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    Default Power cuts!

    Most of Monaghan (and probably the rest of Ireland) is being battered by a big bloody storm today.

    For two hours earlier on the power went out. I spent the time lying on the couch, in the dark, listening to my iPod.

    Whether my sanity would've survived is another matter. Luckily the power came back on just a few minutes ago.

    So what do you do when a power cut hits?
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    A whole two hours?

    We had two power outages this month. One lasted a day and one lasted four days. During the last power outage (and every other power outage), I lit up about 20 candles and sat in front of my natural gas fireplace so that I wouldn't freeze. Thank God for natural gas. I also caught up on my reading while listening to the radio telling me that others probably wouldn't get their power back on for a week.
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    Can't see what you are complaining about, honestly. :rolleyes2
    Here we have power just about 4 hours a day, so we spend about 20 hours with no power at all, thus we have to use power generators, but still those wont work forever.
    So basically at my house (and it is an acception cause we use the generator alot) we have power from 5 PM until 12 AM. that's all. And somedays we have nothing at all if the generator decides to suddenly stop working.
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    Quote Originally Posted by link31793 View Post
    Eat.
    I do that, but I cry, too. ;_;
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    The power outage was probably that one a few years ago that affected all of the North East here. It lasted about 12 hours for me.

    Most of the time, I read and eat. xD


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    Curl up in the foetal position.

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    During a power out, I sit there and think about how bored I am

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    I make youtube videos expressing my anger.


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    Continue using the internet, unless the phones are also out... Charged laptops ftw! Didn't even notice the last power cut I had until I saw my VCR had reset and my dad appeared with a torch (I sometimes sit in the dark with nothing but my computer or laptop on...)

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    I could possibly live. I live in a subarban town.
    My friends are next door, I can walk to work and practices, so Im pretty much ok. Unless I'm talking to someone important, then I sit there and get mad, or I take a bath/shower, then I go outside with my friends and walk to the store in the rain. Theres alot of interesting people to talk to there

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    Read, eat, draw, play with boy and friends. ^^ Sometimes I think a little power outage would be good for me, will take me away from this ebil computer more :3


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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveArya View Post
    I could possibly live. I live in a subarban town.
    My friends are next door, I can walk to work and practices, so Im pretty much ok. Unless I'm talking to someone important, then I sit there and get mad, or I take a bath/shower, then I go outside with my friends and walk to the store in the rain. Theres alot of interesting people to talk to there:)
    Showering in the dark = sad panda.

    Power outages are luckily a rare occurrance for me. In the past, they were mostly during the night or evening, so I would either go out to get something to eat, or go to bed.

    I can't remember the last power outage I had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xaven View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by LoveArya View Post
    I could possibly live. I live in a subarban town.
    My friends are next door, I can walk to work and practices, so Im pretty much ok. Unless I'm talking to someone important, then I sit there and get mad, or I take a bath/shower, then I go outside with my friends and walk to the store in the rain. Theres alot of interesting people to talk to there
    Showering in the dark = sad panda.
    I had a lantern in the dark

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