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    Not two minutes after I set foot inside Safeway, the power went out. They made me put my salmon back and had everyone vacate the building.

    Share your power outage stories!

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    Whenever the power goes out I pray to god they get it fixed before the battery on my laptop and phone runs out. I swear I used to have an imagination before technology came along

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    There's always a flashlight near by because I can't stand not being able to see what's around me.

    Oh and this was a fantastic event.



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    I haven't been in a significant power outage for years. In the last one, I just played around on my laptop (while the battery lasted) and read by flashlight.

    Although I did have one experience outside the home. About... 6 years ago, I was at work over the summer when the power went out. The town I lived in was struck by a massive storm, and the power was going out everywhere. As I was driving home, I almost got stuck in a flooded side street where the water was far deeper than I anticipated, and many of the traffic lights were out. Fortunately I lived several miles away, and my house still had power.

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    Ugh...smurf Hurricane Sandy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Ugh...smurf Hurricane Sandy
    Ja. Pretty much this. Think I've bitched enough about it before.


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    Light some candles and have some good sex. With the candles.

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    I want to participate in this thread because power outages are fun but I can't think of any.

    Power outages are such an adventure! It's like being poor!

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    As a kid, my brothers and I would always play hide and seek in the dark around our apartment. If it wasn't too late, we'd gather all the kids in the neighborhood and play a massive game of it outside.

    As an adult, I take naps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny View Post
    Ugh...smurf Hurricane Sandy
    Pretty much this.

    I read books usually.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faris View Post
    It was so dark downtown....and people drivin around and bein weird....it was like a zompocalypse but lame

    went to the casino for dinner cause they had the generators cranked and it was the only place open.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sephex View Post
    Light some candles and have some good sex. With the candles.
    Make sure you've got cool-burning ones, a lot of regular candles are too hot and will just burn and not be sexy on someone's genitalia at all!

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    I remember posting about the last blackout I was in.

    Anyway, it was pretty hot and so a lot of San Diego was blacked out. I ended up going to the casino because I was bored and I heard they had AC. They didn't.

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    All the king's horses and the king's men, couldn't find little humpty, again.

    When I was five, the power went out and hid in our walk-in fridge.



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    Not had any notable power cuts for a long time.

    This thread, however, has made me miss Safeway. You were such a good shop.

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