Cutting off electronic tethers, etc.

[Zen]

"The seasoned veteran may choose to light the stump on fire before play. A crowd favorite."
Stump sounds like what you end up with at the end of your arm with this game

[Reesha]

Yeah, fortunately I've never seen any accidents. Those who play are usually pretty cautious. The flip of the hammer is more controlled than it sounds and those not presently "hitting" usually stand back.

I can picture a bunch of inebriated college boys lighting the log on fire though!

[bmccasland]

Seems the opposite thing to do. Because of being a club president, and the certain actions of one of the well meaning members, done in the name of the club, I had to very quickly come up to speed (or at least get introduced to) the social networking forums. This took a long distance phone call to my 16 yr old nephew to talk me through it! The lad did very well, telling me what to skip over to get registered, and once I had a home page, what would be on it.

I still have the club issues to deal with at our meeting tuesday, and I don't know how much time I'll spend on FB but I'm there.
I want to
turn
the
computer
OFF.

(except for time on TE of course!)

[OakLeaf]

Hee, hee, I survived three and a half hours this morning, and here someone's revived this thread when I log back in.

I woke up to find that a raccoon had gotten into my electric transformer overnight. Luckily there was enough water in the thermos from yesterday that I could fix myself a cup of tea - once I found a match to light the stove.

I did have to boot up my computer to find the details for the appointment I have this morning. I hadn't transferred the exact directions onto my iPod.

Other than that, I amused myself by reading until the electric company guy came. I'm lucky to be on a co-op so their repair crews are super responsive. I feel ever so much better now that I've had a shower. Flushing the toilets is nice, too.

[Zen]

I recently received an offer ot be part of an electric co-op but they could only guarantee rates for 2 years. I don't know how much of a difference there was in KW hours but there were four of us discussing it and I left it to the others (all pretty well versed in these things) and ended up dismissing the offer.

[Crankin]

Reesha, you worked at Nature's classroom? I have been 4 times: once in Groton, once in Charlton, and twice in Connecticut (it was very near the MA border). It was fun, but probably more fun for the counselors than the teachers, who had to sleep in the same dorms as the kids...

[Reesha]

Haha, yeah it was always a blast. We'd get paid a loooot of money to sleep in with the kids though, so it was always attractive if the need arose.

Was the site in CT Colebrook? That's a massive site! I worked at Charlton for a month in January. My favorite site was always Silver Lake on Lake George in NY. It was paradise-- and they have the coolest haunted buildings.

[deeaimond]

shootingstar,

i think i will die without being connected somehow. I don't need to be actually talking or communicating to anyone, but I have to be connected. I often brush off offers to go out so that i can stay home with a book but without the internet and a working cellphone connection I can't sleep at night. I'm a product of my times definitely... (with no internet i'll probably sleep more)

going to shut off this computer and go to sleep so that i can start my 'wake-up at-5-am-and-ride-fo-an-hour-to-start-my-day' tmw! (wish me determination)
DEe

[OakLeaf]

I recently received an offer ot be part of an electric co-op but they could only guarantee rates for 2 years. I don't know how much of a difference there was in KW hours but there were four of us discussing it and I left it to the others (all pretty well versed in these things) and ended up dismissing the offer.

I don't think our rates are much different from the IOU's. Where the co-op really shines is in the service.

We've been in this house almost 12 years and the longest we've been without power was a little over two days after the hurricane last year. A tree came down across our lane and took the power lines with it. Lots of people with the IOUs had no power for a week or longer. With the ice storms about every other year, we might lose power for a few hours, people on the IOUs are out for days. Before the hurricane last fall, the longest we'd ever been without power was 18 hours, once.

It took about two hours after I called yesterday morning, for the guy to get out here, throw the dead raccoon into the woods , and install a new fuse. It was cool, he didn't even have to climb up to the transformer, did it all with a telescoping fiberglass pole with a hook on the end.

It seems weird to me that co-ops are competing with IOUs in your area post-deregulation. I think of utility co-ops as a holdover from their origins (the REAs, when it wasn't profitable for IOUs to run electricity to less densely populated areas).