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size=2>mmmmmmm. cream of chocolate soup! now all i need is warm
pork! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
groop-bounces@groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces@groo.com] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Chris Schechner<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 15, 2006 4:28
PM<BR><B>To:</B> groop-groo.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Groop] Who Turned Out
the Lights?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT face=Verdana>
<H1>EAT THE ICE CREAM FIRST!!!!<BR></H1></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><BR><BR>on 12/15/06 5:46 PM, Grossmann, Gary at GaryG@DOR.WA.GOV
wrote:<BR><BR><FONT color=#000098>> Hi Folks!<BR>> <BR>> Well, here I
am in the Pacific Northwest with no power at home. Could be<BR>> that
way for a few days or so. Of course there would be power at work, but<BR>>
at least that lets me e-mail you folks. Any other Groopies up this way
with<BR>> no power at home, but maybe Internet Access through some other
means? <BR>> <BR>> It's a very Grooish situation at Grossmann
Central. I tried to get the<BR>> generator that we bought 7 years ago
(and have never used) going, but of<BR>> course such things are beyond me.
In keeping with my relationship with<BR>> mechanical devices, I
followed the instructions to the letter and the !@#$%^<BR>> thing still
would not work. (The tool I am the most skilled with is a<BR>> sledge
hammer.) <BR>> <BR>> But it's really no big deal. I have lots and
lots of firewood and a big<BR>> fireplace and like our hero I can at least
start a fire. In fact, like our<BR>> hero, I am very good at starting
fires. If you ever need a fire started,<BR>> just give me a call.
I'll be right over. <BR>> <BR>> So right now the Long
Suffering Mrs. G. and her Mom and the dogs are nice<BR>> and toasty in
front of the fireplace. Later we'll heat up some leftover<BR>>
casserole in the fireplace and augment it with things that are most
likely<BR>> to spoil first out of the refrigerator and then top it all off
by roasting<BR>> marsmallows and making schmores. <BR>> <BR>>
Tommorow will be interesting. I'm going to help my son move out of
his<BR>> apartment, which also has no power, so he can dump his stuff at
our house,<BR>> stay for a few days, and then join his wife in Providence
RI, which<BR>> presumable has power. And sometime this weekend, I'll
be bringing my<BR>> daughter home from college, where they also do not have
power (today she<BR>> took a final by candle light). She's an RA and
must stay there until all<BR>> the girls in her dorm have left and many of
them are stuck because their<BR>> flights were cancelled because the
airport had no power.<BR>> <BR>> So probably right after everything has
settled down and all the<BR>> complications from the power being out have
been taken care of or muddled<BR>> through, the power will come back on.
As Groo said in his very first<BR>> official appearance, "Oh,
well...<BR>> <BR>> Take care all,<BR>> <BR>> Gary "Pyro"
Grossmann<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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