A couple of days ago our lights started flickering periodically and once or twice (though only for a fraction of a second each time) the power seemed to cut out completely. It was enough on occasion to make my PC network crash and restart itself which was a little bit frustrating.
So last night we reported it to the power company, suspicious that the building work next door may have been to blame. It's bound to be that (we convinced ourselves.) Some stupid worker has damaged a supply cable! blah, blah...
Well, first thing this morning an engineer arrived. It's a bit of a long story (for it took most of the day) and none of the story is particularly interesting so I won't bore you with it, but the upshot of it all is that we now have some nice new holes in the driveway (to be filled in tomorrow morning, we have been told.)
Oh... and we also have a new supply cable.
The builders, it turned out, were not to blame. It was simply the antiquated state of our electricity supply cable. I saw the bit that the engineers cut out and it is a wonder that any electricity managed to get through. The cable had virtually disintegrated!
So now we can stand on holey ground! (sorry about that one...)
And I have once again been taught two important lessons:
1. Don't jump to conclusions! - It was all too easy to blame the builders next door, even though I had no evidence to support my suspicions.
2. How fortunate we are in this country. - Almost immediately someone appeared to repair our broken cable. (I know how different it is in developing countries where power shortages and failures of supply - assuming there is a supply in the first place - can take days, weeks or even months to be dealt with.)
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