Today, my telephone line was hit by lightning. I discovered that not only will lightning fry a router, it will also destroy any PCs connected to that router via network cables. I also discovered that a $10 phone line surge protector would have saved nearly $3,000 worth of PC equipment. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we spent an entire day without being able to do work because our internet connection was down. Turns out, only the router had crashed and nobody bothered to reset it "to avoid doing further damage". FML
Today, while working the dinner rush at my job, every single computer, credit card machine, and printer froze for an hour and a half. The reason behind this issue was a large wire ripped from the mainframe, the same wire I tripped over 20 seconds before while my boss watched. FML
Today, I spilled a glass of iced tea all over my desk. It trickled down the wall and fried an extension cord. FML
Today, my cat decided that the best place for her to pee was over the surge protector where my modem, router, and printer are plugged in. FML
Today, I tried to charge my phone at school by removing the socket for the fan. All the computers in the room turned off. I accidentally removed the power cables for the computers and got suspended. FML
Today, the ethernet cable that I'd waited so long for arrived. I have been gaming on the stupidly unstable wifi for months and finally I thought my life would be saved. Then it turns out that the ethernet port isn't working. FML
Today, during a storm-related power failure, I jerry-rigged an inverter from my car to supply the essentials. In doing so, I managed to blow up the fridge, smoke and all. The power came back on 5 minutes later. FML
Today, my cat knocked my phone into the bathtub. I grabbed it, dried it, and put it on the charger without thinking. Five minutes later, the bathroom lights went out and my landlord texted me asking why the fuses had tripped. FML
Today, in an effort to rearrange my bedroom, I planned to reroute my internet cables under my house. Then I found out about the black widow infestation. FML
Today, my house was broken into and my computer was stolen. Fortunately, I have cloud backups of all my work; unfortunately, hardware prices have gone through the roof and I won't be able to replace that computer soon. FML
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stunty_fml 0
You lucky you. Surge protector worth 10 bucks would probably set your house on fire.
Fop 6
HAH. YDI for not getting one though. This one was actually good. Also, I like the OPs name.
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Comments (106)
juturnaamo 29
How can one not know that? I've never sold a PC without explaining the benefits of a good surge protector...but even without one, who keeps there computer on during a lightning storm?
fadingaway 17
Why is the money is dollars? I'm pretty sure we use rands here in S.A.
Zhu8 5
note to self: hook up router cable to surge protector.
meteacher 2
i take it you converted rand to dollar. or you're lost.
finisterra15 0
I have a 3000€ computer and I use a wired connection because it's more stable and faster. Do you even know anything about computers?
finisterra15 0
Ugh I was supposed to reply to another comment.
kei1108 13
The people who said YDI do not know how to put themselves in someone elses shoes.. ha
gymnast2318 0
Ha sucks for you. Pc's are shitt.
mintypoison 22
.... Why were you using your computer when there was lightning? And always throw in the extra couple bucks. You seriously never know what'll happen.
music87 14
You can always unplug the computer and router during a lightning storm. We do that here...works fantastically. YDI
SupaDupaMouse 2
I know right OP? Mother nature must die! So we can't have any more plants. and with out plants there would be no fruits or vegetables. There would also be no more trees so no more oxygen. We wouldn't have meat because the animals can't eat anything if nothing grows because there's no rain!! I agree with your name OP >=D