08-16-2003, 08:19 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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What did you do when the power was off?
So what did you guys do during the outage? My List:
1. Played the ELECTRIC guitar w/o an amp, got kinda old fast. 2. Dug out old board games and played with my family, kicking ass at monopoloy is cool 3. Touch football with some neighbors while there was still light. 8 year olds and bad hand-eye coordination dont mix. 4. Read some books. Dont know if any of you have tried it, but reading a book via superbright LED light is pretty tough. 5. Talked on the phone for an hour or so. feel like a girl now. jk |
08-16-2003, 09:00 AM | #2 (permalink) |
Addict
Location: The one state that doesn't have black outs: TEXAS BABY!!!
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hehe, since I live in TEXAS(!!!), I chillaxed on my computer and did the normal internet stuff.
. . . . . . . . . <-- no blackouts for me . . . . It's good to hear that the lil blackout didn't get yah down! Sounds like you had more fun than I did on the web Last edited by sub zero; 08-16-2003 at 09:05 AM.. |
08-16-2003, 09:08 AM | #3 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: Louisville, KY
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Fooled around with my new tripod, took some crazy 15 second exposure shots of cars passing outside my window (no good came out of this ).
Ate all the ice cream in the fridge. Listened to my iPod until the batteries died, then listened to a freebie radio that I won once. Never thought I'd find a use for that radio...
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08-16-2003, 09:58 AM | #5 (permalink) |
COMPLETED and A TRAINER
Location: BEAN_TOWN
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ironically, my streets transformer caught fire that night, so I hung out with all my roomies, and took one out to eat a killer hot dog place called SPIKES, came home and slept.
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08-16-2003, 11:30 AM | #6 (permalink) |
undead
Location: nihilistic freedom
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Let's see... since I'm just a bit south of all that, the power only dimmed here, but never went out. I spent the rest of the night thinking about how crazy it is that we, as a society, have become so dependent on electricity. Then, afterward, I started thinking about how the black out affected just the north eastern tip of the country and how the rest of the country probably doesn't give a rat's ass that the power went out.
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08-16-2003, 11:46 AM | #8 (permalink) |
Banned
Location: Castro Valley
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Yup, Im west coast. So I didnt get effected in the least. But I heard about it on Spanish TV while I was rewinding Agent Cody Banks (Dont ask...) And was wondering why the hell people were just walking down the freeway. Then I followed it via newscasts. So, powers back up though? Thats good, blackouts are annoying.
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08-16-2003, 06:52 PM | #10 (permalink) |
Insane
Location: Michigan
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We (wife, kids, and myself) went down to the neighbors where they had a generator. We had cold pop, hot food, fans galore, and a 60in tv with dvd player kicken. We stayed the night, like hell was I going to go home to sweat my ass off in bed 13 people in that house, and we all slept comfortably with 12 or so fans.
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08-16-2003, 07:00 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: San Diego
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I sat on the couch, watched tv, and thanked god I wasn't in that situation. Thank you Gray Davis for keeping the lights on at a high price....I hope your recalled!
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08-16-2003, 08:36 PM | #12 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: 1 mile from Ground Zero
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Not a whole lot. It was too damn hot. I just hung out and talked to people I've seen but never talked to. In certain instances it was OK but other, damn some weird people out there.
I cleaned out my fridge today and dumped stuff I didn't remember I had!! I guess that was a good thing. Yay for AC's!! Glad
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08-17-2003, 04:46 AM | #13 (permalink) | |
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Location: In Your Pants!!!!
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08-17-2003, 09:47 AM | #14 (permalink) |
Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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i walked.... and walked... and walked... about 7 hours of walking... it's going to be in my journal as soon as I'm done with all the details....
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08-17-2003, 01:10 PM | #18 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: Chicago
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I stood in the middle of the throngs of people leaving the subway stations and shouted, "Soylent Green is made from people! It's peeeeeoooppppllllllllllllllllllleee!!!"
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08-18-2003, 06:00 AM | #19 (permalink) | |
Is In Love
Location: I'm workin' on it
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I walked to a friends house, which caused nice massive blisters on my poor feet. Luckly we were only out of power for about 4 hours. |
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08-18-2003, 08:37 AM | #21 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: Michigan
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Well, I went home picked up my wife, and headed over to a friend's house for BBQ. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs and the like...then got up and headed home.
Wife and I made wild passionate love...(what else is there to do??) then tired ourselves out and fell asleep. Next morning, had another round...fell asleep again. Woke up and TAH-DAH....we had power... We need to have these power outs more often...:-)
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08-18-2003, 11:47 AM | #24 (permalink) |
I aim to misbehave!
Location: SW Oklahoma
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How many babies will be born nine months from now?
C'mon, fess up, you all had wild, sweaty, monkey sex the whole time.
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08-18-2003, 10:14 PM | #26 (permalink) |
Deliberately unfocused
Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby
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Thursday night: the never ending Uno game from hell, by candlelight, natch.
Friday am: sleep of the dead Friday afternoon: malling up in Flint (can't believe I'm admitting this!). Friday night: read until sleep mercifully took me. The power came on @ 12:30 am. I was sawing logs. Saturday am: Go clean up the mess at work.
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08-19-2003, 04:32 AM | #29 (permalink) | |
will always be an Alyson Hanniganite
Location: In the dust of the archives
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