AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 972) [Davis Death Watch - 18 (??) Days to Go!]

Various News sources and Free Republic Members | 9/19/03 | All of us

[MozartLover]

Thanks Johnny.

I was fighting tears (and losing) as I was telling him......just seeing his face.....the shock & the disbelief...

[Iowa Granny]

Thanks for the update on Chair. Glad to hear he had only minor damage.

[MozartLover]

Evan is a strong person with a very clear sense of right and wrong. I am proud of him. I am also hurting for him right now......

[Molly Pitcher]

Thanks MozartLover. I got it and will answer tomorrow.

(Feeling better, too) Hugs to you!

At church tonite we talked to friends whose children live in Fredericksburg. They were without power for "only" 24 hours.

What I don't understand in the Chair's note is the reference to tv...are some tvs battery-powered?

If he has a generator, why the reference to candlelight??

Admitting stupidity/denseness here...

[Iowa Granny]

How did we get into a discussion of our age? Thanks for putting yours out there. Now I don't feel so bad.

[Molly Pitcher]

You're welcome Iowa Granny. Hope your weekend is getting off okay.

I'll start the Weekend thread by 8, probably.

That should take care of 2 more days!

[MozartLover]

I'm guessing that the generator is used for "necessary" things (like television:) but not for other things, so as to save the batteries.

[Molly Pitcher]

Thanks! We've discussed getting one, but never have, & of course, would understand better if we'd used one.

Night all!

[Iowa Granny]

If the Chair has a freezer and a refrigerator plugged into a generator, there may not be enough power to light the house and the TV, too.

I killed out big generator heating water in the microwave in '98. Somebody told me later it takes a lot of juice to produce heat, so the blow dryer for my hair, the toaster, and items of that nature draw a lot of power when activated. I honestly don't know if this is factual, but the information made an impression on me when I was told, and I've never forgotten it.

[kayak]

I know there are some battery-powered TVs. We have a very small one .... something like a 5" screen. Ours is black and white but I think you can also get them both larger and that receive color.

The batteries to run the thing cost more than the tv ... and, of course, it won't hook up to cable. But if the power is out because of severe weather, the local stations will have coverage and we can pick them up.

It may be that he is using the generator for things like the refrigerator and not wasting the energy on lights when candles will suffice. We don't have a generator so I don't know much about them except that they don't run the whole house (unless you have a HUGE one) and they're noisy.

[MozartLover]

Good night sweetie-patootie.

[Mr. Mulliner]

Sweetie-patootie? Isn't it cutie-patootie?

[Miss Marple]

Hi. Just checking in. Hannah is asleep and the kids won't be here for another hour or so. I watched DC9/11 on Showtime again.

Hannah is partially crawling and is able to sit up by herself. She is amazingly cheerful. Grandad taught her to make a smacking noise and they had great fun doing that (plus my husband was SO pleased with himself to have taught her something).

It is very quiet here. TV is off and everyone but me asleep...even the dog.

[kayak]

It's just awesome how quickly and how much they learn at that age ...... and it's so much fun to teach them new things. They delight in it and that makes it even better for the grown-ups ..... :-)

[JRandomFreeper]

and it's so much fun to teach them new things. They delight in it and that makes it even better for the grown-ups ..... :-)

But the best part of it is that you can send them home to mom and dad. Grandkids are the greatest. ;>)

/john

[Iowa Granny]

There's nothing like those little ones.

[kayak]

Amen! Except that when they end up moving in with you for 6 months and you become their primary care-give it sort of backfires ..... oops!

[JRandomFreeper]

No room for them to move in here. Ya gotta plan ahead. ;>)

I'm going to drop for a while, I've got to swap operating systems and verify that the competition project documentation can be opened/read on a Windoze machine.

/john

[kayak]

Sure, John. And if you need any help, just holler ..... *guffaw*

[JRandomFreeper]

Laugh it up ;>). They can't open the document. I forgot to unmount the flashdrive before I closed linux. Sheesh. Corrupted files and reformat the flashdrive.

I'm working with a guy with a phobia about windoze (me) and 4 other people that only have windoze. I'm resisting using windoze, but I may have to for the documentation. I'll avoid it if possible.

Suggestions about using my marked-up, hood-lookin', rough and tough laptop to make PowerPoint presentations to possible sponsors would be appreciated. It really does look rough. I was thinking labels to cover the Sharpie(tm) writing on the cover.

/john