Hmm Who Did I Tick Off?

[frankykeno]

Okay I get that electronic things have a finite sort of existance....I really do get that. Today however I'm confused! I've either ticked off the Great God Of All Things Electronic or I have a poltergiest.

I get up this morning, nice morning, hot coffee in hand I sit down at the computer and fire it up....pretty much like every morning. ZZZZFFFTTTTT! ZZZZFFFTTTTTT! goes my monitor! Then it proceeds to go black but the power button light goes on and off and on and off and on and off. Somehow in my sleep fogged mind I realized this was perhaps not such a good thing really so I pull the power plug. Having taken a moment to slug down a bit of coffee and hoping that in some way I've misunderstood this situation I plug the monitor back in and it proceeds to do the psychotic on/off thing for a bit more time. I determine, after a few more guzzles from my coffee cup, that my monitor has gone to the Great Computer Junkyard in the Sky. Luckily (and cheapo me that never tosses out anything) I have an old, spare monitor tucked in my closet.

Lugging the stupid heavy thing down the stairs I set it up and whammo I'm back in business. Pretty good all in all I figure.

Well later I decide I should really take some pictures of Lynn's baby boa we are snake sitting for her. So I grab my digital camera and flick it on......and I flick it on....and...umm....ON! Nada, nothing, bupkis! So I figure okay, we just need us some new batteries. I proceed to steal said batteries from various sources since having a pack of batteries in my house untouched is beyond anyone's capacity to understand. Again....nada...dark screen...BLECH. So I dig around and come up with the A/C adapter which I know works...I use it all the time to save on batteries for pictures around the house. You'd think this would work wouldn't you.

Well nope....apparently I've also killed the camera today. Personally I've determined that I have a poltergiest and am trying to figure out how long it takes to become a Catholic so I can call a bloody priest before this thing kills my precious coffee maker (which funny enough hasn't been working all that well lately either and I've had to resort to *feels faint* instant coffee!)

[rabernet]

I warned you about the coffee pot - I sure am glad that I live way down south in GA - I don't think I'd want to be anywhere in the state of OH when that thing goes! :eek:

[python.princess]

oh, poor jo! how old is your cam? is it still under warranty?

[frankykeno]

Robin, thank goodness there is always instant coffee...it may save this state or at least the northern part from the disaster that would befall them should I be without my morning coffee for even one day!


No hon, the camera's an older one so it was likely just ready to go but boy it didn't have to go today did it? I swear I'm scared to touch the DVD in case it up and kicks the bucket next!

[GirDance]

I can't function without coffee either, so best of luck on that one!!! (I had to settle for pop in the morning for caffeine because I can't find or even recall if I packed my coffee!!!)

Fix for 98% of all coffee maker issues: Fill the pot half to 75% full of white vinegar. Put an empty filter in the top, run the vinegar through 3-8 times - change filter if necessary, then run just water through with a new filter twice.

[tigerlily]

Just one of those days.... but if you don't mind I'm not inviting you over any time soon.

[frankykeno]

Lordy, don't you know the FIRST rule of moving....

"The coffee maker and all related supplies to include filters, coffee, back up standby instant coffee, back up filters, jug of water just in case of bad pipes, back up for the back up coffee, sugar, cups and stirring utensils are to be packed in the moving van's front passenger area PRIOR to anyone moving ANYTHING OUT OF THIS HOUSE!"

[frankykeno]

Oh...on a related note...the cell phone won't charge either...light comes on but apparently nobody's home on that front either. I think I need to go hide under the bed.

[GirDance]

Haha, except that with the aquarium, the fish, the jugs of tank water, the snake, the boyfriend, and the x-large tim hortons cup that I had there was no room for the coffee!!!!

The tea made it though, and I've gotten used to drinking that because we don't have a coffee machine at work

[GirDance]

Did you maybe have an electrical disturbance in the area?? Because that is a *lot* of electronic devices to stop working all at the same time.

Last summer at work some people doing work for cable hit a line and it caused a large (but quick) flash and a good disturbance. People for a 2 block radius had ovens, microwaves, phones, cellulars, tvs, etc all stop working randomly and we were liable to pay for all the replacements