In which there is power to the people

[rolanni]

The Big News from Cat Farm and Confusion Factory Management on this January Saturday is the fact that the power went out at 5:01 am, waking Management from a sound sleep.  The house makes several Complaining Noises when the power goes, which are quite plaintive in the Overall Unnatural Silence, thus, Management was awakened.

At 5:02 am, the generator rumbled to life, and moments after, the house came back on-line.

What an incredible feeling of relief.

Management would like to thank everyone who participated in the Great Generator Caper of 2015.  Without your encouragement and active support, we would not have taken on the expense of installation.  You made us believe that it was not only possible, but that we would be able to pay off the debt.

So, yes -- thank you! For that feeling of relief, for the warmth and the food that wasn't lost, and for those extra three hours of sleep, after the house cried out in its distress.

. . .In other news, I own a skirt -- an ankle-length black skirt that I've had for a while now, and which I on several occasions wished to wear, except that?  I couldn't find a slip.  It's been. . .Rather a While since I've owned a skirt, or a dress, and the slips that went with them were long-ago donated to Goodwill.

Do you know how hard it is to find slips, anymore?  I finally bought one at Amazon, having exhausted all my other, usual vendors.  I mean, c'mon, KMart used to sell slips!  But not anymore.  Or, at least, not anymore in my part of Maine.

So, that mission accomplished, and I also bought a couple books, while I was there and all.  Note to self:  stop buying books.  No, really.

Yeah, that's gonna work.

But!  What's notable about these expenditures is that, having purchased, let it be clear, an ankle-length slip, and two books -- a biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, and a graphic novel entitled The Sculptor -- I received in my inbox, a Special! One! Time! Offer! of a Free Gift! from Amazon, which was --

A digital copy of Kung Fu Panda.

Seriously, Amazon?

I mean, my deeply negative feelings for Jack Black aside, what, exactly, in that purchase persuaded your algorithms that I would in any way be receptive to receiving a copy of Kung Fu Panda?

I respectfully submit that you need to do a little work behind the nose.

And don't you dare send a copy of Kung Fu Panda to any of my devices.  Things will get Very Ugly if you try.  Thank you.

And, now, having washed the dishes and doodled around on the web, it's time to deploy the Cat Eating Machine.  Poor cats; they were being so comfy together in the living room.

Well.

Needs must.

Hope your Saturday is both comfortable and productive.

Here, have a picture of the Lights in early evening at the Maine Botanical Gardens:

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Most excellent test!

We had a new power test recently, where the line voltage dropped to about 108 for 5 or 6 hours. I shut all motor-powered things down, but discovered only when the power went out entirely that the UPSs that back up the computer and internet access had decided that the voltage was too low and went on battery. So when the house went dark, so did the UPSs. Wonderful.

Never found out what the power problem was, but that and the subsequent total outage lasted amost a day. In cold and calm weather.

And Kung Fu Panda? I got the same offer after buying a new, more powerful UPS. I think the makers of Kung Fu Panda are paying Amazon to push their product. They must be desperate.

[readinggeek451]

I got the Kung Fu Panda offer after buying one track of unrelated (Celtic/religious) music. The makers thereof are definitely desperate.

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Clearly!

[gingerwood.livejournal.com]

I also go an offer for Kung Fu Panda, though I'm not remembering which purchase prompted it.

Kung Fu Panda

[barb-in-md.livejournal.com]

Let's see--I bought 3 CDs--one soundtrack, one vintage disco and one Hawaiian--to trigger their offer to me.(Offer deleted, btw).
I suspect a major promotional effort, as the trailer for 'Kung Fu Panda 3' is now showing in theaters.

RE: Kung Fu Panda

[gerald heaton (from livejournal.com)]

I also got that offer.
AND I think you're right about the promotion of KFP since I just saw the trailer for KFP3

[filkferengi]

Yay for generators! With the fourfoots taking care of the fuzzy [& *all* the fluffy], I'm glad it took care of the warm part. Warm & fuzzy authors are better.

How in worlds did you manage to find an ankle-length slip? I can't even find any knee-length ones.

It sounds like Amazon made a bigger slip than you bought.

Power!

[sb-moof.livejournal.com]

"That's the Power of Love" since song lyrics are often entry titles here, I thought this was rather appropriate for the generator portion of today's entry. Not so much for the Amazon marketing campaign.

I am quite glad that the house went onto generator power without either of you having to get out of bed. Technology is supposed to help us, and I appreciate instances when it does. (Too much technical support in my background to expect that to be the default.)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

all my other, usual vendors.

I googled full length slips and got a ton of hits, like Macys, Nordies, Pennys.... and some women centric sites.

I have held on to two of my old half slips, but then, I dont wear dresses anymore.

[bbu26.livejournal.com]

Hooray for the generator and all who made it possible!

And, Kung Fu Panda is such a FUN movie. I think I need to go buy something else on Amazon to get my free copy. :-)

[estara.livejournal.com]

Yay for working generator! May you need to use it only sparingly :D - oh and while I'm here, Healthy New Year to you and yours.

Generator worry and the PC's that don't love them.

[ireneha.livejournal.com]

Note: If a Generator comes on for just a few minutes, and then the House power comes back on, this could be a bad thing for computers.

I didn't listen to the whole story, as I don't have a generator, but things got fried. So, It might be a good thing to get up and disconnect the computers if the generator comes on.
For me this would be just flipping a single switch, so not so hard, but you have multiple computers etc.

I thought I would bring-up this possible generator warning.

RE: Generator worry and the PC's that don't love them.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Given how often we lose power out here in the country, all the computers are on UPS units. In theory, the power goes out, the UPS kicks in, the generator comes on, the UPS goes off-duty as soon as it's got steady current again.

On the other side of the changeover, the generator doesn't relinquish its duty until the grid is feeding a steady enough supply to trip the auto-switch in the circuit box. In theory, this should be an instantaneous and seamless switchover. If it's not -- there are the UPS units again, safeguarding the health of Cat Farm computers.

[ohlibn.livejournal.com]

*So* pleased things worked as they should!

We recently had to replace two UPS units at work due to frequent power outages over a short period. Fortunately they did their job and protected the servers, but the units' ability to hold a charge was fried. Do check them occasionally so you're not as unpleasantly surprised as we were!