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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:28 PM Original message |
FINALLY got electricity back! 5 FUCKING DAYS LATER! |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is most excellent |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. My Computer desk sits right on top of one... |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You are in the cat-bird's seat, then |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. We just got back from visiting my SIL and her family. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Damn, that sucks, I hope they get power soon... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's haphazard by them too. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. That's the thing that really kills people around here... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good. And we did hear about you. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's the thing that was most aggrevating... |
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MoseyWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know how you made it |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Buying lots and lots of ice bags, putting some in coolers, and then... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. welcome back and a tip |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. You must be overjoyed |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. You know, in the old days, a power outage was big news. |
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Calliope (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. My daughter is in Sunnyside Queens |
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Calliope (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. She just called and she has hot water |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. that really musta sucked |
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lizziegrace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I know how it is |
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smitty (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. So for a week you lived like your ancestors did. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. or like they do in Bagdhad today |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Our ancestors generally didn't live in an asphalt and concrete jungle |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. In the 19th century it was not as warm as it is |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I suspect they dropped like flies |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Know what, I would have traded in this house for a Sod house... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. But back then they were set up not to have power! |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. How many cold showers did you take? n/t |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm glad you got your power back Solon |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. They should be investigated... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That is inhuman. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The only good thing is this... |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That sounds nice....sleeping in the pool..too bad it |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. One thing I will say, the pool wasn't cold, its above ground... |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. We stayed at a tourist house in NH til we found the place |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It did, but no one noticed the difference. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. I'm so sorry, Solon! |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I cleaned it out, wiped it down, and deordorized the damned thing... |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. I was just in St. Louis for the College Dems convention... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. Just heard from my SIL - her power's finally back on. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Excellent, glad they have electricity... |
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