Well, we were going to post today but after something like five attempts at writing a meaningful post on an iPhone — still without power — we’re giving up. We can’t even be asked to fix the title. Consider this a post of aggravation.
Good night!
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Over here in Bangalore electricity is amazingly unreliable. Every day our office building loses power for at least a couple of hours. In order to have a business here you really MUST own a generator, and even though a battery backup is nice (because it’s quiet), a gas powered generator is the way to go, since you can run it all day.
Occasionally you may walk down a crowded narrow shopping street during a power outage here. All the shops are still open, with generators pumping on their front steps. The street gets ridiculously loud and the air is so filled with exhaust fumes it is crazy. Still, generator sales and repair must be a GREAT business to be in here.
I recall the more lengthy times of electricity loss my family and I have suffered through over the years.
An ice storm in Chicago left our Cicero apartment without power for 3-days. And the hurricane season of 2004 left our home outside Orlando, Florida, without power for a total of 12 days.
In some ways the things I expected to miss the most (Internet, e-mail, etc.) I actually missed the least. Oddly, it was night time illumination which was most missed as without such it was difficult to do much of anything.
Here’s to hoping your electricity problems are solved soon.
Now that chickenmonkeydog’s world headquarters have been returned to full power and internet service, we can share our Pro Tip for Generators:
If you purchase a new generator to help run a few of the necessities during a power outage, it’s best NOT to drop various bits of plastic and metal into the gas tank of new generator. Those items will need to be removed from the generator prior to its use. The removal process can turn into a very frustrating ordeal akin to the children’s game, Operation.
Consider yourself advised.
Oh Liam… if you had only asked first we could have told you not to drop stuff into the tank.
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@ Conall,
Unlike business operations in Bangalore, the chickenmonkeydog world headquarters was not accustomed to regular power outages. We were unprepared. That was the biggest frustration. The businessmen and women of Bangalore know to expect a lack of electricity and so had prepared themselves.
We will definitely be more prepared for the next blackout and therefore won’t suffer such logistic issues.
@ Liam,
Perhaps if chickenmonkeydog had followed many American companies examples and outsourced to India (not sure sending your foreign correspondent counts), chickenmonkeydog could have been prepared for the outage. Glad to hear chickenmonkeydog world headquarters are back up and running though!