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Arts BLACKOUT!

  • 11-10-2005 8:50pm
    #1
    Economaniac!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭


    :eek: Shock Horror, NOT! :cool:

    See what happens when you come on here and do nothing but slag off our "oh so hard-working" oompa loompas! They stop working! :(

    At approx 12:20pm yesterday monday and approx 10:45am today tuesday the entire Arts block was thrown into darkness (and inevitable chaos) when the entire complex suffered an electricity blackout! Much panic ensued outside theatre L such as turning ppl around to see if they were your friends and hugging them before realising they were, in fact, not.

    Anywho, minor topic on this thread is the cause of the blackout. Major topic on this thread is What were you doing at the times of darkness? Pool? Lecture? Drinking? Elevator? LG Toilets? Many funny stories should be told, if not, for shame on you all, for shame....


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  • #2
    orangerooster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭orangerooster


    I was at the lightswitch...........

    Nah I was in a lecture in L, people made WWWWoooOOOO! sounds that was about it apart from the lecture ending early. Nothing funny at all then.


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Oh yeah, surprised there was no thread on this yesterday, hmmm...

    Anywho, maybe the weather had something to do with the leccy problems...?

    And during the blackout I went to the restaurant with my girlfriend.

    Not very interesting, sorry :(


  • #4
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭zap


    weather shouldn't have contributed as I thought UCD generated its own power so would i be right in guessing if that was the problem the whole campus would have gone out.


  • #5
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    generates some, buys some. they use a gas turbine (which is a bit like an aircraft jet engine) to make heat and power simultaneously. check out http://bms.ucd.ie/areas/boilerhse/non_energy/chpheat.shtml

    some eejit probably pegged his toaster into the sink in the LG toilets or something.


  • #6
    Riamfada
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    I was in M or N or something Posting. At least the wireless didnt die. Then went for coffee and home. It was a brief power cut.


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  • #7
    zap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 839 ✭✭✭zap


    offical reason was overload on capacity


  • #8
    Riamfada
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,246 ✭✭✭✭Riamfada


    zap wrote:
    offical reason was overload on capacity

    Happy Crack Heads secret tanning room in J112 :D


  • #9
    White Rabbit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭White Rabbit


    zap wrote:
    offical reason was overload on capacity


    Ha Ha!

    I'll try to remember my towel today and not use the hand drier to dry my hairy arse!


  • #10
    ferdi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    i was in a lecture in a109, the laptop and projector couldnt work so it was a ****e lecture.


  • #11
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    I was at the blob when it happened.

    So many people tried using the photocopiers.... The stupidity.... the stupidity....


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  • #12
    Blush_01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,016 ✭✭✭Blush_01


    Wooh, no leccy. Darkness. Hahaha... big swingin' micky. Just feel sorry for people who were writing essays and hadn't saved them.


  • #13
    arbeitsscheuer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,391 ✭✭✭arbeitsscheuer


    Blush_01 wrote:
    Just feel sorry for people who were writing essays and hadn't saved them.
    Mwaha - my fiendish plan was successful then! :D

    I was in Th.Q - The lecture was practically finished anyway, so f**k it... As to the cause; Grimes' artificial Wave-Generator may have had something to do with it...


  • #14
    m1ke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 852 ✭✭✭m1ke


    ah well at least it wasn't a fire drill


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