Getting ready to watch my soaps last night ( cos hubby was away and i'm just plain sad lol). When you've guessed it had a power cut, half of wxm is in dark. After sitting for an hour with one poxy candle for light decide to go off to bed (at eight o clock ). Lying in bed i start remembering a really bad horor movie i'd watched the previous night so spent most of my night lying in bed with my head under the covers jumping at every flamin noise.
Any suggestions what i can do next time? Cos last night was one hell of a long night in my opinion.
Lou xx
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power cut.. what would you do?
Sex God
'Phone a friend 
Well you've asked the audience, FB has suggested phone a friend, that only leaves 50/50 
I would ring a friend and get them to tape my soaps, then get my toys out and spend a pleasant evening having fun ;)
Or have a bath by candlelight with a glass of wine or two, then have a pleasant evening with my toys
I would ring a friend and get them to tape my soaps, then get my toys out and spend a pleasant evening having fun ;)
Or have a bath by candlelight with a glass of wine or two, then have a pleasant evening with my toys
We live in nowhere land- a powercut here means- no cooking (we don't have mains gas) lights or heat! (Except where the coal fire is in the living room)
A long powercut has been known to mean fenagaling (?) a camping cooking pot into the fire to make a stew for 6- all prepared by candle light!
Not something I want to repeat often!
A long powercut has been known to mean fenagaling (?) a camping cooking pot into the fire to make a stew for 6- all prepared by candle light!
Not something I want to repeat often!
Orgasminator
Buy a generator, seem to spend a lot of time instaling them lately and change overswitches.
the problem is my land line phone is connected to the electric and i flaming ran out of credit on my mobile (not allowed a contract phone after my last bill :shock: ). typical that the one night i had to light candles and make the house look romantic and wheres he? in a pub in london........
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'Phone a friend
we had a powercut the other week though thankfully during the daytime and my phone didn't work either so I had to use the mobile to ring the electricity company to find out what was happening.
I think either read a book by candlelight to pass the time or get the battery bunny out for some fun
Sex God
why not go and join him
and if the electric till not working
does that mean free beer lol
and if the electric till not working
does that mean free beer lol
Sex God
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'Phone a friend
We had one last night - and I did!! .
Sex God
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'Phone a friend
we had a powercut the other week though thankfully during the daytime and my phone didn't work either so I had to use the mobile to ring the electricity company to find out what was happening.
I think either read a book by candlelight to pass the time or get the battery bunny out for some fun
I s'pose it was the mains bunny that drained the national grid and caused the power cut then was it? :D
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Strange....that happened in my street last night (you don't live next door do you?? 
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Saying that we have multiple power cuts a year and usually in the winter. Luckily the power went off after the kids were in bed so they were not frightened and it came back on about 7 am - but it was extremely cold.
If my partner had been there I would have been warming myself quite nicely, but unfortunately he was not!!
)Saying that we have multiple power cuts a year and usually in the winter. Luckily the power went off after the kids were in bed so they were not frightened and it came back on about 7 am - but it was extremely cold.
If my partner had been there I would have been warming myself quite nicely, but unfortunately he was not!!
Sex God
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Strange....that happened in my street last night (you don't live next door do you??
Unfortunately I don't!
But like I said I think it was Sassy draining the entire National Grid with her mains bunny - so it's not surprising it was nationwide.
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the problem is my land line phone is connected to the electric and i flaming ran out of credit on my mobile (not allowed a contract phone after my last bill :shock: ). typical that the one night i had to light candles and make the house look romantic and wheres he? in a pub in london........
Always best to have an old fashioned phone which doesn't need plugged into mains in case of standby - I have one just next to the candles and matches. No help to you the other night but maybe for the future?? I 'obtained' one when the phones were upgraded at work but they are so cheap in places like Tesco and worth the money just in case.
:P
Funnily enough I was just talking about the winter of discontent with Fire the other day. I can clearly remember sitting at home a kettle of water on the Rayburn for making hot chocolate and listening to plays on the Radio by the light of an oil lamp, and thinking they were truly magical times. We as a family talked and played games, listened and used our imaginations. I know we were lucky, we had heat and hot food that others had not, but I thoroughly enjoyed the times when the electricity went off.
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Funnily enough I was just talking about the winter of discontent with Fire the other day. I can clearly remember sitting at home a kettle of water on the Rayburn for making hot chocolate and listening to plays on the Radio by the light of an oil lamp, and thinking they were truly magical times. We as a family talked and played games, listened and used our imaginations. I know we were lucky, we had heat and hot food that others had not, but I thoroughly enjoyed the times when the electricity went off.
