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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 09/16/2008 : 03:22:03 AM
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Hello, my name is Wanda and I am an electric-holic.
Woe is me (we???) I know I am a wimp now. An out and out wimp. We just spent about a day and a half without electricity due to high wind damage from the "remnants" of hurricane Ike. At least that's what the weather folks are blaming it on. I know people in Texas and other places down in that neck of the woods suffered greatly. I am so sorry for their misfortune and do not mean to make light of it.
But the 60-something mph winds made havoc over here, too, all the way on the north coast of the USA. And I found out I am electricity junkie.
Things I could not do:
scrapbooking or card making
reading - that Abe Lincoln stuff about reading by candlelight is for the birds!
cooking (only get electric stove)
make coffee or tea
open fridge/freezer door - gotta keep em closed in case can save the food insai.
put on makeup - bathroom too dark to see
No curling iron.
watch TV
Listen to CDs
Iron my clothes -- gasp, panic!!!!
vacuum carpet
Could not microwave the nice aroma therapy heating pad for my bum back.
Use the computer...gasp, gasp, gasp.
Good thing the weather cooled down we could open the windows and sleep without air conditioner.
And me, I am an electricity hog, anyhow. I like to keep lights and lights and lights on when it gets dark. Not just the light in the room that I am in.
I thought I could deal with it. After all, when I was a kid, plenty places in W. Va. did not have electricity. But I didn't have to deal with anything back then. I must not have yet been hooked. But I am now.
Can anyone give pointers on how to get unhooked. How to get the monkey off my back?
Mahaloz.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 09/16/2008 03:22:48 AM |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 05:02:49 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by wcerto
Hello, my name is Wanda and I am an electric-holic.
Woe is me (we???) I know I am a wimp now. An out and out wimp. We just spent about a day and a half without electricity due to high wind damage from the "remnants" of hurricane Ike. At least that's what the weather folks are blaming it on. I know people in Texas and other places down in that neck of the woods suffered greatly. I am so sorry for their misfortune and do not mean to make light of it.
But the 60-something mph winds made havoc over here, too, all the way on the north coast of the USA. And I found out I am electricity junkie.
Things I could not do:
scrapbooking or card making
reading - that Abe Lincoln stuff about reading by candlelight is for the birds!
cooking (only get electric stove)
make coffee or tea
open fridge/freezer door - gotta keep em closed in case can save the food insai.
put on makeup - bathroom too dark to see
No curling iron.
watch TV
Listen to CDs
Iron my clothes -- gasp, panic!!!!
vacuum carpet
Could not microwave the nice aroma therapy heating pad for my bum back.
Use the computer...gasp, gasp, gasp.
Good thing the weather cooled down we could open the windows and sleep without air conditioner.
And me, I am an electricity hog, anyhow. I like to keep lights and lights and lights on when it gets dark. Not just the light in the room that I am in.
I thought I could deal with it. After all, when I was a kid, plenty places in W. Va. did not have electricity. But I didn't have to deal with anything back then. I must not have yet been hooked. But I am now.
Can anyone give pointers on how to get unhooked. How to get the monkey off my back?
Mahaloz.
