Reliance on one modern thing / love of power cuts

[JodieWodie]

I like to think of myself as 'simple'
Yes, maybe in the brain, but I think I lead a pretty normal, simple life
I am not rich, don't have a lot, but tonight I have realised that I am so reliant on...
electricity

I mean, I know I need it to do things, to power the tv, this and that... but I am now sat here, without so many of the things I need
But, I say need
DO I really need them?

To set the scene, there I was in the kitchen...
making a curry, hob on, microwave on, cooker on, radio on, dryer on, washing machine on, lamps on in a couple of rooms
Then quiet
And darkness
Fak it. Fuse gone. How frustrated am I? No dinner, washing not done and locked in the machine, sky box gone tits up, tropical fish tanks off....

BUT... then I thought as I was sat here at the pc (pc's run on another fuse), how I used to ADORE power cuts as a child. They were such a regular occurence that my Mum had a huge tin of candles, candle holders, matches, a torch.. all kept in a designated space, so she could find it all in the pitch black
I LOVED power cuts. I was safe, cos Mum was with me... no tv, so we just sat and talked and looked out at the eerie dark, just me and her..and the dog
Marvellous times
What caused those power cuts? I can't recall. Was it strikes? All I know is I looked forward to them in an odd way

So maybe we don't need electrickery
Just the dark
And a candle

I am thinking of setting up an emergency box now..yknow with candles and stuff in it. Don't know what else.
Anyone else have one already?

Ahh.. memories
Where's my bluddy dinner!!?? Crackers it is then!
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[owdamer]

Had a few powercuts at our caravan a couple of weeks ago. We are fully equipped with several torches, (one of em is a wind up one), a stack of candles, and a gas hob so we can still cook.

[daz|n00by]

Always have a box of candles under the sink.. old habbits from when i lived with my parents and the power cuts came, best part of it was me and my brothers and sisters started to try and scare each other in the dark.
Also it was so spooky going out during the evening when there was a power cut everythign seemed so quiet


And yes jodie you have done it again and some how stirred up a lot of good memories for me, you do seem to have a knack of having the same kind of thoughts that i do.


Thanks.
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[binge]

We have a power cut once a week when the Key runs out. And we have to wonder down the stairs to the front door so we can stick it on the emergency.

I live in an upstairs flat with a work mate you see.


In a way, I do rely on Electric too much. My phone charger, my alarm clcok, PC, Guitar amps, Sterio, PC.

Its all eleccy. Witout it, id be screwd.


I remember when I was in germany, We used to have regular power cuts. Talking 10 years ago here.

They were fun in a way. We wre living in blocks of army flats at the time. But the army were geeks, and within a few minutes, they had a backup genny which would flood Electric back into the blocks.

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[Mary Jane]

My power goes out occasionally here, usually due to the fact that I have to rely on my city's power company rather than an independent one (mmm.. monopoly, anyone?)

My kids got a really big kick out of having to use candles to see and me reading them stories instead of watching TV, and us going to a restaurant for dinner instead of making it at home.

My son asked last week when we'd have the power go out again. He really wants to have another night of candlelight.

[Born2bVile]

[Paivi]

I especially liked it when Mom told us kids to eat all the ice cream from the freezer before it melted. Except of course if it was winter, with -20C outside, when everything had to be stored on the balcony.

Ah, the good old days!

[Dazbo666]

I seem to remember quite a few power cuts as a kid too.
Always knew exactly where the pack of candles were in the kitchen unit under the sink. And my non-smoking parents grudgingly had a lighter ready in there too.

I guess old habits die hard, and I've done exactly the same ever since I moved out (...erm... 13 years ago... God that makes me feel old ) and got a home of my own.
There's a pack of tea light candles and a lighter in the kitchen unit, and there's a heavy duty torch in a designated place within arms reach of the garage door.

Or maybe I'm just an anally retentive saddo LOL


EDIT : I'm with Paivi regarding the icecream tho'. I knew there was a big bonus to all those power cuts
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[hellkat]

I keep going away for the weekend and the electric key runs out while I'm gone

Sometimes there's power cuts at the house of knockage, and I have to run around putting candles in all the rooms till it comes back. The punters quite like it but as it knocks out our CCTV as well, it just irritates me till it comes back on.

Once when I was living in Auckland, they had a huuuuuuuuge power cut that went on for WEEKS, the whole of the central business district went down, and I was working on the 35th floor of some building (Luckily I wasn't at work at the time it happened) ... They shipped us out to some offices in the suburbs for a week or so, and eventually got the lifts in the big building on back-up generators, but I used to get a bit *tense* about using them till it was properly back up and running.
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[pwntifex]

We are (un)lucky enough to have powercuts bestowed upon us with alarming frequency.
I assume it is due to our remoteness.
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