Ah.. happy days indeed. Home by cos it was too dark to do any work and it was a three day week anyway! Gas was OK so my cooker was in demand in the neighbourhood, bartering one candle for a pan of boiling water.
:lol: power cut.. what would you do?
I personally would be dunb enough to get out of the shower I was in because the water went off aswell due to the electirc pump, then covered in shampoo I would chuck on a bathrobe walk out side letting the electric access door close behind me than stand there panicing because I was locked out wearing next to sod all and covered in shampoo.
oooh hang on a min that wasn't me it was the blonde one
I personally would be dunb enough to get out of the shower I was in because the water went off aswell due to the electirc pump, then covered in shampoo I would chuck on a bathrobe walk out side letting the electric access door close behind me than stand there panicing because I was locked out wearing next to sod all and covered in shampoo.
oooh hang on a min that wasn't me it was the blonde one
Sex God
I would simply go to bed and read.
Sex God
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I would simply go to bed and read.
Those large print books come in handy then
:lol:
I've gone beyond that
Sexlightened
Like some of the other posters I live in the countryside, and experience several power outages a year. The longest in the last four years was 36 hours during and after a period of very high winds. Although it was the middle of January the winds were from the south west so fortunately it was relatively mild.
As soon as the power goes off I put extra clothes on rather than waiting until the house starts to cool so as to not lose heat. Then I get the candles lit and read or write letters to friends. Aye, real letters!
Then, of course, I'll get bored and think "I fancy some toast - oh, of course, 'leccy's off. Cuppa. Err, nope. Right, well, I'll check e-mail, ah, no I won't."
I have a little UPS on the PC to protect it against the regular glitches, but I have a question about standby generators.
Does anyone know approximately how much a generator, the interface into the house wriing system and a network isolator switch to support the essentials like heating, microwave oven and lighting would cost? Say, a unit so I wouldn't have to switch stuff off to use the microwave.
Supplementary question: Do modern generators put out a stable enough supply to run electonic kit like the telly/hifi without risk of damage due to voltage fluctuations?
As soon as the power goes off I put extra clothes on rather than waiting until the house starts to cool so as to not lose heat. Then I get the candles lit and read or write letters to friends. Aye, real letters!
Then, of course, I'll get bored and think "I fancy some toast - oh, of course, 'leccy's off. Cuppa. Err, nope. Right, well, I'll check e-mail, ah, no I won't."
I have a little UPS on the PC to protect it against the regular glitches, but I have a question about standby generators.
Does anyone know approximately how much a generator, the interface into the house wriing system and a network isolator switch to support the essentials like heating, microwave oven and lighting would cost? Say, a unit so I wouldn't have to switch stuff off to use the microwave.
Supplementary question: Do modern generators put out a stable enough supply to run electonic kit like the telly/hifi without risk of damage due to voltage fluctuations?
Orgasminator
roughtly speaking without seeing the house a 2,5 kva long run generator with a Electronic AVR (Automatic voltage regulation) is about £600 (A Proper generator not these 120 quid things in netto's)
A change over switch is about £300
Instalation costs and associated wiring about another £250
add £120 - 150 if you require automatic startup on generator
if you don't require a generator thats going to run the pc you could use one with a standard avr which is more like £300
hope this helps
Sparky
QRT
A change over switch is about £300
Instalation costs and associated wiring about another £250
add £120 - 150 if you require automatic startup on generator
if you don't require a generator thats going to run the pc you could use one with a standard avr which is more like £300
hope this helps
Sparky
QRT
Sexlightened
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hope this helps
Sparky
QRT
Thanks for the info, Sparky.
I'll need to clear the work with the landlady, but it's certainly worth serious consideration.
There is a product on the market (fekk knows what its called) It is a battery operated light that you plug into a socket. The battery is charged when electricity is available but as soon as the power is cut it switches on automatically. That should sort out the darkness.
As for boredom ??????
As for boredom ??????
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Getting ready to watch my soaps last night ( cos hubby was away and i'm just plain sad lol). When you've guessed it had a power cut, half of wxm is in dark. After sitting for an hour with one poxy candle for light decide to go off to bed (at eight o clock ). Lying in bed i start remembering a really bad horor movie i'd watched the previous night so spent most of my night lying in bed with my head under the covers jumping at every flamin noise.
Any suggestions what i can do next time? Cos last night was one hell of a long night in my opinion.
Lou xx
Poor you... I have some light up toys that keep me going.. can give you web address to get them from lol :giggle:
