Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Breaking, electric boogaloo. . .

Rarely in the blogosphere does an actual subject dovetail so nicely with an unknown gem of a movie.

OK, unknown gem may be a bit on the strong side, but the title is up there with any other: "Breakin' 2, Electric Boogaloo."

In the past week, we have been having some electrical woes at the hotel. We weren't really sure (and that is the "royal we" meaning me) what was going on.

Coopalesca (the electric company) said it wasn't their problem, so we gutted it out over the weekend (with several trips to the electric box on the front of the road to flip the breakers) until Miguel came and took a look at it.

Seems that the breaker we had up front wasn't powerful enough to handle the wattage we have been pumping into our cottage; and it clicked off at the wrong time. Once Miguel got a look at it, we pulled the offending breaker, bolted up to Ciudad Quesada and got a breaker that will withstand our power needs.

Additionally, we did have to take down a small tree on the grounds that was branching out and touching the lines. There were some fried leaves (especially during this wet and windy season), so that was a clue to part of the problem as well.

As for the flick? I believe I saw it in my junior/senior year of high school. The plot? Couldn't tell you. . . The title? Timeless.

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