What Stpid Thing Have You Done Today?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

(And how exactly did that happen? I really want to know.)

It's not uncommon. Generally it's caused by a polarized flux on the feedback pin causing a negative pixelation which results in counter rotational stress on the cables thumb screws leading to complete detachment.

[Alex]

So I'm taking the trash out and a car drives up to me and the driver asks "Excuse me, sir [I don't like being a sir], is this Emerald Park?"

I'm kind of confused because she's in the parking lot of an apartment complex, which very obviously isn't a park. So I assume she means the nearby Emerald Glen Park and I give her directions.

I'm heading back in, having done my good deed for the month when suddenly it dawns on me that the name of our apartment complex is of course Emerald Park (which, to kind of take the stupid out of it, is a name that I only ever see when we renew our lease papers every year).

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Alex just made my night.

Isn't there signage for your apartment complex? I see ours all the time...

[Alex]

Yes, there is at the front gate. Which I hardly ever use and certainly never pay any attention to. To the extent I think of a name for this place it is "Archstone" which of course is the company that owns it and there are probably 20 Archstone complexes in the Bay Area, but I know what I mean by it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I wrestled with a blister pack for 10 minutes before noticing the big perforated panel on the back labeled "easy open".

[Moonliner]

Technically the "stupid thing" happened yesterday but I could not post about it until I made it to work today.

A line of thunderstorms knocked out power to a few hundred thousand homes in my country, Casa de Moonie included. That was around 4:00pm yesterday.

My Cell phone was not charged. My Laptop was not charged, My Kindle was not charged, I realized I no longer own a battery powered radio and since we use Fios our home phone died somewhere about 11:00pm. Doh!

I did have a tube of 100 glow necklaces which actually work fairly well for getting around a night.

Hopefully power will come back on before I get home tonight but it's not looking very promising.

[Ghoulish Delight]

And people wonder why I've always been so reluctant to switch to any sort of digital phone line at home.

[MouseWife]

I hope the power is back on when you get home. We have had instances where it was off for a couple of days. {a stolen car in a chase knocked out a major power box}.

We have a cordless phone but we also have a regular phone nearby {oops, where?} for during power outtages.

The stupid thing I've done today? Not sure yet. I have to call my job and see if I still have it. I've put my trust in my HR person and I am thinking they've screwed me over. Pretty stupid. I don't work a lot {nor do I want to} but I told him I did want to have a job to come back to.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And people wonder why I've always been so reluctant to switch to any sort of digital phone line at home.

And for my Double-Doh! moment of the day. I totally forgot when we made the switch to a digital phone line I was worried about this very issue so our fax line is still on copper. Meaning that I do in fact at least have a home phone line that works.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Can you charge your cell phone in your car?