Too Much Gabble!
So the wife plugs her laptop charger in and there is a bang! The circuit breaker has done it's job and nothing seems to be damaged apart from a socket that normally serves the kitchen TV and digibox (plus the wife's lappy when required).

I start by checking fuses, cables etc on the unplugged extension when there is a barrage of:

"Is it off? Is is safe?? Should you be doing that with the cover off? What caused it to go bang? Will it happen again? Are you sure you won't get a shock? is it OK now?" etc etc ad in-fuckin-finitum!


AAAaaaarrggh and I have to say "I'll let you know when I know!!! Meanwhile please could you stop the endless questions!!!!

Apparently I am a grumpy old cunt
( Vambo, Wed 10 Aug 2011, 22:33, 2 replies)

My g/f is intelligent, a problem solver and works with engineers so she can ask very appropriate questions when something goes wrong
however, I am the man so all her worthy assistance gets ignored while I work it out for myself. Then I demand respect because I fixed it.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Wed 10 Aug 2011, 23:52, closed)

At a work event a few weeks ago
Being hosted by another company in their offices. The sockets on the right side of the office go dead with a bang, obviously a breaker issue. I go into the main office and let them know, and offer to go flip the breakers if someone tells me where they are.

Nobody knows where they are.

Fine, I say, we go back, set up some 4-gangs on the other side of the room and get to work. 10 minutes later there's a 'Waaa Waaa Waaa' sound and the guy who doesn't know where the breakers are comes running through screaming "Fuck, the servers!"

Good old UPS.
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Thu 11 Aug 2011, 1:42, closed)