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After Middle School Chris bounced through various high schools around the state of Florida for a bit. He ended up getting a BA (in English) from the University of Central Florida at about the time others his age were getting their MAs. His (now) wife, their child, and he went to Europe for a bit (there was a programming job in Scotland) and came back unemployed where upon he got offered a job in St. Paul. He moved on from that job after a few years to one where he was paid to do the things he previously did as a hobby. That sounds much more exciting than it really was. Really his life is based on two kids, two cats, and a bunny.
Power to the People
We had lights for all of 5 out of the last 66 hours (and yes it is out again).
Storms with 70mph winds blew through here at 4am Saturday night, wreaking havoc and throwing 100K+ people in the cities into darkness. Since our line only holds about 50 people (despite being in teh center of the city!) we were last on the list to get repaired. They fixed it this evening early enough for us to clean out the sodden fridge, and the now-thawed freezer and fix a meager meal of what we had been able to save.
We were just finishing dinner as the news was reporting of a second storm blowing through the area. My wife sent me out to move her car out of Hail range, and I was waling back in from the garage when POP, sizzle
I sit here again in the dark, wondering if I will have power tomorrow. *sigh*
Also: Vonage doesn't work without electricity.
UPDATE: after 81 hours we have electricity again.
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I recently switched to a new cable provider and was suprised that the cable modem and phone MTA are now in the same device with 9 hours of onboard battery backup. The only draw back is that you need to use a corded phone because most cordless phones won't function withou
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