The Tale of Avish and the Electric Uncle

[anavish]

Remember the time I debugged my toilet? Well, today me and my uncle remote-debugged the electric system in my house. I'll spare the details, but the bottom line is my computer is back up again and order is restored. No more flashing lightbulbs and random power offs, no sir. This alone is worth the wound I got from thrusting the screwdriver into my

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[talash]

One of my strange "perversities" is that all sorts of technical details about stuff which are supposed to be boring are actually quite interesting to me, but too many people assume they would be too boring to tell about-- and this could be pretty much anything-- be it the morphological structure of languages, electrical circuits, the operation of computer networks or the details about the latest bug you've got debugged. What disturbs me more is the "why the hell this should interest me" attitude of far too many people which then prompts the "oh well, it's probablyy too boring to tell about" bit.

The heroic bit is that I performed this while standing on a chair in the dark and stopping every half a minute to press a key on my cell phone so the tiny light would go back on.

Any special reason for that? I mean, was it so critical that it couldn't have been done over the weekend or something when there's light and stuff? and what about taking the fuse out? It's not that I know much about fixing electric circuitry, but when I have it's a rule of thumb for me. Just wondering.

[talash]

but when I have it's a rule of thumb for me.

when I have to of course.

[anavish]

Critical? Critical? I HAD NO INTERNET!

The fuse was, indeed, taken out, which is why it was so damn dark.

And for future references, bear in mind that some people say "it's too boring to tell about" when they actually mean "it's none of your goddamn business".

[talash]

"it's none of your goddamn business".

sorry.

[talash]

that was me of course.

[anavish]

No need to apologize; I did answer, after all. If I truly didn't want you to nose around I would've just left your comment unanswered.

[talash]

;)