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Here I was enjoying the last few hours of my staycation before going back to work tomorrow, and the power goes out. I go outside to see if my neighbors also lost power, but nobody was around so I just came back in. Imagine the horror, no tv, no radio and no Alexa!! I wasn't even sure I'd be able to microwave my dinner tonight!!! Luckily I took a nap with a comfy blanket and my cat and when I woke up everything was ok again. Yay, disaster avoided (this time)!!

You are so lucky! I always seem to be at work when the power goes out! Mrs. TK calls to tell me the power went out, but the generator kicked on, the transfer switch connected the house to the generator flawlessly, that everything is fine, and that I'm missing out on yet another great power outage.

13 nite miles around the neighborhood

A nap will fix just about anything.

I was about ten, walking through the school grounds. A wiener dog was barking to beat hell at the base of a big tree. I went over to see what all the fuss was about. Turned out the wiener dog wanted up the tree, so I gave him a boost. Held him as far up the tree as I could, him barking and generally going crazy. The squirrel that was the cause of all this commotion lost his nerve and fled his hole in the tree. Wiener dog snatched the poor little sucker right out of thin air. I was horrified. I liked squirrels as much as wiener dogs. So I pried the little baby squirrel out of wiener dog's mouth, called the dog an asshole, and took the little squirrel home to nurse back to health. My mother wasn't thrilled but she played along, heated some milk in a pan, and gave me a rag to soak in the milk and feed to the squirrel. The squirrel was dead within an hour and I had a lot to think about. Today I like wiener dogs more than squirrels.

Just when i thought it was safe and I had my nice microwaved dinner and took a nice hot shower, the power went out again!! Will this nightmare never end? Luckily by the time i called the power company, the lights came on two minutes later. This has been an emotionally exhausting evening!

Two miles on the hand cycle, five on the stationary bike 24 mph avg. one mile on the dreadmill, and eighty yards in the pool. I’m getting there.

Lol, lots of men like to talk about their wiener.

She took her Town Car out of the assisted living place the other day. (Don't worry, she can still see and drive halfway decent). Hit a pothole and had a flat. An officer helped her change it and got her on her way. Dad took the car in to have the taar repaired. It still had the original factory taars on it from 2003!

Don't forget a grilled cheese sandwich. They go very well with tomato soup.

20 flat miles in 50°F temps. Needed my headlight the last 7 miles.

Maybe you'll have a power outage and a good excuse for a nap!

When I saw the picture my first thought was "Well, that's what you get after you hang up a bunch a reindeer in a Texas mall..." Look - there's even two of them Texans trying to field dress the deer, too.

She must be too busy playng bingo to go out. What a blessing to still have your granny.

I ran 3.2 miles in the morning before work. smudge, I run because I would rather do that than the trainer. I can ride outdoors for hours , but get bored in 15 minutes on a stationary bike.

Thanks Obama.

How the hell do you guys actually do MILES on a stationary cycle??!! Ugh. I only do 8 minutes on a stationary bike at the end of PT, and by minute number five I want to jam a pen in my eye!! Ugh. HATE stationary!

You are kirbalicious lady.

My dad was told not to drive by his Dr. He drove for 3 years after that. Mom said they were going to the Dr one day. He went out to the van, climbed into the passenger side and sat there. Mom stoood there for a minute, then got in the driver’s seat and handed her the keys. No words were said.

15@18.4 on the trainer. Spinervals “Sweating Buckets”

Oh, and

My wife would not be able to drive. Her neck doesn't swivel to see whats going on around her, her legs and ankles won't let her operate the pedals, and I don't think her hands could grip the steering wheel. She loved driving, heavy traffic was a challenge, high speed heavy traffic was a race, and she was in. Big trucks, trailers, no problem. She drove faster than me, but never got a ticket, and never let me forget it. Well she still has a license, thinks that if she has to she could climb in the car and get the job done. She can't get in the car without quite a bit of help. I keep her on the insurance cause everybody needs to believe that they can rise to the situation. I'm not popping her balloon.

My sister in law had three wieners that loved to hunt. They were not any good at catching. Once when we were visiting with our dog the four dogs started chasing a rabbit around their fenced in yard. There was only one hole in the fence for the rabbit to escape but with four dogs chasing it was having a hard time getting to the hole. Once the rabbit was in the middle of the yard with dogs closing in from all directions. Just when we thought was done for it jumped straight up in the air about four feet. The dogs collided with each other and the rabbit took off and made it through the hole in the fence.

WTF goes through a grown mans mind to make him write such a story?

I am actually not too sore today after doing yesterday's work out

I do not do a pie...but I do an apple /cranberry crumble with oatmeal and pecans...and probably a little ice cream.

