<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[I was drinking my afternoon tea]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I was drinking my afternoon tea</p><p>my mother called us both with some urgency, because an electrical device was making a suspicious noise. it was suspicious, and the device was also getting warm.</p><p>said device:</p><p>a) is no longer in use and was supposed to have been disconnected;<br />b) thankfully was connected via a plug;<br />c) was one out of four, at each end of the Jefferies tubes in her house.</p><p>Diego disconnected the first one, the one that was having problems, then as the smallest person I volunteered to crawl to disconnect the one at the other end.</p><p>I had just finished doing so, and the bell rung for a delivery of a few boxes of fruit preserve (outside, in the sun).</p><p>I got back to my mother's home to see that they had just disconnected the third device, and were struggling to try to open the other end of the crawlway. I volunteer to crawl in that one too.</p><p>I got to the end, and found a huge monster¹ defending the plug.</p><p>I managed to distract the monster, disconnect the plug, run out, but not without being touched by the secretions of said monster.</p><p>This evening we have clean sheets in the bed</p><p>I can take a second shower just before sleep, even if I have already taken one earlier, and usually I try not to, right?</p><p>¹ it may have been a small spider with long, thin legs</p><p><a href="https://social.gl-como.it/search?tag=firstWorldProblems" rel="tag">#<span>firstWorldProblems</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/9afe3827-7d12-4fcc-968f-757d9ab88108/i-was-drinking-my-afternoon-tea</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:13:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/9afe3827-7d12-4fcc-968f-757d9ab88108.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:28:55 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:02:49 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/mdione%40en.osm.town">@<span>mdione</span></a></span> my mother and I live in the same building, in different flats one over the other, and then there is an additional floor of stairs because our area is horizontally challenged :D (our flat is ground level on one side, and first floor on the other, and then there is an additional ramp outdoors, maybe half a floor high, to get down to where delivery people leave stuff)</p><p>her flat is in an attic, and the areas where the roof / ceiling is lower than human height are closed off as storage, and are as convenient to go through as a Jefferies tubes..</p><p>The devices are the trasformers  and electronics of the old roof-mounted windows, which have just been changed, and were supposed to have been disconnected since the new ones use a different system.</p><p>We still haven't opened up the box, we assume that the noise came from some failed component, maybe some bursting capacitor? I believe that all of the moving parts were on the windows, and those have been removed</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-186a-a12e-c9e7-7bf679994076</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-186a-a12e-c9e7-7bf679994076</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:02:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:39:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/valhalla%40social.gl-como.it">@<span>valhalla</span></a></span> I got the reference to the Jeffrey's tube, but what actually are those things in a house/building... with more than 2 floors? Your mother and you live in the same building? Is this attic on the roof?</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/117240179914769295</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/117240179914769295</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mdione@en.osm.town]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:39:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:32:26 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/las_lallero%40puntarella.party">@<span>las_lallero</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/luca%40sironi.xyz">@<span>luca</span></a></span> e uops, ho continuato a non scriverlo</p><p>(c'era della pizza cotta a legna che richiedeva la mia attenzione :D )</p><p>le centraline di vecchi velux che sono stati sostituiti (e avrebbero dovuto essere staccate da chi li ha sostituiti, e invece a quanto pare no)</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-696a-a054-ba82-535036238464</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-696a-a054-ba82-535036238464</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:32:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:27:03 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/luca%40sironi.xyz">@<span>luca</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/las_lallero%40puntarella.party">@<span>las_lallero</span></a></span> esatto!</p><p>(non si è capito perché non l'ho scritto :D )</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-186a-a029-4712-9c5843792745</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-186a-a029-4712-9c5843792745</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:14:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/valhalla%40social.gl-como.it">@<span>valhalla</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/las_lallero%40puntarella.party">@<span>las_lallero</span></a></span> </p><p>ma non ho capito gli aggeggi nei tubi cos'erano ?<br />rilevatori di xenomorfi ?</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/117235832985791226</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://sironi.xyz/ap/users/115700305018001936/statuses/117235832985791226</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[luca@sironi.xyz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:14:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:54:14 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<span><a href="/user/las_lallero%40puntarella.party">@<span>las_lallero</span></a></span> è stato il corriere (in ritardo rispetto al tracking) che mi ha fregata! :D]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-106a-a013-8624-b5f025925540</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-106a-a013-8624-b5f025925540</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:54:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:49:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/valhalla%40social.gl-como.it">@<span>valhalla</span></a></span> è perchè i quattro "così" non sono stati disattivati nell'ordine giusto, ma era una missione che potevi sbagliare e fallire. Bisogna sempre salvare prima di una missione impegnativa <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://puntarella.party/custom_emojis/images/000/011/997/original/4afc0aa970ab95e3.png" title=":BlobCatCoffee:" /></p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://puntarella.party/users/las_lallero/statuses/117235735896545330</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://puntarella.party/users/las_lallero/statuses/117235735896545330</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[las_lallero@puntarella.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:49:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:42:01 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/las_lallero%40puntarella.party">@<span>las_lallero</span></a></span> esatto!</p><p>e non mi pare neanche di aver guadagnato un livello, cos'è questa fregatura??? :D</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-126a-a010-a966-079165261224</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-126a-a010-a966-079165261224</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:42:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:40:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/valhalla%40social.gl-como.it">@<span>valhalla</span></a></span> praticamente un JRPG</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://puntarella.party/users/las_lallero/statuses/117235701497501958</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://puntarella.party/users/las_lallero/statuses/117235701497501958</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[las_lallero@puntarella.party]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:40:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to I was drinking my afternoon tea on Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:35:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Stavo bevendo il té del pomeriggio.</p><p>Mia madre ci ha chiamati con una certa urgenza, perché un aggeggio elettrico stava facendo dei rumori sospetti. Erano, sospetti, e l'aggeggio si stava anche scaldando.</p><p>Quell'aggeggio:</p><p>a) non è più in uso, e avrebbe dovuto essere scollegato;<br />b) per fortuna era attaccato alla corrente tramite una spina;<br />c) era uno su quattro, alle estremità dei tubi di Jefferies della casa.</p><p>Diego ha scollegato quello che stava dando problemi, dopodiché in quanto persona più bassa mi sono offerta per infilarmi a staccare quello all'altra estremità del passaggio.</p><p>Avevo appena finito ed è suonato il citofono per la consegna di alcune scatole di simil-marmellate (di fuori, sotto il sole, e a due piani di scale da dove ero).</p><p>Sono tornata da mia madre e ho visto che avevano appena scollegato il terzo aggeggio, e non stavano riuscendo ad aprire l'altra estremità del passaggio, mi sono offerta per infilarmi anche di lì.</p><p>Sono arrivata in fondo e ho trovato un mostro gigante¹ che difendeva la spina.</p><p>Sono riuscita a distrarre il mostro, staccare la spina, scappare, ma non senza essere toccata dalle secrezioni del suddetto mostro.</p><p>Stasera nel letto abbiamo le lenzuola pulite.</p><p>Posso farmi una seconda doccia subito prima di dormire, anche se oggi ne ho già fatta una e di solito cerco di evitare, vero?</p><p>¹ potrebbe essere stato un ragnetto piccolino con le gambe lunghe e sottili.</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-376a-a00f-161e-af2758677544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-376a-a00f-161e-af2758677544</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:35:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>