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I've been without power before up to a week. No big deal besides lack of entertainment. But wow, just went without water for 24 hours. That was a nightmare. Can't shower, clean your hands, cook a HUGE number of dishes, or drink anything but soda for the most part. Really puts modern convenience in perspective. Also showcases why living near water sources has been the de facto standard for most of human civilization. Anyone else?
EDIT: For those curious, a water main exploded in my town (literally) taking the entire intersection with it. Luckily even though they predicted a 3-4 day lack of water, they managed to replace the water main in a day. I would kiss every worker that contributed to that if I could.
modified 22-Jul-17 22:48pm.
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On one level it sucks, but on another it's great. Down in the south we'd get hurricanes that could put the city out of commission for a week at a time as well. No power, water, etc..
Sure, it was hot and sticky with no AC. And DARK! I mean no street lights... anything... at night. And you lived on Vienna sausage and pissed outside. But you know what else happened? During one such hurricane endured for a week... the person I was in a relationship with at the time... we talked to each other a lot more. We read books together. And just enjoyed each other's company.
I'm not saying you can't do this with power. But it's nice to remember where we came from and what life was like before the modern hubbub. If for no other reason, than to better appreciate where we are at in humanity.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm actually from the Gulf Coast originally. Luckily I was out of town during Katrina but I knew a lot of people that went through that. I can't even imagine what it was like since I wasn't there.
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Oh yeah, the one I was thinking about wasn't Katrina. Our home didn't get damaged in this one but it did a bit in Katrina, but we did loose the luxuries. Katrina is a whole different story, more psychological than anything else for most people.
There was damage of course, but I think the worst of it was the sloppy job by the government we trust so much to wipe our butts to recover it and a lot of people in the country just saying let New Orleans go and not worry about it. That's messed up. But, I won't get political.
I haven't been to New Orleans in years (in Cali now), but you'll be glad to know it's chumming along nicely.
Jeremy Falcon
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Same. I've been in the mid-west for 6-7 years now. Maybe I should take a vacation down there sometime.
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Totally. What I've learned about Louisiana is you just can't beat southern hospitality. It's not so much the best place to go educate yourself (I can say that since I'm from there), but if you're looking to drink and eat and just be merry it's hard to beat.
Jeremy Falcon
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I used to be an amateur astronomer when I had time for it. The best "seeing" I ever had was during the Yom Kipper war in 1973 - there was a blackout.
It's an I'll wind that blows no one good. 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I know right. Especially in the city, you see like maybe one or two stars in the sky. It's shame. You'd never just how many are out thanks to air pollution and lights. It's crazy. Must been some good pics.
Jeremy Falcon
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While we have no hurricanes here or such, I live in a somehow remote location with poor (old) power lines, so we have power down, when too hot or too cold (that above 36 or below 5), which brings very low (if it lasts long enough it may be total stop) water pressure...
But as we know it and prepared, we - mostly - have no problem... Mostly it is time to some 'get-together' so it is mostly fun...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Exactly. That's called making lemonade.
Jeremy Falcon
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: above 36 or below 5
Sometimes the pipes here can't handle when it gets really cold so we lose pressure or water entirely but it never stays that cold for long in the mid-west US so it's usually just during the night.
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I once had a job that required me to rough it outdoors for up to a week. Sometimes we also had to find food and water, but only as an exercise. We usually trained other things and got a small box with packed rations every day.
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Water is most critical resource. You cant life without it, so everyone should use it with care and avoid harm to the environment. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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And don't piss in swimming pools!!
Jeremy Falcon
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Fire Shower Stunt!- The Dudesons - YouTube[^]
What on Earth possessed them to do THAT?!!??!?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Harsh, but I've thought that a few times over the years (and said it once or twice). Now I wonder if anyone thought that about me...
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: I wonder if anyone thought that about me
Probably more than one... But Ted never knows that he is Ted
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
modified 23-Jul-17 2:31am.
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But my experience is that the most stupid people think that they are bright and make every fine and take critic as offense. But brighter people are thanking for the advice to get better.
So I help some dudes only once 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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I'm planning holidays for 2017.
My idea was to make a roundtrip Zurich - New Orleans - Memphis - Zurich. Disadvantge: our Bernese Mountain Dog.
Now, I'm not the only vote and to be honest I have a vote of somtething like 0%. The ramaining 100% are of course the misses.
So we (;p) decided to replace USA by UK, region Cornwell.
My non programming question: I'm looking for a cotage. I mean a real cottage with fireplace, not one of this modern rubish.
Can anybody give a suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yes, don't go to Cornwall; they all speak funny and it's like you've stepped through a time portal and landed in 1960.
Still, slightly better flight than the US.
Enjoy whatever 'er indoors tells you you're doing.
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Ich bin ein Berliner...
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modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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