That was close...too close.
polycounter lvl 18
On saturdays, my girl and I spend a little time together, dinner and a movie type thing, to relax from the work and school weekday stress. Today we decided to catch a movie...an early showing in fact. Cheaper that way. Then a quick luck at a local pub.
After that, my plan was to sit my ass right here and do some hardcore XSI tutorial studying. No more than 5 minutes after walking in the door from our lunch, I hear an explosion from my computer room, and a loud noise similar to TV static. I run in to find the wall behind my computer desk soaked and dripping with water.
A pipe leading from my water heater had busted right behind the wall that my computer case sits up against. I push the power to the case, quickly unplug everything, and move each component to the other side of the room. Then I run outside to find the water valve under the house. After waiting several hours, drying the carpet, and replacing some pipes, everything seems to be ok.
It's hardly been a week since I built this PC. I'm still working on it, and I have no money to replace any parts. Some pieces of my speaker system were wet, but still work fine. If I hadn't been here at the moment this happened, I would have lost it and possibly more. I'm not sure whether this was good luck or bad...but I guess it could have been much worse. Anyone know that feeling?
I guess tomorrow is still another day, to make up for lost time.
After that, my plan was to sit my ass right here and do some hardcore XSI tutorial studying. No more than 5 minutes after walking in the door from our lunch, I hear an explosion from my computer room, and a loud noise similar to TV static. I run in to find the wall behind my computer desk soaked and dripping with water.
A pipe leading from my water heater had busted right behind the wall that my computer case sits up against. I push the power to the case, quickly unplug everything, and move each component to the other side of the room. Then I run outside to find the water valve under the house. After waiting several hours, drying the carpet, and replacing some pipes, everything seems to be ok.
It's hardly been a week since I built this PC. I'm still working on it, and I have no money to replace any parts. Some pieces of my speaker system were wet, but still work fine. If I hadn't been here at the moment this happened, I would have lost it and possibly more. I'm not sure whether this was good luck or bad...but I guess it could have been much worse. Anyone know that feeling?
I guess tomorrow is still another day, to make up for lost time.
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