Nothing zaps afternoon productivity quicker than a power outage. Not just a power surge, mind you – but an all-out power outage. Wattage droppage. At first, I thought it was because I was running too many things at once – the blender, the microwave, my teleporter, etc. Suckin' up da juice, yo! I ran downstairs through the spider-infested garage and flipped every breaker in the fuse box. Nothing happened; our UPSs kept beeping, and the ROUSSes were inching closer. I figured it was a neighborhood thing when I called the power company. Bah! Our entire block was out of juice (though we were the first to report it), and the lines wouldn't be fixed until 6AM the next morning. No power all night long makes for… a metric ton of wasted refrigerated items.
“Time not important, only food important.”

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I don't even wanna know how much money melted away thanks to the power outtage. Since we're only renting here, I'm not hip on installing a generator. Even so, I might consider getting a super-duper UPS for the next fridge acquisition. We need more power, cap'n.