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WHAT MADE YOU GRIMACE & GRIT YOUR TEETH TODAY?

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msolga
 
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Reply Sun 3 Jun, 2007 02:33 am
Noddy24 wrote:
Msolga--

We have at least six power outages every year. Without electricity we have no heat (electric pump), no water for any purpose (electric pump), no lights, no cooking facilities, no air conditioning.....

I've decided that Power Outages are a time to meditate on the daily problems in Third World Countries.

Perhaps I sound smugly pious, but perspective does that.

Congratulations on your lovely, lovely new equipment. You deserve civilized comforts.


We have quite a few power outages here , too, Noddy. But generally they don't last long. You can easily miss them if you're not using the computer or watching television at the time ....
How long do yours last? Are you talking about the really long ones? (Like when the freezer defrosts? Shocked )

Thank you! I'm enjoying my new toilet cistern to a degree I couldn't have possibly have imagined last week! :wink: Very Happy
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Sun 3 Jun, 2007 11:06 am
Msolga--

The length of the outages depends on the severity of the weather and the density of the population.

Eighteen years ago the Electric Company had our road at the bottom of a list--only seven houses. Now we have nearly sixty house and they think we're much more important.

Of course no repairs take place in blizzards or during tornados or torrential rains in the midnight hours.
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Quincy
 
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Reply Sun 3 Jun, 2007 01:54 pm
Just recently we have big, and I mean big, power failure in the province. It's because the supplier (Eskom, government owned) hadn't been doing the regular upkeep of the coal and nuclear powerplants and infra-structure, and then the government blamed it on the increasing population. I remember blackouts while I was studying for my Biology exam, and squinting in the candle light.
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stuh505
 
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Reply Sun 3 Jun, 2007 04:02 pm
The only excuse I need to grind my teeth is that there is some left.
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 4 Jun, 2007 03:00 am
Hmmmm ... You'd think that if outages are becoming more frequent (due to increasing population demands and/or inclement weather conditions) that the power company/companies would improve & upgrade their "product" to better suit the needs of the 21st century? I'll bet they still charge a hefty price for their "service", regardless!


Grrrrrrrrrrrr!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 07:45 am
My dear friend has metastases from her breast cancer.



This after a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy.
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eoe
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 07:50 am
Crying or Very sad Damn.
Just be a true friend and love her.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 07:52 am
Dlowan--

Cancer doesn't play fair.

Hold your dominion.
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littlek
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 07:59 am
dlowan - ouch. ditto what eoe said.
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msolga
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 08:02 am
Hard to find the right words to respond to that, Deb.
It's terrible for her (obviously) and very hard on her close friends, like you. I'm sorry that you're all going through this.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 08:03 am
Oh, that sucks. I'm sorry.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 08:03 am
Yeah...we've got good at the dominion holding and love thing.




Grrrr...last time, I was able to get special work assistance to take her to chemo and stuff....cos we were workmates.


Now I am in a different job, and I am unlikely to be able to get any understanding and flexibility re such stuff.
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 01:02 pm
Deb, nothing is worse than not being able to help someone you love. I know the feeling because my son is now in a nursing home. I tried to call the number that my daughter gave me, and I got the desk manager. She was supposed to take a hand held phone to his room, and as I waited all I could hear were two people having a conversation about another patient. I tried to call back several times, and the line was busy. Tried just now and no one answered. All I feel is hollow.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 01:06 pm
So sorry, to both Deb and Letty.
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Swimpy
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 01:29 pm
Hugs to both of you, Deb and Letty. Life sucks sometimes.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 01:30 pm
Letty--

I know just how helpless you feel.

Hold your dominion.
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JPB
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 02:23 pm
Hugs to both Deb and Letty. Sorry to hear of both situations.
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 03:33 pm
Swimp, osso, JPB, I cannot believe it. You ladies are magic. I just talked to my son and he sounds wonderful. Thank you all.

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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 03:35 pm
Isn't that nice...! :-)

Glad you were able to connect with your son, Letty.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Thu 7 Jun, 2007 05:33 pm
sorry to hear that your son is not well , letty !
hearing that your son sounded wonderful sure must make you fel a little better !
wishing you and your son the very best !
hbg

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