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What the heck am I doing today? Shenanigans, General Tomfoolery or What? You never know

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#1109976 added March 6, 2026 at 6:39pm
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A Day Like One We Haven't Experienced In A Long Time
A Day Like One We Haven't Experienced In A Long Time


          So how was today different from most others?  Well, at about 11:40 or so, we lost power!  It quickly came back, but only for less than 5 minutes.  It came back again, and left us again.  Then it started going out, and returning for a few seconds, yes seconds.  We spent more time without power than with power.  It wasn't until I used my phone to look at outages that I learned that this outage hadn't been reported yet!  WOW.  We haven't lost power in a long time, and not for this long either!

          Right after that, crews appeared on the scene.  They were here about 3 hours checking things out.  One thing I learned was that the lines on the poles had power, the house didn't.  I don't think they realized that our neighbors are on a different circuit than we are.  It might have been those lines that had power.  Anyway, power came back for good almost 5 hours after our initial loss.  I did think of one thing though.  The two upright freezers in the basement are powered off a GFI outlet.  I checked them and sure enough, no power.  I reset the GFI and all was well.

          All thru this experience, I had an earworm going in my head.  At first, I couldn't think of the songs name, but it finally came to me.  It was Whiskey In The Jar, by Celtic Thunder. 
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