On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:34:32 GMT, throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Wayne Throop)
wrote:
>: Wildepad <noreplies>
>: During a long power outage, I found myself sitting at the computer
>: just because it felt the most natural place for me to be wasting time.
>
>Huh. Not me. I'd normally be in a comfy chair reading, while waiting
>for power to come back. If it's dark, I might try an led booklight,
>or a "camp lantern" (battery powered compact flourescent or led),
>or even snag a battery backup unit and a normal CF bulb in a lamp.
>Or sleep... sleep is always a good timewaster at night...
My most comfortable chair is at my desk.
>It's interesting. Dean Ing had an essay I read once about being sure
>to have battery powered, and/or 12-volt operable, appliances of various
>sorts. Radio obviously, but lights and other stuff too. Large battery
>backup, or keeping an inverter in your car, makes specialized appliances
>moot at this point. Both of those were extremely rare once upon a
time...
>when did they become so common? Snuk up on me.
I usually have a good number of candles on hand (the holiday candles
which burn for three or four days are incredibly cheap after Xmas),
and for no reason other than to see if I could do it, I found it
fairly easy to rig up a holder for a metal measuring cup so I could
fry an egg by candlepower.
The growth of both battery back-ups and inverters has been gradual
over the last ten to fifteen years. They aren't just for the nerds or
die-hard campers anymore.
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