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KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:51 pm

God damn. I just got my electricty back from it being off for two days because the bill was a tiny bit late. That sucked soooo horribly. I don't understand how anyone can possibly live like that. I was able to entertain myself for about 20 minutes before I was bored again. There is just NOTHING to do that doesn't require power of some sort anymore. It nearly drove me nuts. -_-

But, the power is back now. And it's good. ^_^

BRP · Post by **BRP** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:55 pm

I draw, read, play piano, use the calculator or the abacus....

...and laugh because I use a laptop and I don't really need light =D

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:57 pm

Ooooooo... Been there. I don't envy you one bit. You can always read during the day, and at night if you can find a comfortable position with a flashlight or a battery powered reading light, but still.

Unless you've got a gas powered stove you're pretty much on cold food... but then again the refridgerator's out so there goes your milk and other perishables. So luke-warm snacks like chips and wheat-thins (which are suprisingly addictive) are the food of choice.

Anyway, welcome back to the light.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:03 pm

If you had the equipment, you could play go. (of course, you would need lightsource in the night... though, actually, there is something called "blind go" where you don't use the board and instead you try to remember all the moves, but it's for advanced players, or the super-memory freak kids)

Yeah, I'm obsessed.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw Lost in space by mcDuff and faub (especially the 4th one) was "he could play go through the radio".

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:25 pm

Go. What a great game. The subject of my only Worth1000 entry. Go in the Water

Always good fun.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:29 pm

I get power outages all the time in the winter. With only 4 hours of day light, it's even harder to find things to do.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:58 pm

YarpsDat wrote:If you had the equipment, you could play go. (of course, you would need lightsource in the night... though, actually, there is something called "blind go" where you don't use the board and instead you try to remember all the moves, but it's for advanced players, or the super-memory freak kids)

Yeah, I'm obsessed.
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw Lost in space by mcDuff and faub (especially the 4th one) was "he could play go through the radio".

I suppose I could attempt to play it by myself, though, I don't see much of the point...

...of course, I did play pool by myself for part of those 20 minutes I manged to stay occupied, so I suppose it's possible.

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:02 pm

*hugs clockwork torch*

I feel sorry for you KittyKat, I get withdrawl symptoms every time my dad forgets to pay for the cable connection as it is, I can't imagine life without electricity *twitch* I'd be reduced to drawing things without a computer, nnngggnngnghhh, Photoshop 0.0 (pencil & paper) - check, light - check, undo, undo?! Where's the damn UNDOOOO?! @___x

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:07 pm

LAGtheNoggin wrote:*hugs clockwork torch*

I feel sorry for you KittyKat, I get withdrawl symptoms every time my dad forgets to pay for the cable connection as it is, I can't imagine life without electricity *twitch* I'd be reduced to drawing things without a computer, nnngggnngnghhh, Photoshop 0.0 (pencil & paper) - check, light - check, undo, undo?! Where's the damn UNDOOOO?! @___x

It's on the other end of your pencil. But the newer versions are much more efficant. =/

I think the ironic thing about the whole situtation was that I had just made a comment about, "I get bored easily if I don't have something electronic to play with for at least a half hour." and then the power went dead.

God hates me.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:10 pm

During Milosevic's goverment, we had a several years when, due to shortage of electricity, we had it cut about 18 hours a day. It went on in, I think, 1995, 96, 97 or something like that, several winters in a row, almost entire day without electricity. To make it worse, propaganda machinery was working full time, trying to make us believe that we're cut only six hours a day or so, that the rest of the time everything was normal. It's now well-known that at the time they were selling electricity (and of course, stuffing money into their own pockets) and that's why the shortages. So, yeah, I don't even remember entirely how I managed not to die from boredom; Couldn't read - too dark. Couldn't listen to music - batteries too expensive; I remember playing with wax from candles a lot.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:28 pm

When we get power outages here, I like to read if its not too dark. Or occasionally I meander around trying to think of ideas for a comic or a story. Showers are also useful, especially when the AC goes out in the middle of the summer.

Not damonk · Post by **Not damonk** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:42 pm

mcDuffies wrote:During Milosevic's goverment...[snip].

Dude, it blows me away to think that you can say that so nonchalantly.

Your country's been through a lot, and yet you can say what you said up there with a smile, not trying to reach for sympathy or anything...

When I think of how some other people here in North America whine for the silliest, pettiest things... just wow, man.

I respect you muchly, sir.

(And damn, dude -- your English is amazing!!)

[/end impressed gushing]

Heffaloop · Post by **Heffaloop** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:09 am

Last time there was a power outage at my house, I called my friends and made them all go out for icecream (cause it was hot). Then went and played video games at their houses. ^___^

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:38 am

not damonk wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:During Milosevic's goverment...[snip].
Dude, it blows me away to think that you can say that so nonchalantly.

Your country's been through a lot, and yet you can say what you said up there with a smile, not trying to reach for sympathy or anything...

When I think of how some other people here in North America whine for the silliest, pettiest things... just wow, man.

I respect you muchly, sir.

(And damn, dude -- your English is amazing!!)

[/end impressed gushing]

Thanks. But I have awfull spelling.

OnyxSerpent · Post by **OnyxSerpent** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:42 am

Last time the power was out here it was because of the San Simeon earthquake. I was off innocently watching Return of the King when the floor started shaking an' such (right as they're lighting the giant torch things)... And one of the friends I was with thought it was some sort of special effect because she was sort of sick. Meanwhile I was freaking out because I seriously thought that the theater's ceiling was going to collapse on us.
The power was out all day (keep in mind we went to the 10:15 showing and got there at 9 because we wanted our favorite seats... ) and we were only about an hour into the movie. We got readmit tickets though and went over to my house to hang out.. And my dazed friend was afraid of driving us because it hadn't been six months since she got her liscence and was afraid of getting pulled over by a cop (it took some convincing that people would be more freaked out about the earthquake than about some person driving friends).
We called the theater at about 3, even though the power was still out here, and their power was on there and we went back for the 3:45 showing

We thought it would be ironic if the movie cut out at the same point, but it didn't.
I think the only bad thing about that day was learning that two people died up in Paso Robles. But then again that was fairly lucky.. a lot more people could have died.

(Yes, I love telling this story

)

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 8:05 am

cjburgandy wrote:I get power outages all the time in the winter. With only 4 hours of day light, it's even harder to find things to do.

You could always set dumpsters on fire.

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:11 am

(And damn, dude -- your English is amazing!!)

My best friend is from Montenegro, his command of the english language is better than most Americans... but then again most Americans wouldn't know the english language if it bit them on the ass.

I had a girlfriend whose father came from Serbia, he was just as fluent.

Not damonk · Post by **Not damonk** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:32 am

mcduffies: Like SkyLark_King says, your grasp of the language is far better than many native speakers I know. Your spelling, likewise. (incidentally, I'm actually a native French-Acadian -- English is also my second language, go figure)

Skylark_King: You have just gone up about four notches on my Damonk Respect-O-Meter for quoting XTC in your sig.

Myself: Get off the forums already and go play some old school MM7 or something, dammit!

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:04 am

Skylark_King: You have just gone up about four notches on my Damonk Respect-O-Meter for quoting XTC in your sig.

With a name like Skylark_King and a location of Nonsvch Castle would expect anything else?

War · Post by **War** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:35 am

The power uptime here isn't too bad. The last three outages were: two maintenances, and some idiot chopping through the powerline by accident.
This is over the course of 6 months.

If I bought a UPS I could probably just about manage 100% uptime on meh fileserver.

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