Wimpy’s to the Rescue!

On Friday night, shortly after Grab A Stack of Rock concluded, the city of Kitchener was hit with a power outage and a surge to match!  Jen and I called it an early night and hit the sheets around 9:30.  We hoped the power would be back later in the night, but no such luck.

I woke shortly after 5:00 AM to discover  that the city’s power was restored, but our building had an electrical issue.  I called the appropriate numbers to report it and hoped for the best.

By 7:00 AM I was restless.  It was too dark to read a book, and all my devices were running out of power.  Even my headlight affixed to my toque!  (Which was a life saver by the way, thanks mom and dad.)  I woke Jen up and we went out in the cold icy rain to charge our devices in the car, and make our way down the street to Wimpy’s diner for some hot food.  Neither of us had a proper meal before the lights went out.

I had the omelette with all the fixings.  Jen had three eggs with four sausage links and a pancake.  It hit the spot.

Upon our return, power had just been restored!  My laptop was charging again and my PC was undamaged from the surge.

My 7.1 receiver unfortunately…it may have bit the dust.  It doesn’t seem to be receiving any signals…or maybe it’s not putting out any.  I’m not sure how to diagnose this thing but I think it’s dead.

But we survived the first big storm of 2024 with determination on our faces and food in our bellies.  Thanks Wimpy’s!

 

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        2. When in doubt, that’s likely the right approach
          I recall the IT Crowd had a great line when answering the phone, ‘have you tried turning it off and on again’ – that’s about the extent of my tech-trouble shooting I’m afraid!

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