I'm sorry, as soon as I realized it wasn't my power, I put it back. But that wasn't me the other time!

I feel so frickin old---- gone are the days of the extension phone cord stretched to the max to get the phone into your room and ensure a little privacy. Get off my lawn.

And the saltines must be real nabisco saltines and not some wannabe.

Here is a pic of @jsharr's Christmas lights.

Oh, I was sort of hoping that you meant a propeller beanie.

Alaska seems like a good place to keep all the Alaskans, although it is a nice place to visit.

Got that from the parrot, aka @Parr8hed

Funny thing. Whenever I lose power and walk into a dark room, I still turn on the switch

I don't eat seafood. I am allergic to it, all of it. Plus, it smells like death. I would eat Soylent Green, why not?

I suppose that would depend on the definition of 'long time'. The generator and furnace are fed with natural gas. Being that most of that infrastructure is underground, it won't be affected by weather like the electrical distribution system would be. However, the compressor stations that keep the gas flowing are powered by electricity, so eventually if the grid isn't restored the natural gas pressure would collapse as well. The water heater has ~40 gallons of water in it, so with conservation that would last some time once the municipal water system went out (no electricity for pumps). After that ran out there are plenty of streams, ponds, and rivers nearby and the water could be run through filters I have for camping. Between the food in the kitchen, pantry, and the freeze dried camping stuff it would probably be about 3 weeks before we would have to start kidnapping and eating the neighbors' dogs. I'd convert the battery operated drill into a small electronics/phone charger. If it looked like the power and gas weren't coming back anytime soon, there's a way to convert a car alternator into a three-phase generator to power small AC loads. It would take time, but I don't imagine I'd be going anywhere - unless of course the nature of the emergency had people calling my company looking for engineers to put things back together. I'd probably spend some time talking with the neighbors to see what resources they had. Possibly by pooling resources from several homes we could set up our own small power plant and distribution network to provide limited power, heat, and security for ourselves, or share other resources depending on the needs. All of which is rather far fetched because to get to any of that would require a disaster of fairly epic proportions, the sort I don't ever expect to see. It does remind me, though, that I do have to check up on my supply of thank-you notes...

Tuesdays and Fridays are work days at the bike shop.My bike commute is seven and a half km each way. The trip home is in the dark so a good lighting system is a Must. I'm loving the dynohub, cause I don't have to think about batteries or recharging anything.

I just got Smittens for the first time, but haven't had any yet. I gave some to my Mom who said they were "soft" and she liked them for her "old teeth". That's not a ringing endorsement. Here's an interesting article from USA Today about the marketing of different apple types.

All season air. I have some doubts, but the guy swears this air will work year round TigerPaws

For a while back in the 90's I sold stereo equipment between good job gigs. I always gave my customers fair and honest advice. Then the store began to fall on hard times and our warehouse had less and less of the good stuff for a commission salesman to sell. One day a customer came in and was completely overwhelmed by the speaker wall. He said to me "you do this all the time for a living. What would you buy if it was for yourself"? Without hesitation I pointed to a pair of speakers and said "those are the best in the house". For all I know they were the only one's in the house. Don't ask salesmen for advice.

Got that new taar smell

Well I'm goin' out I'm goin' out lookin' for a cynical girl Who's got no use for the real world I'm lookin' for a cynical girl Well I hate TV There's gotta be somebody other than me Who's ready to write it off immediately I'm lookin' for a cynical girl Well I'll know right away by the look in her eye She harbors no illusions and she's worldly-wise And I'll know when I give her a listen that she She's what I've been missin' What I've been missin' I'll be lost in love And havin' some fun with my cynical girl Who'll have no use for the real world I'm lookin' for a cynical girl

I really like the last photo. You should rework the file in adobe camera raw. I tweaked the jpg as best I could

I give my illusions safe harbor, a warm welcome, and free rein. When the illusions fade and reality creeps in, things get a bit scary...

Wow, Facebook makes this easy. They selected these pictures and asked if I wanted to share them. I love the comparison of the river trail picture and the one with our sons when they were tiny. It still looks like us. Esther still has the same beautiful smile. Our boys don't look quite the same, they turned into handsome men. I am so glad to have Esther in my life. These 42 years have been quite the adventure and it's not over yet. Happy anniversary Esther, I love you. this picture was taken this summer by our granddaughter This one was taken 35 years ago when our boys were little. We haven't changed a bit. This was at my in-laws with my wife's whole family and this one was the last time we had all of our sons together, this was up at the cabin I rented at the lake. Hadn't figured on my wife having to have major surgery the week before. She only made it up to the cabin the one day. She is doing much better now.