Power Surge

Just when I thought all these little annoying PC problems had reached their peak, one more was piled on top. On a cool, sunny, perfect Wednesday afternoon, 10th September 2006 at 1:00 while I was chasing the shark (vacuum) around the house, I heard a distinctive POP! I had no idea what the girls (cats) were up to now but had no time to investigate. Company's coming so I had to finish my cleaning. Soon a terrible odor filtered out into the living room. An odor that couldn't be ignored. I adjusted my plan and followed it to the the source, my office.

My PC showed a blank screen that had been lit up just a brief few minutes ago. I crawled under the desk to check the outlet. Yep, you guessed it. A POWER SURGE! My surge protector was burnt out, blackened and stunk something awful! My printer was still on but the PC refused to light up. Oh, man! Everything else in the house seemed OK. Uh, oh. Not so. The TV was blown, but not the rabbit ears. Go figure that one. It always happens to the one that costs a lot more to replace.

A trip to Norlina Computer and Alan reassured me a 24-hour restoration of my PC for less than $100. Another $100 plus, for three new power surge protectors that Radio Shack swears really work. Is there no end? Could be worse, I keep telling myself. Guess I'll be reading more books than watching DVDs for awhile.