Try to find an Aladdin Lamp. It is a mantle based kerosine lamp that uses convection instead of pressure (unlike a Coleman Lamp, the great hisser) to get the wick to glow. I use mine (2) when the lights go out. You cannot leave them unattended when they're on, because the wick needs adjustment, so you have to sleep in the dark (you can't have it all!). I have an extra battery for my laptop and a little solar panel to recharge it and the batteries for my Discman. I also have a crank operated radio to keep me in touch. As far as music, I have my piano, banjo, uke, and resonator guitars. Life goes on. I'm old enough to remember what life in Illinois was like before air conditioning - not fun at all when it's 90 deg at night with 95% humidity - fan doesn't help much, either. |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 05:34:02 AM
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Time to get an iPod...24 hours of battery life for music and it will hold all your CDs. Plus you get to pick your favorite color:
http://www.apple.com/ipodnano |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
1635 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 05:47:03 AM
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 06:09:19 AM
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| I iron everything I wear. I am very anal about ironing. I constantly harrangue my children (and Paul) to iron, iron, iron. They don't seem to care if they have wrinkles on their clothing. I got enough wrinkles on my face, etc., so I do not need more on my clothes. That's why I was very, very hesitant about saving money to go to Aloha Music Camp on Moloka`i. I would not be able to iron. I iron jslacks, eans, t-shirts, blousessweaters, dresses, skirts, shower curtains, frequently iron towels; dish towels, placemats. The ladies at cardiac rehab thought I was crazy to iron my work out clothes. What if I had to go to the emergency room and my clothes were wrinkled? I might think about a laptop for my next computer. An iPod, ah dunno. That is really kind of high tech, yeah? |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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ricdoug
`Olu`olu
USA
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ricdoug
`Olu`olu
USA
513 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 07:50:38 AM
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| ...and last, but not least Wanda, it's a perfect time to serenade "da' hood" with your uke! Ric |
It's easier to ask for forgiveness, than permission! |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 08:00:47 AM
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Originally posted by wcerto
An iPod, ah dunno. That is really kind of high tech, yeah?
Not really. The hardest part is getting your CDs into your computer (which isn't really that hard) and then onto the iPod (even easier). Once that's out of the way, most people can figure out how to use an iPod just by playing with it (after all, it's only got 5 buttons). After that, the hard part is figuring out how to wipe the smile off your face. |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
Edited by - cpatch on 09/16/2008 09:21:46 AM |
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
1635 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 08:53:14 AM
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| I think there are (happy) pills that address the ironing thing. |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 10:54:22 AM
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| While the power was out, I drove down to Akron to hang out with my eldest daughter. We decided to do a girls day out and go shopping, lunch, etc. We decided to play "How do I Look", which is a TV show that I think is pretty lame, where your supposed friends tell you how ugly and crappy are the clothes that you have been wearing, and they don't like your hair and makeup and stuff, and they pick out different clothes for you that they believe will look much better on you than what you have. We agreed that I would pick out an outfit for her and she would have to wear it and she would pick out an outfit for me and I would have to wear it. So, she found a blouse for me that was made to look wrinkled. On purpose. It came with instructions on how to make it look properly wrinkled after you laundered it. I could not deal with that. I told her I would quit the game if she made me wear wrinkled clothes. If she made me wear that blouse I would have to take some kind of pills, Raymond. Wrinkles! On purpose! Oh the humanity! She wanted me to loosen by bebedees so to speak. So we sat in the foot court and played Ms. Pac Man on one of those old fashioned (listen to me will you!) sit down pac-man game things. And I actually laughed and had fun. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
Edited by - wcerto on 09/16/2008 10:55:20 AM |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 11:20:18 AM
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Originally posted by cpatch
The hardest part is getting your CDs into your computer (which isn't really that hard) and then onto the iPod (even easier).
As Craig notes, not really hard at all --- just time-consuming to convert 'em to compressed files, and then the transfer step is as simple as drag-n-drop.
And there are many non-iSomething brands of mp3 players, too. These days, they are all a breeze to operate. |
Edited by - Retro on 09/16/2008 11:20:41 AM |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 12:53:16 PM
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Originally posted by John
Wot? Is electro-shock therapy no longer in vogue? She said she gets a charge out of electricity.
Perhaps we should conduct a poll on it? |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 2:09:48 PM
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| You guys puns are re-VOLT-ing. I am shocked at your behavior. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 3:45:53 PM
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| What can we say? It's more than just a current trend, at least. |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
1799 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 3:54:18 PM
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Originally posted by Retro
What can we say? It's more than just a current trend, at least.
Even if you wanted to stop, you conduit, can you? |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2008 : 7:20:42 PM
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| So... you telling me to put a plug in it? (That one's from Momi.) |
Edited by - Retro on 09/16/2008 7:21:08 PM |
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