Our grid also supplies the local hospital, so the back up kicks in for us, but the houses across the road go out, so we are tortured to boil kettles, etc for our neighbours lol
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What do you do when the power goes out?
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Curse the local power company and ask the ceiling fan why does the power have to go every frick'n time it rains. Then I pray the temp in the house does not reach 90 before power is restored. The Houston area is pretty bad. I was extremely spoiled over the last 20 years living in Minnesota. Most of the power lines were underground there. Most of the lines are above ground in Houston. Is this the difference? We have lots of power lines running through woods in our development and all over. I'm sure this is somewhat the issue
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No bake cookies, sometimes called candied cookies, are a mixture of sugar, butter, vanilla, cocoa, oatmeal, and peanut butter. To make it you have to boil it for two minutes then add the oatmeal. Then you just have let the hot chocolately stuff cool on trays do you can eat it. Very good. I you'd like, I can post the recipe later on when I find it.
If that happened where I live, I doubt my neighbors would do that for us. All the nice ones moved out
Sounds great. Do we have a recipe thread here? I know we have a post your last meal, would be cool to have a recipe list to go along with them.
I love the 21st century.
I think a recipe thread would be awesome.
I'd start it, but I have no recipe to start it with.
I'd start it, but I have no recipe to start it with.
Is this a prod for me I start one?
I would just go into my bedroom and do what boys do best when they're alone and bored.
Ditto. I read comic books too.
I thought he meant listened to classical music, on a battery powered mp3 player, and study etiquette and how to properly treat a lady.
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Here's the recipe for no-bake cookies:
2 cups of sugar
1/2 milk
1 stick of butter
4 tablespoons of cocoa
Cook together in pot over heat for 1 minute and 30 seconds start counting after full boil. Remove from heat and quickly add the following things.
3 cups of quick-cooking oats (oatmeal)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 peanut butter
Mix until well blended. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper, cool and serve. Makes about 50 cookies.
Recently I was just getting my pizza out the oven and the power goes out. Now it was pitch black and I needed to eat. So I couldn't find a torch, so used the iPad as a light to eat with. Sadly no videos on the thing as I only got the 16gig and its always full (be warned). So after that went outside and chatted with the neighbours and phoned the repair guy.
Top tip is phone the supply company and get as many of your neighbours to do so. The more that register the fault the higher priority it gets. You would be surprised at how many people leave it to someone else to call, and then no one does.
Top tip is phone the supply company and get as many of your neighbours to do so. The more that register the fault the higher priority it gets. You would be surprised at how many people leave it to someone else to call, and then no one does.
