Dateline - Nairobi, Kenya - On Wednesday NYTimes reported that a monkey circumvented the electric fences, climbed onto the roof of a power station and fell or jumped onto a transformer which tripped other machines throwing the entire country of Kenya in a nationwide blackout. It is said this species of monkey can be "pesky" and has also visited backyards and kitchens seeking mangoes and bananas. My own experience with blackouts was being trapped in Manhattan in the heat of July 1977 when all "flushing" ceased and I was almost mugged in the darkness on Lexington Avenue - but that is a story for another time.
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