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Posted by GrumpyGhostOwl on 27-07-2017 at 10:23:

Ykywtmgw

The power's out across most of the Shire, I've got the fire going and the generator running and I think to myself... if I see any robot ants with tiny mufflers poking out their bums, I'm going to have to put more coffee in the whiskey next time.

The ants went marching one by one,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants went marching one by one,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The ants went marching one by one,
With mufflers poking out their bums,
And they all went marching...

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Posted by Katblu42 on 27-07-2017 at 10:31:

. . . 'til Joe blew up the dam.

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Posted by Katblu42 on 27-07-2017 at 10:35:

Hope you get power back soon.

We had a blackout here yesterday morning (some bright spark drove into a power pole and it took a couple of hours for power to be restored). At least you have the fire and the genny. We have nothing at our place without power - no lights, no heat, no way of coooking, no hot water . . . and my laptop would only last about an hour on battery power.

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Posted by ChrisW on 27-07-2017 at 21:04:

Hope you get power back before your devices die. Smile

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 27-07-2017 at 21:06:

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
Hope you get power back before your devices die. Smile


Yeah, what she said! If not, I hope you've got something to occupy your time... Drunk

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Posted by GrumpyGhostOwl on 30-07-2017 at 09:27:

The power ended up being off for just under 23 hours, so while those of us with generators were able to keep fridges and lights running, the local telephone exchange fell over after 6 hours and we don't have a mobile (cell) tower, so we were completely without communications (including access to 000/911) for quite some time.

People assure me I'm living in the 21st century.

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Posted by ChrisW on 30-07-2017 at 19:45:

Whee!

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Posted by ElectricWhite on 30-07-2017 at 20:04:

quote:
Originally posted by GrumpyGhostOwl
People assure me I'm living in the 21st century.


Oh, but you are, GGO! This is the Century of the SNAFU!

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Posted by GrumpyGhostOwl on 02-08-2017 at 00:25:

I could believe that.

We're supposed to be getting a cell tower some time before the end of 2018, but given that the information was provided by a politician, it's one of those, "I'll believe it when I see it," things.

Of course, the other side of the coin is that people out here don't spend all their time staring into the screens of their smartphones - we actually engage in human interaction, instead.

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