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Well that was a sh*t scare & a half.
We were out hanging out the washing & John saw a flare with sparks etc on the power line where it joins the house. He went to get his torch & it had done it again before he got back. less than 3 minutes.
a big blue-white flare with plenty of sparks right up against the outside wall of our bedroom.
We called the power company & they sent a couple of blokes out who shut the power down & fixed it. one of the wires had pulled lose or something.
As the first guy said,
Lucky we saw it.
Lucky it wasn't raining (it was earlier today)
Lucky we'll wake up tomorrow.
Irony... the battery ran out on the smoke detector a month ago & we hadn't gotten around to replacing it.
Very lucky we'll wake up tomorrow.
scared me,
especially the 30+ mins waiting for the first guy to arrive (he had to come from mosgiel on the other side of Dunedin it turned out)
Got burnt once & had to have a bunch of skin on my left leg peeled off in strips
probably got a bit of a phobia about fire
but definitely don't want to die that way :eek:
even the thought gives me the sh*ts.
Lucky we decided to hang the washing out tonight instead of waiting for the morning.
Nice to be alive.
 
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Yeah, me too:nod:
Thanks feckit :)
still a bit iffy about going to sleep.
you can probably tell... it's 2:32am over here :o
 
We've been having fog, rain & generally icy cold, grey, miserable weather...
A proper English christmas John sez.
Just like home :nod:
 
Blimey :eek:

What happens if a different one falls down? :eek:

Glad you're all ok but remind me Ciri if I see you on an aeroplane to take a seperate flight :D
 
lol, nah... I'm the lucky one remember! So many brushes with death & still alive to tell about it :nod:
Just gunna make the most of it while it lasts :nod:

&, about the power cable... I know, I lay in bed awake until about 6 am last night, absolutely wiped & wishing I had a 'standby' button. :wall:
 
Gosh Ciri, that's a scary story, I'm so glad that you and yours are all okay. :nod: Take care.
 
Yeah, seeing it was a million to one chance.
Hell of a christmas present though :nod:
today
Right here,
right now,
Bottom line!
:nod:
What Flops said really made me think though.
I suppose the epilepsy pushes the figure up a bit
but the number of times I've nearly died & haven't
more than once because of million to one chances...
scary
I must've been really good in my last life or something.
It sure as hell can't be from this time round anyhow :rolleyes:
Gotta be glad for everyday :nod:
There really truely might not be another one tomorrow.
 
Dont worry Ciri.. GOD is on ur side... Nothing will go wrong... Merry Xmas to u and every1 here... have a blast...
 
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