My version of Kitten Down a Well Alert

[pegkerr]

kijjohnson is instigating a Kitten Down a Well alert:

Right now I am despairing. I think we can't even imagine what the bottom will be like. And I can't read LJ without seeing my own rage, grief, desperation, and fear mirrored and magnified. Bleah.

So, tell me about monkeys riding motorcycles, kittens with four ears, people who give their lottery winnings to the Nature Conservancy, dresses made of turf, your vacations to the beach, and the Collider. Better yet, post them where everyone will see them, as leavening for a heavy time.

I kinda see her point. So I gave her a black belt chimpanzee.

And you? What can you offer in response to a Kitten Down a Well alert during stressful times?

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[dichroic.livejournal.com]

This morning all my hot water was out. (Cold shower = not such a problem when you're in a semitropical climate, it's still summer weather, and you've just worked out.) I checked the water heater and the circuit breaker and didn't see anything obvious to fix. So I waited until the Very Nice Apartment Guard came in, to ask him to check it (so many things are different in Taiwan: he's familiar with local systems and I'm not). The next step would have been to call the rental agent and ask him to get a plumber.

The VNAG found the problem. Was a breaker flipped? was a pilot light out? No, no: my hot water was out because the hot water heater's battery was dead. (boggle)

It's not as silly as it sounds: it runs on gas and apparently instead f an always-on pilot light, the battery powers an ignition system. But it sitll strikes me as funny.