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[torkell]

Today's surprise was a 5-second power glitch while I was on the loo. Small, windowless rooms can get *really* dark.

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[torkell]

I think that wins the "fail + volts = bang" award (the instance of fail at university a few years ago fortuantly did not result in bang, because the guy stopped the angle grinder in time. Instead that turned into a discovery by the administration that diesel generators apparently need diesel to work).

As it happens, there was a crane fall round here recently. The guy was lifting boats into the water, and current guess is that an outrigger lost its hydraulics. Result: one half-submerged crane, one written-off yacht.