Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 06:52:28 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: List Status
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Hmmm. I know what "PITA" means, but you have created a new one - "PITK"
Hope the healing goes well.
I don't think anybody got a case of "Bad ol' boy" in your absence, so
the whupping stick shouldn't be necessary!
Take care,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Chelsea, AL
Carrington, Tom wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>Some of you may have noticed that Gerry was unavailable for about 24 hours.
>We had some severe thunderstorms on Wed afternoon in the DC area, and lost
>power. We just got it back a few hours ago.
>
>I was kinda of excited about it, because after the time we had that 1-day
>power outtage in December '04, I bought Gerry and I a generator for
>Christmas. Oh, and of course I told the wife if was "for the family". :)
>
>Once the storm was over, I fired up the new generator for the second time
>ever...but it quit putting out power after about 15 minutes. Engine ran,
>rotor in the head turned, breakers not tripped, but no output. :(
>
>What really frosted me was that when I bought it, there were two models that
>I looked at from Pep Boys with the same output rating - the Coleman
>Powermate that I bought, and a Chinese made one for $100 less. I figured it
>would be worth the $$ for the Coleman and the 2-year warranty it came with.
>
>Oh, and the reason I wasn't able to jump in on the off-kilter posts this
>weekend was that I had knee surgery on Friday (replaced an ACL, serviced the
>cartlidges). With all the painkillers I was on, the list was on autopilot.
>I'll review the whole thread tomorrow and see if something needs to be done.
>So if you screwed up, your not off the hook!!!
>
>You should have seen me cussing yesterday, after hobbling around in a knee
>brace to 30 minutes, stringing extension cords and bypassing UPSes that
>didn't think generator power was clean enough to pass through to the
>servers.
>
>BTW - the generator will be outta the shop in a few weeks (so they say) with
>a new gen-head unit. Pep Boys now has a larger unit for sale, so I'm
>considering selling the one I have and upgrading. If you are interested in a
>Powermate 3750 for $350 (they are $400 new, which I gladly paid) and are in
>the Washington DC area, lemme know!
>
>Regards from your list admin,
>TomC
>tcarrington@relitech.com
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