A bit of followup to the ongoing previous "open memo to the CFE" thread. Life goes on and you never know what the CFE will do next. For instance this morning, Sunday, I was gently awakened at 6am by nice music from my clock radio rather than being blown out of bed by a horizontal rain storm.

As is the custom, Max accompanies me into the bathroom and I always look toward the casita to make sure all the night lights are on, this morning they didn't seem to be. As I turned on the vanity light is also seemed a bit dim, but then mornings are often "a bit dim" - as I brushed my teeth I didn't think too much of it, the music was playing, the computer regulator wasn't beeping to signal impending doom, but then I checked the voltage meter in the bar just to be sure and hello CFE, today we're only getting 101V rather than the normal 125V, we're just at the edge of "brownout" where the PC regulator goes nutso and the pressure pump motors hum, that is until they burn out, and the frig does the same.

Now recently the CFE had rewired this end of paradise and put all 3 meters on the same transformer apparently because when one went out, they all went. Of course the rich guys up on Gobblers Knob always have electricity, but us poor folks down here suffer on. I looked out the window to see if the pump house circuit was on, a small light tells me the story and today it was reporting "no joy". So, I went out and pulled the plug on the humming pressure pump motor and headed to the casita and likewise that circuit was down, so I pulled the plug on the pressure pump as well, just in case.

Back at the casa grande the coffee maker had finished, taking a bit longer than usual. I came back up here reveling in my apparent new found "power", apparently my memo must really have shaken up the CFE because now I have power and the rest of the neighborhood doesn't - that never happened before? As my neighbor said "I had no idea you had so much power" - bad pun, but I'll take it.

The truth be told, the CFE probably was taking a pot shot at me and missed, these are the same guys who tied the casita electric line to a tree last year when the big storm took out the pole. This being Sunday, and the day for Mexico to play in the World Cup, it may take a while for them to get around to fixing things, but as long as I have my NASCAR race this afternoon I'm happy as a clam (ever wonder why people say that?).

Now, I fully realize that now by saying this out loud, my power will no doubt crash, but life in Tortillaville goes on.

Wow, just as I was going to post this, I heard the regulator click and heard the fan speed up, I looked out the window and the pump house light is on and all this before 8:30am on a Sunday morning - maybe I really did get their attention ya think? - nah, not likely at least until pigs fly.