[Groop] Who Turned Out the Lights?
Andrew Krakowski
bumrecordingstudios at gmail.com
Fri Dec 15 16:59:36 PST 2006
Where are you? I'm in Victoria and had to shower via candle light as I have
a date tonight. we had 150 km (dont' know what that is in american, 110
mph?) per hour winds last night on the tip of Vancouver Island.
On 12/15/06, Grossmann, Gary <GaryG at dor.wa.gov> wrote:
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> Hi Folks!
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> Well, here I am in the Pacific Northwest with no power at home. Could be
> that way for a few days or so. Of course there would be power at work, but
> at least that lets me e-mail you folks. Any other Groopies up this way with
> no power at home, but maybe Internet Access through some other means?
>
> It's a very Grooish situation at Grossmann Central. I tried to get the
> generator that we bought 7 years ago (and have never used) going, but of
> course such things are beyond me. In keeping with my relationship with
> mechanical devices, I followed the instructions to the letter and the !@#$%^
> thing still would not work. (The tool I am the most skilled with is a
> sledge hammer.)
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> But it's really no big deal. I have lots and lots of firewood and a big
> fireplace and like our hero I can at least start a fire. In fact, like our
> hero, I am very good at starting fires. If you ever need a fire started,
> just give me a call. I'll be right over.
>
> So right now the Long Suffering Mrs. G. and her Mom and the dogs are nice
> and toasty in front of the fireplace. Later we'll heat up some leftover
> casserole in the fireplace and augment it with things that are most likely
> to spoil first out of the refrigerator and then top it all off by roasting
> marsmallows and making schmores.
>
> Tommorow will be interesting. I'm going to help my son move out of his
> apartment, which also has no power, so he can dump his stuff at our house,
> stay for a few days, and then join his wife in Providence RI, which
> presumable has power. And sometime this weekend, I'll be bringing my
> daughter home from college, where they also do not have power (today she
> took a final by candle light). She's an RA and must stay there until all
> the girls in her dorm have left and many of them are stuck because their
> flights were cancelled because the airport had no power.
>
> So probably right after everything has settled down and all the
> complications from the power being out have been taken care of or muddled
> through, the power will come back on. As Groo said in his very first
> official appearance, "Oh, well...
>
> Take care all,
>
> Gary "Pyro" Grossmann
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Andrew Krakowski, BSc
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