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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2009-03-01 12:34 pm
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Problems problems

I picked up some wireless headphones, so that I can play Guitar Hero loudly without annoying sleeping/working people.

The problem being that when I went to plug them in I discovered that already plugged into the sockets by the TV are:

TV
RAID server
Wii
XBox
DVD Player
Cable TV Box
Cable Network box
Wireless router
Amplifier
Subwoofer

and thus I am completely unable to plug anything new in without buying another power block.

Edit: Found another power block at the other end of the room - switched it over - and now have spare slots to plug things into.  Mwahahaha - the power!
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[identity profile] sigmonster.livejournal.com 2009-03-01 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The fire blanket will do hardly anything for an electrical fire (although it will slow down the progression to an uncontained open fire, at least a little bit), since the heat source isn't dependent on an oxygen supply. But you knew that.

[identity profile] meaningrequired.livejournal.com 2009-03-01 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. He could roll himself in the fire blanket and leap out the window...

[identity profile] sigmonster.livejournal.com 2009-03-01 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
But he can do that anytime - why wait for a fire?
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2009-03-01 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Fires attract people - I want the maximum exposure for my superman impression.
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2009-03-01 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was more a "throw it on the fire to stop any actual flames" and then either see if this makes it possible to unplug things, or use the opportunity to leave.

[identity profile] sigmonster.livejournal.com 2009-03-01 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Circuit breakers are your friends - if they haven't already tripped, hit them on your way out. I wouldn't go near the plug while the circuit was live.

(On the other hand I am not the best source of advice on these things. In the past, I've gone away for the weekend leaving a pan over an open flame. There was nothing near the stove to ignite, because I'm not *quite* that stupid, so it just got red-hot and stank the kitchen out. And the bottom of the pan explosively delaminated when I stuck it under the cold tap, which was kind of fun.)
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2009-03-01 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sadly they're about 8 feet up, so I'll need the ladder to do that...

I've burnt through the bottom of a pan before - didn't impress my flatmates much.

Explosive Delamination should really be the name of an album.
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