The Daily Rant Thread

[RudyF6]

So my power went out Friday around 5:00. Restoration estimate 4:30 Saturday. That came and went now estimate is 9:00 Sunday. Guess what? Generator ran out of gas at 8:00! I go get gas, check to find the latest update... 12:00 pm Monday! I'll have to fill my gas cans again tonight!
I'm getting a Generac standby before snow flies again...

 

[Chubaka]

So my power went out Friday around 5:00. Restoration estimate 4:30 Saturday. That came and went now estimate is 9:00 Sunday. Guess what? Generator ran out of gas at 8:00! I go get gas, check to find the latest update... 12:00 pm Monday! I'll have to fill my gas cans again tonight!
I'm getting a Generac standby before snow flies again...

Sorry about your situation. I find it funny this was advertised on the next page.

 

[Chubaka]

My daily rant. Fireworks used to have a strong manly scent of gun powder. I've noticed a few years ago it disappeared.

Drove hour and a half home in this and not even a slight gun powder scent.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

My daily rant. Fireworks used to have a strong manly scent of gun powder. I've noticed a few years ago it disappeared.

Drove hour and a half home in this and not even a slight gun powder scent.

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you should have been at my house then. fireworks of any kind are illegal in my city. but the places goes off like a warzone. from 7:30 to to well after midnight that gun powder smell you seek was strong. somebody maybe 1/3 of a mile away was shooting stuff off in the air (fireworks that shoot up in the air or explode are illegal in the entire state) that looked professional.

 

[Guest D]

My daily rant. Fireworks used to have a strong manly scent of gun powder. I've noticed a few years ago it disappeared.

Drove hour and a half home in this and not even a slight gun powder scent.

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[Suburban_Hooligan]

id say i slept like crap last night, but that would imply i slept. my stomach felt over pressurized and was cramping up bad. had to lay a certain uncomfortable way to make it tolerable. finally dozed off about 2am. then my bladder woke me up at 4am. took a wiz that i didn't think would ever stop. stomach still feeling not great went back to bed. finally dozed back off about a quarter to 5. then my alarm clock scared the hell out of me at 5:35. stomach feeling basically normal.
then i get to work and there's so much crap for stock i can't even comprehend it.
and it's muggy as hell.
and i already have a headache.
todays going to both suck and blow.

 

[RudyF6]

Happy freakin' Monday.
Power's still out, last estimate was noon today and it's 12:20.
I just topped off my generator for the 4th time now, that's +/- 30 gal now.
Came back in to a new text update.
9:00 pm TOMORROW!!

 

[tgpkine]

I just topped off my generator for the 4th time now, that's +/- 30 gal now.

Damn. That must have been some weather?

I am ready to disconnect from the grid. Hopefully we get a publish mesh network up before the internet goes back to being billed per minute.

 

[RudyF6]

Damn. That must have been some weather?

Yup.
Heavy wind, downpour, hit and run thunderstorm.
Lasted 10 minutes, sun was back out in 5.
That's when the power went out - 5:35 pm Friday.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

damn, that must have been one hell of a thunderstorm.