Dear So and So

[shootingstar]

Hope it gets better next wk. (which is expecting alot for the Seattle area). Dearie and I will be there for 2 days.

[Biciclista]

Are you serious? I wasn't talking about OUR weather!! I was talking about SANDY

[marni]

dear crankin

guess who didn't have Concord Power and Light some years ago when the notorious "april Fools ice storm hit." Fortunately Philips coffee,where I worked, and the elementary school do in the center of town had electricity so during the day the kids and I were warm and could get a hot meal of sorts. In the evenings candles and our fireplace did stalwart duty for 10 days as we slept around it at night. Fortunately it was not mid winter and bitter cold or I don't know what we would have done.

marni resident of Acton from 1990-2001

[SheFly]

Dear Marni - I remember that storm all too well! We had no power for less time here in Bedford - only 3 days, but it seemed like an eternity. Now we have a generator, just in case. Very grateful we didn't have to use it this week.

SheFly

[Crankin]

Hi Marni,
If I was more technologically competent, I would scan and post the picture I have of DS #2 building a huge snowman in the April Fools's storm. He was about 13, right before he started cycling . I was lucky then, too. We lived in Boxborough, which also has a small local utility (Littleton Electric). We never lost power.
BTW, Phillips has yet again been sold. But, I got the scoop when I was getting my hair done at Moodz. It was bought at the height of the recession by a young couple, but I guess they got divorced and although they tried running it together after the divorce, it didn't work out, although they were successful, business wise. An older (i.e. our age) man owns it now. Plan to stop by next week, as I have a client in Littleton, and it's on the way.
And also BTW, my son, Josh, does remember working with you, although he told me he was always coming in when you were going home. That job taught him a lot. He makes a mean espresso. Oy, he's a "big macher" (Yiddish) now; he just got a new job where he'll be opening the Boston office of a language translation company based out of SF. I am pretty sure he learned a lot of those people skills at the coffee shop.

[marni]

the thig that was so frustrating about that 10 day interval was that the street behind us, school street had electricity and so did route 2 and the auto action on the other side. For some reason we were lost in balck hole because the power grid map didn't show our local transformer as being off line. I'm sll for campingout and roughing it in controlled conditions but that was the pits. How bad was it? The first thingmy husband told the realtor we absolutely had to have in our house in Houston was a fireplace!

even in mid winter, the most I wear is socks and a light sweatshirt.

la how times have changed.

sounds like your son is doing well. Good news that. Nice to think that Philips was a good influence on him.

[azfiddle]

Dear self-
What in the world were you thinking? Putting your phone on top of a counter in a small bathroom? Next to ... yup.... the toilet. Now you have an expensive paperweight. And a lot of missing phone numbers. And stuff like that. And it was handy that the DH had a spare phone but it's just not the same....

[Fredwina]

Sandy was really a SuperStrom!
I didn't get hit much by Sandy until yesterday morning. I 'm supposed to have program up and running by Tues night to distrubute money to 500K Folks in NYC who lost their food, with more to come, as the inital batch is folks who already on TANF(Welfare) and Food Stamps. And we're supposed to start HEAP(Heating assitance) soon - Hopefully I can get my bent out one day this weekend, as this looks to be the last good one this year (Maybe I shoud rent a bike in Memphis next time I'm down there Xmas)

[Crankin]

I heard it might snow on Wednesday.
Of course. The day I take my exam.

[OakLeaf]

We had snow on Tuesday. But not much, not really enough to affect the roads at all. Hope that's all you get. Good luck on your exam. I know you'll do fine.

[Biciclista]

to whom it may concern; NJ needs more electricians!

A friend of mine in NJ STILL has a live wire laying in her driveway!!!!

[Fredwina]

The good news: we only have to issue 350,000 checks by Tuesday!
The bad news: More checks to come, and yours truly gets to write the program, which needs to be ready by Tuesday. Had it ready to go yest afternoon, but we had a last minute change of specs- which means work instead of riding this weekend (no good place to store bike) Maybe i'll walk over.
Mimi- I imagine the situation in NJ is bad, too. We're working on Food Stamps - the idea being is that initial batch will be for people to feed themselves, and my program will distribute money to replace stoves. fridges, etc. hey -i'm working and the money should pay for my rental car next time i'm in Memphis(unless I get lucky and land a job there!)

[Sky King]

Silly Girl thinking you should take the green machine to the Dr so you could throw the purse in the basket. All well and fine until the return trip with the fire department blowing out/checking hydrants and you without fenders. Now to go change socks and pants...

[Becky]

Dear self-centered coworker:

I know that my conversation with K. about work-related computer stuff was not important to you and that your conversation about your out-of-town guests was important to you. But that does not give you the right to interrupt my conversation and force me out of K's office. K, I'm not real happy with you either...considering that you never stand up to this self-centered coworker.

Luv,
Angry

[salsabike]

Silly Girl thinking you should take the green machine to the Dr so you could throw the purse in the basket. All well and fine until the return trip with the fire department blowing out/checking hydrants and you without fenders. Now to go change socks and pants...

Sky King, that's funny. Hope you're now warm and dry.