Power out

[DaveM]

Our power was out yesterday and it is amazing how everything you just take for granted just stops working. I thought it may just have been my area so off I got to my favourite coffee shop for a cuppa only to find it was just about the whole city that was down. Anyway I could have a cool drink but then I needed to go to the men room only to find it pitch black, not a bit of light. Lucky I carry one of those small LED lights on my keys otherwise I may have had an accident

So next time you walk past one of your electrical appliance give it a hug as you just may not appreciate what it does for you every day without ever complaining.

PS Harry it does not need to be a group hug

 

[devo]

in that case,
I want one

 

[otherwise]

I remember some time back we were watching a show on the box and the power went down. My dear wife said, "Oh well I'll go and check my email". Good luck with that one, this was before smart phones.

 

[Silli]

So..... It's "Hug A Stove" day?

 

[DaveM]

I thought maybe start a bit smaller like hug a toaster day, you don't want to rush right into the big stuff here

 

[The Seeker]

Just think that the former owners of my house were Amish and there was NO electricity at all when I took procession of it! It was completely "off the grid"....literally!

 

[DaveM]

Wow you wonder how they do it, never thought of them

 

[CarlS]

I have lived without electricity and I didn't like it. You definitely go to bed early and get up early!

 

[The Seeker]

I have lived without electricity and I didn't like it. You definitely go to bed early and get up early!

Yes, you do!

Worse yet.....when I moved in to begin putting in electric, gas, and plumbing (yes, there was only an outhouse and no running water inside) I had to use kerosene lamps after dark and I cooked on a Coleman white gas stove. Hot water was only available if you heated it on the stove first and you had to get the water from the well.

The outhouse only had a hole and when you needed to sit, you took the toilet seat off the nail in the wall and placed it over the hole.

 

[CarlS]

I can remember some of my relatives living like that before electricity was available to them back in the late 1940's.

 

[DaveM]

Yes, you do!

Worse yet.....when I moved in to begin putting in electric, gas, and plumbing (yes, there was only an outhouse and no running water inside) I had to use kerosene lamps after dark and I cooked on a Coleman white gas stove. Hot water was only available if you heated it on the stove first and you had to get the water from the well.

The outhouse only had a hole and when you needed to sit, you took the toilet seat off the nail in the wall and placed it over the hole.

 

[The Seeker]

Keep in mind that my old house was about 1 hour away, so there were nights I just worked so late that I didn't want to make the drive (it was like camping except inside a house!).

 

[hemibee]

Well if you are female and good looking and you want to hug your friendly electrical utility worker when your lights are on or off... I'm available

 

[DaveM]

Keep in mind that my old house was about 1 hour away, so there were nights I just worked so late that I didn't want to make the drive (it was like camping except inside a house!).

I suppose it would be just that it would feel strange not to see this type of stuff already in a house.

 

[otherwise]

I knew a bloke (now deceased) who was a senior electrical engineer, when he was a young electrician he was involved in rolling the electrical grid out to the towns in our states central areas. Not all that long ago, I think the 1940's.

In 1960 I lived for a short time in a rural area, the town had electricity but the small family settlements outside the town didn't. I'd regularly stay weekends at these places as I went to school with the kids from these settlements. The houses were made from corrugated iron and lined with newspapers glued to the inside walls, mostly 2 rooms some had 3, water came from the creek.

 

[The Seeker]

Well if you are female and good looking and you want to hug your friendly electrical utility worker when your lights are on or off... I'm available

My meter reader is a really hot blond with a great personality. I talk to her every Month when she comes to read the meter and I tell her I haven't seen any electricity all Month.

 

[hemibee]

We had a Utility Worker (Helper) in the plant that was forced by human resources to be moved into the first "Craft" job that came open. The first job to open was that of an electrician. After working and training with the electricians for about a month Jack went to the electrical foreman and said: " Mr Mac, I appreciate what you be doing' but I can'ts sees that electricity. Can I'z have my tractor back?"


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[The Seeker]

You know what is a rip-off also?

When I lived in Pittsburgh, I had a water bill from the water company and a sewer bill from the Sanitation Department. The sewer bill was based on how much water I used each month.

BUT.....not all the water I used was always going into the sewer! If I watered my lawn, washed my car outside, or filled a swimming pool.....I still had to pay the Sanitation Dept an amount based on that water that never got to the sewer!

 

[DaveM]

They always find ways to rip you oiff by the looks of it

 

[CarlS]

We had a Utility Worker (Helper) in the plant that was forced by human resources to be moved into the first "Craft" job that came open. The first job to open was that of an electrician. After working and training with the electricians for about a month Jack went to the electrical foreman and said: " Mr Mac, I appreciate what you be doing' but I can'ts sees that electricity. Can I'z have my tractor back?"

LOL I believe it!