And OUT went the lights…


Here I was, settling in front of the computer screen, fingers poised and ready to start to type away at another Me! Me! Me me me! Masterpiece… well, fingers in an awkwardly gnarled position is more like it, frantically hoping that an idea would spring into my head for me to write a post – ANY post – about anything… good, bad or somewhere in between. I needed to write something.

I went to hit the first character on the keyboard when everything went black.

A strange buzzing noise started to get louder in my hearing.

The computer whooshed into life again, and I realised that we’d had a momentary power cut. The buzzing noise wasn’t a buzzing noise but a car alarm outside.

I didn’t think it at the time, but now I wonder how on Earth a power cut would cause a car alarm to sound… and I’ll dismiss that thought immediately as it isn’t really relevant to this post.

The power cut isn’t either for that matter, but I had to start somewhere.

I’m re-designing my links page. In the process of re-designing it, I have somehow managed to lose almost all of the links from the pictures that are there, so I have to start at the beginning. I’ve set the page to private at the moment as there isn’t any point in a page of links without links… that’s like a clock without hands, a knife and fork without a meal, and a computer without power.

There! I knew the power cut would be relevant somehow!

Below is a split second image of what I saw the moment the power cut struck:

Power cuts not withstanding, normal blogging services should resume from me very shortly. Well, as soon as the lights in my creative mind decide to switch on again! If not, I’ll be relying on the WordPress prompts for a few posts. And the all-new links page will be along soon as well!

21 responses to “And OUT went the lights…”

  1. nrhatch avatar

    You could use The Writer’s Desk contest as a prompt . . . hint, hint. 😀

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      I could, Nancy.
      Actually I did! Thank you! 😀

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  2. lameadventures avatar

    Is it possible that the power going out for a flash just as the car alarm started sounding off was just a coincidence of timing?

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      More than likely, LA, I experience coincidence after coincidence and was just hoping this time they were connected. Which they weren’t… it was still odd though!

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  3. Andra Watkins avatar

    Tom, the car alarm was a wail through the portal of time, and the power cut forced you to slow down and notice it. 🙂

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Oh no, Andra, not another portal opening up! The one in the bathroom’s bad enough! But you’re right – I did notice it! 😀

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  4. shreejacob avatar

    I don’t know why…but I think you are the only blogger that I know (so far) who can write a hilarious ( to me) blog post on…..nothing..(if you know what I mean?).
    This : “I’m re-designing my links page. In the process of re-designing it, I have somehow managed to lose almost all of the links from the pictures that are there…” made me LOL 😀

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Shree, I’ll always have a nothing post to post once or twice a month – glad you like them! 😀
      I haven’t a clue what happened to the links though – very odd, but at least it means I’ll have to create a new page!

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  5. prenin avatar

    No worries Tom – I’m sure you’ll be up and running properly soon! 🙂

    The car could have been sitting over a buried power line and picked up the EMP as the power spiked and went out.

    These things do happen…

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      That sounds logical, Prenin. It was a very odd couple of seconds though – everything seemed to implode!

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  6. mairedubhtx avatar

    I know that sinking feeling when everything goes black. You want to scream, “Noooooo!” but it won’t help. Hope your link get fixed soon.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      The electric side of things is OK now, thanks… the links side on my blog is still broken!

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  7. Deb avatar

    You post gave me a great reminder of how I have a page full of links that needs that need to be relinked. How they got unlinked is beyond me, but they are.
    So, you have to relink all those image again…fun stuff. 🙂
    Have a most wonderful day, Tom! 🙂

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Thanks, Deb – I hope you’ve had a good day too!
      And yes – it’s all fun! 😀

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  8. europasicewolf avatar

    And so the beauty of a laptop with a fully charged battery installed comes in! Unfortunately it’s mostly not charged or if it is it’s not installed but…!! 🙂

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      At least the thoughts there! 😀
      My computer monitor didn’t actually power down in the power outage, whereas everything else did, Icewolf. It must have been a selective outage.

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        Ah yes…one of those 😉 I wonder if your monitor has a selective memory too 😀

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        1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

          Quite possibly, Icy… if it’s anything like me definitely!

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  9. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    Hi Tom, yes I have known power cuts cause alarms to go off, usually house alarms though not cars.. so wonder if we could have had a little solar flare… I havent been keeping up with them recently… but glad you got sorted and normal service resumed 🙂

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Your suggestion actually makes more sense than the coincidence one, Sue… yes, I’ll put it down to a solar flare – the power was off for about half a second and nothing could really shutdown and start up again in that time!

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