[TriLUG] How was your week?

WA Brown brownwa at ftc-i.net
Sun Aug 6 00:43:50 EDT 2006


The power runs thru a UPS. Not the phone line. It does suck!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cristobal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:26 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] How was your week?


>I have to say: the google ads while I was reading your email were
> quite entertaining.
>
> I think I owe you a beer (or similar) for laughing at your expense.
> You'll find me up front at the meeting if you can make it.
>
> So, to answer your question, my week was pretty good. Better than
> yours, luckily. Joking aside, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. That
> really sucks.
>
> -CMP
>
> P.S.
>
> <plug class="shameless">I know where you can get a good 1400AV UPS (or
> two) if you need one (or two, or other replacement hardware).</plug>
>
> On 8/5/06, WA Brown <brownwa at ftc-i.net> wrote:
>> Two weks ago I had a lightning strike. Lightning hit the TV antenna, came
>> down the pole, blew the cover to a breaker box into the yard. Then it 
>> jumped
>> to the telephone protector and blew out the DSL modem. Then it hit both
>> computers and took out both built into the motherboard nic cards, video
>> cards, KVM switch and the keyboard! Then it took out a Ham Radio and an
>> antenna tuner. It also hit both satelite receivers in the house. It hit 
>> my
>> Ham Repeater. took out the link radio and controller.
>>
>> So how was your week?
>>
>>
>> WA Brown
>>
>>
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>
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> Cristobal M. Palmer
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> "Television-free since 2003"
>
> <tarheelcoxn> iank has trouble with English. his native language is Python
> <iank> Yeah
> <iank>   I'm forced
> <iank>     To indent
> <iank>   My sentences
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