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No power…

September 27, 2007

Quite a surprise today, when we found two letters from Scottish Hydro, the company that delivers our electricity. There will be no electricity on October the 10th during the afternoon and October the 12th trough out the whole day (from 09:00 to 17:00). I guess this has to do with the activity that has been going on with the new electricity poles recently.

It is a bit annoying and it makes you realize how dependent we are on electricity coming into our houses 24/7…

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