Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2:15am. I awoke. Laid there for a couple of minutes before realizing why I awoke. It was quiet. Too quiet. The white noise machine wasn’t on. No sound but the occasional creak, tick and crack of the house. The house cooling off. Because the power was out! After about 5 minutes of debating with myself I got out of bed, layered up. Got a flashlight and went to check the breaker box. All okay there. Then to the west window. I can see the neighbors barn light down the road from there. It wasn’t on. Called the power company to talk to the computer. It told me that: Our. System. Indicates. An outage. In. Your area. This. Outage. Affects. Two. Hundred. And. Thirty. Seven. Customers. Our. Crews. Have. Been. Dispatched. But. There. Is. No. Estimated. Time. Of. Power. Restoration. Well thank you computer lady voice. I lit a fire. Got the oil lamps distributed and debated going back to bed. I started thinking about breakfast. Probably because the PB&J sammich I had was a pretty light dinner. Then I remembered that I was supposed to haul some firewood up from the shed yesterday. But I didn’t. Rats! 20° outside. 50 yards down to the woodshed. Probably mountain lions, bears and wolves between me and the wood. I found that the coffee was still hot in the thermos so I had a cup. I sat down in the recliner hoping the power would come back on, but it’s a power Lazyboy and wouldn’t recline dang it. Then with a sigh I put on 2 more layers and my boots, headed for the door and… the power came back on. Now it’s 3:30. I have this inflatable solar camping light that I hung in the bathroom. I pushed the off button and it cycles through 3 brightness levels and one emergency level where it flashes: 3 short flashes 3 long flashes 3 short flashes SOS “Good idea”, I says to myself. So I made some. Yum. All’s well that ends well. 10:30 EDIT: I must admit that my initial motivation for getting out of bed was that lyric from My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. You know the one. (No not the one about hookers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Glad it worked out for you. You had to get up anyway. I did too. LoL. How much wood have you brought in? No power where I'm going unless I start the generator. Won't need it this weekend cause the water is drained. I'll burn through propane like it's free though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Happen to see the Northern lights last night that far south ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Hoping to see them up here tonight or tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Can you say "fire place? I knew you could." If that sounds like Mr. Rogers, well.......... it was intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I couldn’t find a distinct lyrics that applied, but still a favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 When I saw the title of this thread I was expecting to see the Five Satins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/24/2023 at 7:42 PM, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: I couldn’t find a distinct lyrics that applied, but still a favorite. You can die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: On 3/24/2023 at 9:42 PM, Charlie Harley, #14153 said: You can die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare Sounds like a line from a movie. Like “In space, no one can hear you scream”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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