Damn! This is the 3rd time in 4 weeks.
I write this blog as our generator bangs away outside.
Not desirable for 2 reasons. First, it is expensive to run a generator, about $25 every 12 hours. Second, its really noisy.
And, I have to sit around and wait for the repair people, who may or may not make it today, so I may be sitting around tomorrow as well.
You see, they can't find my house. Why, you ask? Good question. I get the electricity when it's working so they know where I am. But, they can't communicate this to their repair crews for some unknown reason. They could simply FOLLOW THE POWER LINES and that would get them here, wouldn't it?
So here I sit and wait. And wait. And wait. Having cancelled my plans for the day.
F$#$#!
Remember, this is the Land of Unfulfilled Expectations. I forget from time to time.
We have had bad winds for the last 4 days. It blew so strong last night that the wind picked up a 50 pound wood deck chair...frame only, no cushions on it...and hurled it down our yard about 100 feet.
Hell, I can't thrown the chair 10 feet.
Even the dogs won't go outside.
I tell you this because it means that there is plenty of wind trouble so the repair crews probably won't make it today and I'll have to call it all in again tomorrow.
What? You say.
Well, the electric company has to fix any problem in 24 hours according to the law. So if they don't make it, they trash the job order. Out of sight, out of mind. Apparently this is a "successful" repair.
You have to call in ANOTHER job order for repair, thus starting a new 24 hour period. Somehow, it their mind, this means they satisfied the 24 hour repair law.
WTF!!!
Well, that's they way it is...
On the other hand, I sit here in my shorts and sandals while my friends in the frozen north shiver their way through the day!
I'll take the Land of Unfulfilled Expectations over cold any day.
2 comments:
Warm and sunny today in the cold north ;-) Maybe you should look into a wind generator.
I see that CO is in a warming trend...got to be nice. And Spring is around the corner.
It is only windy for about 3 months of the year making a wind generator a little limited...but you were probably joking anyway and that is too much information.
Nice to hear from you, Allan!
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