We woke up to a blackout this morning. It's not a frequent occurrence but certainly a pain; for one thing, there's only one way to boil a kettle in our house so coffee is out of the question. When I notified Marilyn that her morning coffee was on hold she said, "Then I'll have to drink champagne." (And she wonders why I call her Marie Antoinette.)
I noticed there was a message on my 'phone from Tas Networks saying that there was an outage in Burleigh Street and they were investigating. How did they know it was just in Burleigh Street and were we the only ones to get the message? They must have an impressive setup for them to be so specific. Then I notice another message: 'Caused by a vehicle accident.' I had read that once before so I suspect it was a leftover from a previous incident but, nevertheless, I hurried outside to look up and down the street, in case I was missing some human drama..
There was nothing to be seen, apart from the fact that the street was deserted. There were no other onlookers, no people on their morning walk, and not a moving vehicle in sight. I went back inside for breakfast (coffee-less) and the lights came back on. Just another day in Paradise!
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