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Opening Arguments

The dome has lifted

Hooray -- power back at my house as of 2:15 p.m. The bad news is that the meat in the freezer was thawed, so I'll have to start over, empty out the fridge and the freezer -- and don't bring up home owners insurance; I have a $1,000 deductible.

One last follow-up. I forgot to mention that I got deep into a book as a way to take my mind off the heat (and a real book, since recharging the e-readers was problematic). It occurs to me I could have chosen better. I'm now about 300 pages into Stephen King's epic 1,000-page "Under the Dome." It's about a small New England town that becomes inexplicably encased in that title device, cut off from the outside world, dependent upon whatever they already had available. Spooky parallel, eh?

Good read, by the way. King forgoes his usual 30-page philosophical ramblings and just gets on with the story, which is, as they used to say, a rip-roaring one. At times, it almost seems like a Dean Koonts effort. (Storry, Steve!)

Posted in: All about me

Comments

Bob G.
Mon, 07/02/2012 - 2:25pm

Leo:

We down here in our "fortress" fared better than expected - power was out from 0257 Friday until 2130 Saturday...only lost a couple cartons of ice cream (partially-thawed tasted like a Wendy's FROSTY)...so, it ALL didn't go to "waste" LOL.

Meats were fine, and even the MILK survived...not bad for a fridge that's old enough to collect a pension...LOL.

My wife and I even rediscovered the fun of playing GAMES...like DOMINOES & YAHTZEE!

 (who knew?)

We DID have a limb ease onto the garage roof...no bigghie and no damage to speak of - should be cleared away by mid-week.

I WILL have to see about getting a generator...for the fridge (AND a CD/DVD player)...!

BTW, when Verizon Fios goes out, the land line PHONE goes with it...imagine that.

(time to HARD wire a dedicated line and bypass that bad boy, just in case - AND get a cell phone for me)

;)

We also have a higher deductable, make the premiums LOWER.

(danged if you do OR don't, eh?)

Glad you made it through it OK.

Stay safe out there.

 

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