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We had an eventful night around here. We had rain. I missed it and it didn’t amount to much but I woke up to see the lightning as it moved east. I immediately worried about wildfires. There are enough of those.
Before I woke to see the lightning, San Geraldo had been awakened by an approximately 5.2 magnitude earthquake at 1:04 a.m. I slept through that, too. It was in Granada province, about 200 km/125 miles southeast of us and the quake lasted about 6 minutes, followed over hours by another quake and a long series of aftershocks. I haven’t read that anyone was hurt, but gargoyles, and cornices fell from historic buildings and it appears there was significant structural damage in that area. I trimmed and slowed my lightning video to make it more interesting (at least I hope so).
San Geraldo’s printer wasn’t feeding paper consistently so he went to YouTube to learn what to do. He finally did find a video that clearly and easily explained the process, and all is well. However, in the process of researching the process, he came across a video that had him gasping in shock and, after he told me about it, I asked him to send me the link. Of course, he couldn’t find the link (the story of SG’s life) but he was able to give me the poster’s name (surprisingly), so I found it myself and grabbed a series of screen shots. The poster who demonstrated what part needed to be cleaned, opened a very dirty and dingy printer to expose cobwebs, dead and live insects, dust, crumbs, and general filth. It was truly disgusting. Even his fingernails were filthy and in desperate need of a trim. I thought he was going to demonstrate how to clean a neglected printer but he didn’t even comment on the state of things. He simply found his way to the roller that controlled the paper feed, dipped his dirty finger in dirty water, and wiped it down. Voila! Problem solved.
Tuvimos una noche movida por aquí. Llovió. Me lo perdí y no pasó gran cosa, pero me desperté y vi un relámpago mientras se desplazaba hacia el este. Inmediatamente me preocupé por los incendios forestales. Ya hay suficientes.
Antes de que me despertara y viera el relámpago, San Geraldo se había despertado por un terremoto de magnitud aproximada de 5.2 a la 1:04 a. m. También dormí durante eso. Fue en la provincia de Granada, a unos 200 km/125 millas al sureste de nosotros, y el temblor duró unos 6 minutos, seguido durante horas por otro temblor y una larga serie de réplicas. No he leído que nadie resultara herido, pero se cayeron gárgolas y cornisas de edificios históricos y parece que hubo daños estructurales importantes en esa zona. Recorté y ralenticé mi vídeo de rayos para hacerlo más interesante (al menos eso espero).
La impresora de San Geraldo no alimentaba el papel de forma constante, así que buscó en YouTube qué hacer. Finalmente encontró un video que explicaba el proceso de forma clara y sencilla, y todo está bien. Sin embargo, mientras investigaba el proceso, se topó con un video que lo dejó boquiabierto y, después de que me lo contara, le pedí que me enviara el enlace. Por supuesto, no pudo encontrar el enlace (la historia de la vida de SG), pero sí pudo darme el nombre del autor (sorprendentemente), así que lo encontré yo mismo y tomé varias capturas de pantalla. El autor que mostraba qué parte necesitaba limpieza, abrió una impresora muy sucia y mugrienta para dejar al descubierto telarañas, insectos muertos y vivos, polvo, migas y suciedad en general. Era realmente asqueroso. Incluso sus uñas estaban sucias y necesitaban urgentemente un corte. Pensé que iba a demostrar cómo limpiar una impresora descuidada, pero ni siquiera comentó el estado de las cosas. Simplemente encontró el rodillo que controlaba la alimentación del papel, metió su dedo sucio en agua sucia y lo limpió. ¡Listo! Problema resuelto.
• Ignorando la suciedad y señalando un tornillo.
• ¿Como nuevo?
In slow motion.
En cámara lenta.
The storm was so exciting here I stayed up until 4am watching it! I didn’t bother bringing in the laundry when it started. I assumed it was the typical 20 seconds of drip.drop. Oh well! The plants got a much needed watering around here. That printer could have been taken from my dad’s house hehe.
Kathleen:
Wow. Sounds like you had much better rain than we did. Your father’s house: So did Pedro clean again?
The planet seems very restless lately. Earthquakes happening all over.
ellen abbott:
It sure seems that way. I recently looked up the stats and apparently the world is behind in the normal number of earthquakes in a year. Could have fooled me!
Well, you guys certainly had some dramatic weather going on there. Earthquakes AND lightning storms. We had some pretty serious lightning here yesterday evening too. Sometimes we’re reminded that we have absolutely no control in certain natural events.
Now you’ve got me wondering what the inside of our printer looks like. Hopefully not THAT bad. Those fingernails…
Just, no.
How’s the aquarium coming? I think that even before fish are introduced to the situation, the water and the plants and the hum of the filter can be very soothing.
