snacks and the football game. Watching on our super duper new satellite TV, the model that is better than almost anyone has in Boquete.
All arrived, ate and were impressed with my Black Bean Middle Eastern Chili. The game was on, the commercials were hilarious and...
At the beginning of the 2nd quarter, the power went to brown out.
No more TV!
We shut down all electronic equipment...the water pump, the frig, computers and the TV of course.
Our friends waited 10 minutes, then split to find another TV to watch the game on.
A few loyal, non football friends stuck around and kept us company. We did appreciated that.
I went to fire up the generator. When I found the 220V power chord to hook the generator up to the house system, one end didn't have the special 4-pronged pull...only bare wires.
Grrr!!!!
I am so tired of Panamanian workers that F#$#@!!! me over every time I turn around. They used the power chord to hook up a welder and didn't wire the plug back. And, I have no idea how to wire the plug...so no temporary power.
The power was restored to normal at 9:45, about 10 minutes after the game ended.
What a disappointment. Our first big party and it was a bust.
This is the Land of Unfulfilled Expectations. We just forgot.
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2 comments:
man, I hate when this happens... I have traced these strange occurances down to being triggered by the thought, "just when I was thinking we had things under control..."
Love You, Darshan
Panama is a fertile petrie dish for growing the unfulfilled expectation.
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