There's a good chance you hallucinated this week without ever knowing it

Inverse ^ | October 11, 2019 | By Jack Barton on

[ArGee]

I’m a slug.

Sometimes I'm amazed at how many things in life remind me of Calvin & Hobbes.

[ArGee]

Well, look at what the cat dragged in.

Literally.

[ArGee]

Well, look at what the cat dragged in.

Literally.

[NicknamedBob]

I got it the first time, thanks.

[Monkey Face]

Absolutely. Of course, after I wrote about being a slug, I thought of Calvin and would have mentioned it, but I trusted you to read my mind... ;o])

[ArGee]

Tell FR. I clicked Submit but once, and but once it was submitted. I am aghast that it would have posted twice.

After all, the correct sequence is, preview twice, post once.

[NicknamedBob]

It has happened infrequently to me as well.

Other things, worse things, have happened as well.

...

I don’t want to talk about it.

[Tax-chick]

D’afternoon. The good news is that our telephone is fixed. The bad news is that my PC won’t turn on.

I assume DP will fix it. Maybe it’s not plugged in.

[ArGee]

I understand completely.

One of the worst things that happens to me is that I type so fats that letters come otu in the worng order.

I HATE that.

[ArGee]

I’ve been in a lot of spaces and a lot of times, but I have never been in a space-time where it makes sense that fixing the phone causes the PC to stop turning on.

This is new.

[NicknamedBob]

"I have never been in a space-time where it makes sense that fixing the phone causes the PC to stop turning on. This is new."

Welcome to Murphy-space. A place originated by, and subject to, Murphy's Law. It's the law west of the Pecos, and east of it too.

Anything that can happen, given enough time, will happen.

And when it happens, it will happen in the most inconvenient manner possible.

So when one thing gets fixed, another thing breaks. Try not to act surprised; this is the Universe you inhabit,

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Half the plugs in the kitchen, including the one that powers the COFFEE POT decided to become non-functional this morning.

Nope. Not a thrown breaker. Not sure what it is, only that if my dad and DH can not fix it then it will be expensive.

But I had to go a whole twenty minutes after waking up with no coffee. Oh, the humanity!

[ArGee]

Any chance you have a GFI circuit that includes half the plugs in your kitchen?

You would have an outlet similar to this, although the buttons might not be colored. If one of the buttons is popped out, that will cause the entire circuit to fail.

BTW: The one with the button is in the basement of the abode in which I currently reside. Don't just look in the kitchen.

[ArGee]

I must have overshot. I thought I was in Solla Sollew space.

[NicknamedBob]

"Half the plugs in the kitchen, including the one that powers the COFFEE POT decided to become non-functional this morning."

A lot of times, old wiring is a bit like old Christmas tree lights; they are strung together in a series.

Which can lead to a situation like yours. How to fix? Attend:

Find the first place in the series that doesn't work. Open up the receptacle box or junction box and look for a dysfunctional connection, a burnt wire, a melted wire connector, and so forth. If that box is clear, the problem lies between it and the breaker panel. (You can have a bad connection in a breaker box, you know; look at the wire connection to the breaker.)

Oh, no one in your house does that sort of thing? You'll need an electrician.

.

They're just wires, you know. You said they nad no power. (Oh, by the way, the wires could be hot, but the neutral connection could have failed. Better keep that in mind.)

I've seen people shy away from a stubby little piece of wire just laying on the ground. Sheesh.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

None of them have that kind of button although you are right, there might be one somewhere else on that same circuit.

Thanks!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Oh, people in my house do that sort of thing.

Just not this morning as we had to get out the door and I was about a quart low on coffee. Will check it over tonight when we get home.

[NicknamedBob]

Well, do turn off the breaker when you find which one it is. It’s embarrassing to discover by accident that there’s power on a line you’re checking or repairing.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I learned that lesson the hard way many moons ago. Fortunately I touched it with the back of my hand rather then the fingers or palm. My dad told me always to check but I was in a hurry.

Some people just have to touch the live wire for themselves.

[ArGee]

I touch a live wire every so often. It’s cheaper than a hair stylist.