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<DIV><SPAN class=301253405-16122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I'm a
couple hundred miles south in O</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=301253405-16122006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>lympia, Wa.
About a million folks are without power in western WA. My biggest fear is
that a tree will fall down and destroy my Groo Collection. (Although that
would somehow be appropriate.) -Gary G. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=301253405-16122006> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Andrew Krakowski [mailto:bumrecordingstudios@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday,
December 15, 2006 5:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Grossmann, Gary<BR><B>Cc:</B>
groop@groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Who Turned Out the
Lights?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">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.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 12/15/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Grossmann,
Gary</B> <<A href="mailto:GaryG@dor.wa.gov">GaryG@dor.wa.gov</A>>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Folks!</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.) </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>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... </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take care all,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary "Pyro" Grossmann</FONT>
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