Power Out For a While

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debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
When I got home from delivering meals, I had an unpleasant surprise - the electricity was out. My garage door wouldn't go up. Good thing I leave a door unlocked for such an emergency. It should have tipped me off when I saw a power company truck up on the corner. I unloaded the car of groceries and got them in the fridge (even if it wasn't working). According to the clock, the power went off around 11:30 am. They were able to restore power around 12:30 pm, but my TV cable box isn't working. I tried unplugging it and pressing the power button, but nothing could get it to come back on. There's power to it, just like it's burnt out. Fortunately I have internet and phone. Expecting a technician later this PM.
 

Tech just left. He said I had two separate problems, one was a bad outdoor cable and the other was a bad cable box. All taken care of, but the cable company has to send a crew out to bury the new cable. He couldn't say when that would be since their backlogged from winter jobs.

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The power would go out every so often in our area when I was a little boy.

Dad would huddle me and Mom and my 4 siblings around the fireplace. We'd sing songs, play word games...charades by candlelight. Yep. I have fond memories of these outages when I was young. It was like going camping in your own part of the house! :)
 
Beezer said:
The power would go out every so often in our area when I was a little boy.

Dad would huddle me and Mom and my 4 siblings around the fireplace. We'd sing songs, play word games...charades by candlelight. Yep. I have fond memories of these outages when I was young. It was like going camping in your own part of the house! :)
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Great story. Life was simpler then; a lot less electronics. About the only thing that works when the power is out is the toilet.
 
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