October 14, 2008
Tuesday Teaser photo verification
My apologies for once again neglecting you all. I’ve been without power in my office all day. Right about the time the lights (and my cable modem) went off, Megan was posting the correct answer to the Tuesday Teaser once again. Congrats to Megan for knowing a hose-end sprayer when she sees one, and mahalo to all of you who played.
My buddy Paul came over this afternoon to see if he could get my office circuit breaker to flip back to “on” and stay there. I love Paul dearly, but he’s a hopeless alchoholic and was in bad shape when he arrived. He managed to pull the TV cable box down on his head while checkign the plug below the office work table. He was feeling no pain and his baseball cap kept him from getting a scalp cut, so that wasn’t a major problem (assuming that he box still works - haven’t checked it yet.) He argued with me when I brought him his shoes to wear while he was checking the breakers, but it’s a good thing he put them on anyway. He gave himself a serious jolt while testing circuits and I sent him home. Luckily, my friend Abe was able to come over this evening (just as House was coming on, darn it!) and he found that Paul had been testing the wrong circuit. It took him about a minute to have me up and running again. Ah, it’s good to have friends! I had called Randy (the real electrician) but he wasn’t going to be able to squeeze me in until (maybe) sometime late tomorrow. He would have charged me an arm and a leg just for walking in the door, so I’m super, extra grateful for both Paul and Abe tonight (okay - Abe a little more than Paul!)
[tags]contest, contest winner, electrical problems, photo puzzle, Tuesday Teaser[/tags]
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October 15th, 2008 at 12:15 am, Anele Says:
Ugh, sounds like when my uncle, who likes the sauce as well, recently “helped” my husband move this monster TV we were giving my mom. He dropped his end twice and fell over it cutting his leg. It’s a good thing I wasn’t there because I would’ve pushed him out of the way and lifted it from pure anger that he showed up drunk and put hubby’s back in jeopardy. Good thing you were smart enough to bring that guy his shoes. Glad Abe was able to get you up and running!
October 15th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, Karen Says:
Oh my goodness! Glad it is all working now. I had no idea what to guess. Great choice on that mystery item. LOL
October 15th, 2008 at 5:28 pm, Megan Reed Says:
Yay for me!!! I have developed a little secret to solving these, but a smart player doesn’t give out their secrets. Sorry to hear about you “friend”. We’ve got a few of those in the family I hate to say.