Ellmeister Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I've woken up at around 11 this morning and in the time I've woken up and posted this I have received 3 powercuts!! I hate it when I'm tlaking to someone on msn and/or playing a game etc and the power just dies meaning you've lost your progress on a game or the person talking to you thinks you've just left without saying bye as three people have just accused me of >_> The weird thing is I have only experienced 1 powercut in this house before and that was probably more than a year ago. Its not raining too bad and the wind isn't exceptionally strong so I'm wondering what the problem is really. So do any of you receive many powercuts? Got any good stories because of one? Do you hate them as much as me? =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 At my parents house (a bungalow in a hamlet in North Wales) we received quite a few. I haven't had one in Sheffield, though. Edit: Oh, I remember something. Two Christmas Eve's in a row I tried watching Raiders of the Lost Ark. Both times we had a power cut towards the end. It wasn't until a few years later when I finally saw the whole film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 We've had afew powercuts over the years. Usually it's the pesky Gypsies stealing the copper wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I've had a few powercuts, mostly due to engineers working on the power lines without warning any of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddage Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 On Saturday I kept getting power cuts that would last about 3 seconds then cut out again almost as soon as the power came back, this lasted for about half an hour before the power stayed out for about 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 That's why I'm on a laptop. Though you could just use an uninterruptible power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimless Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I like night time power cuts. Well, obviously if I'm in the middle of something then they're annoying, but I like the sense of adventure that comes with wandering around in the dark finding matches and candles; it's nice to see how we cope (or don't) when stripped from technology. Yes, my life is that mundane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellmeister Posted July 8, 2008 Author Share Posted July 8, 2008 I was playing FFX and it kept dying on me. Personally I hate night time power cuts, I always end up with bruises and scrapes from catching stuff. And our torches are always in the most absurd of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadKill Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 My longest uptime in one streak for any one of my servers was 272 Days 7 Hours 35 Minutes, from the 15th of August 2007 to the 14th of May 2008 - I moved in that house in August 2007, and moved out in May 2008. Powercuts are some shit I'm not used to. This was without a UPS. http://www.uptimes-project.org/hosts/view/1240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letty Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 In winter here we get powercuts almost every day The weather sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raining_again Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I've got a UPS for my pc and a laptop. But we rarely get powercuts so it seems pointless :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh_gamer Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Have had a few here, but they only last a few minutes, and tend to come back on once you've light some candles, so nothing exciting. The other half of the village seems to suffer though, as during Christmas 98', the other half didn't have electricity for 3 days! Luckily we had, so I was able to have a great Christmas with Ocarina of Time and Banjo Kazooie, despite the flock of people calling round for hot water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 UPS ftw. The ADSL modem was powered by phone line so I used to stay online even when the rest of the house in darkness. Too bad the router need powering too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolness Bears Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I very rarely have powercuts. When I do though my first instinct is: TO THE FREEZER!!! you have no idea how long it's going to be off for and I don't want all the delcious food to defrost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegoMan1031 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 couple of powercuts a year seems to be normal round here. Not very often at all really. Normally no power for around 2 hours until it gets fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfox Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I like night time power cuts. Well, obviously if I'm in the middle of something then they're annoying, but I like the sense of adventure that comes with wandering around in the dark finding matches and candles; it's nice to see how we cope (or don't) when stripped from technology. Yes, my life is that mundane. That's boss. Love it when there's fucka ll to do and have to survive by candlelight for a couple of hours. Much fun to be had. Luckily the gas cooker still works so meals are a-ok. My life is mundane too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roostophe Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hardly ever get powercuts around here, I can only recall one instance of a powercut, when I was playing Jet Set Radio on Dreamcast when boomph! Everything was turned off instantly. Took an hour for the power to come back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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