Mary Moon:
You might find a lizard or two living in your printer and maybe some chenille plant. But I can’t imagine it looking anything like the one pictured.
Haha! True! Or a Georgia Thumper.
That definitely was not an endorsement Epson would want to use in advertising its product.
Shirley:
Can you imagine?!?
I watched a video recently on how to change the door switch of my dryer that turns on the light and stops the drum from rotating when the door is opened. The guy was demonstrating on his dryer and when he pulled out the lint trap it had a large spot on it that looked burned. Guess he didn’t clean it very often. Didn’t notice his fingernails, though. Thankfully.
TexasTrailerParkTrash:
Always good to see your name here! And you’ve reminded me I’d better clean the lint trap on my washer! This guy did a great job explaining things and spoke clearly. But what a mess!
That’s one mucky printer xxx
finlaygray:
I’ve never seen anything like it.
When I had cats and birds I had to sweep fur and fluff out of all the electronics. Amazing how it got drawn in, maybe a static charge.
I’m glad SG got his printer working and I’ll bet it was factory clean. Boud
Boud:
We’ve had both, too. It’s amazing how much cleaner everything is now.
Nothing worse than a YouTube video where it’s not exactly the same thing they’re working with, they don’t speak clearly, and the camera angles are really bad.
I recently had to do this the other day with the key fob on my car, and it took me about four videos to find one that actually did it right.
Adam
Nekorandom.com
Adam:
I’m amazed at some of the videos people share trying to get a following. No script planned out. They don’t speak clearly. And worse. We, too, tend to go through several videos until we find one that helps and that we can tolerate.
We are going to Granada in October, I hope there was not to much damage to the historical buildings.
larrymuffin:
I’ve read that, although many buildings were damaged, there was no serious structural damage reported to the most famous buildings.
What an eventful night! 🌩️ The combination of lightning, rain, and the earthquake in Granada certainly made for a memorable story. I especially appreciated how the post moved from the dramatic power of nature to the surprisingly disgusting discovery inside the printer. 😄 The contrast makes the story both informative and entertaining. The printer situation is a good reminder that even ordinary household technology can hide quite a bit of dust and debris over time. Thanks for sharing such an engaging mix of everyday life, weather, and humor! 🌩️🖨️
Anonymous:
Thanks for the very generous comment.
I actually thought that video had froze for a while, so still it is in places.
Kirk:
I meant to warn that I had shared it in slow-motion!
The planet is getting very volatile of late. I sure hope I’m gone before something catastrophic happens.
Mistress Maddie:
The earthquakes are the least of it! I hope I’m gone, too.
It’s like thunder, lightnin’/ The way you love me is frightenin’ . . . never mind. How could it get so dirty inside a printer? Do some people sweep their houses and empty the dust pan in their printers? Kids today, I tell ya.
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
I have no clue how it could get THAT dirty. And he’s telling US how to care for our printers!
Printer… like world-class yuck! 🫣😲🤢
wickedhamster:
I couldn’t have imagined anything as bad as that.
I know the inside of my printer isn’t spotless but I also know it doesn’t look like that!!!!
We’ve been threatened with storms every afternoon but they always skirt around Camden.
Bob:
I’d love a good rain, but no more lightning please. I have no idea how that printer could have gotten that bad. Astounding.
That pretty much sums up my life; high winds, thunder storms, power outage, earthquake (yes, we had one here in RI), but “…my phone won’t send to the printer” – top priority.
Rade:
I don’t even TRY to send things to the printer from my phone! An noticeable earthquake in Rhode Island would concern me. We don’t expect them there.
That’s why we take our printing to a ‘printer’……..let them deal with it.
Yes, the world appears to be either going up in flames, quaking itself to oblivion, a bit dramatic maybe, and autocrats battling it out. WTF! Deep breath and forge ahead.
Jim:
I rarely have to print anything, but sometimes I have to. Do you not have a printer at all at home? The only thing that appears to still be normal is the earthquake pattern. Less than usual in the world up to this point in the year. Not that that’s any consolation to those in earthquake zones. But, yeah, the flames and the autocrats. I don’t see a way out.
We do not have a home printer…..never had the need for one.
The printer looks like something rescued from a Florida screened porch, after it has sat there just out of the rain for a couple of years.
David,
You’re so right. Except it hasn’t been rescued.
Wow — rain AND an earthquake? You are having way too much fun. Hope the lightning didn’t ignite anything.
I can’t imagine what that printer person was thinking. It looks like a printer for someone’s garage.
Steve,
No new fires locally as a result of the lightning.
never a dull moment is there.
Urspo,
At least not that night.