[jimkerr]

I would have waited for my coffee. I get grumpy like so many in this thread if I don’t have mine!

[Pdesensi]

Operative words are expensive cigar smells. Ahhhh.

[Spalumbos62]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Wow a guy mentions loss of power and than his experience at McDonalds and gets criticized for it.

Tough audience

I know, I thought the same.
Why was power out...a storm?

[Luckytwo]

Mr. Helpful I love your posts. They make me smile.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Pdesensi

Operative words are expensive cigar smells. Ahhhh.

The only cig I smoke.

[airstreamingypsy]

Originally Posted by Spalumbos62

I know, I thought the same.
Why was power out...a storm?

Fried squirrel.

[rmd2]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Woke up at 7. No power. Opened my garage door manually and drove to McDonald’s for coffee. 12 cars in line at the drive thru, and 10 people in line inside. You can only sit at a few tables outside, and one was occupied by a guy smoking a cigar, so, he owns the seating area.

1. The power company should be more reliable.
2. McDonalds should open the inside seating area.
3. Cigar smoking should be banned in all dining areas.

Everything is fine now. The power is back on.

First sentence -- Woke up at 7. I'M HAPPY I WOKE UP!!

[rmd2]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Woke up at 7. No power. Opened my garage door manually and drove to McDonald’s for coffee. 12 cars in line at the drive thru, and 10 people in line inside. You can only sit at a few tables outside, and one was occupied by a guy smoking a cigar, so, he owns the seating area.

1. The power company should be more reliable.
2. McDonalds should open the inside seating area.
3. Cigar smoking should be banned in all dining areas.

Everything is fine now. The power is back on.

First sentence -- Woke up at 7.
Woke up. I'M HAPPY!

[Waltdisney4life]

Sucks to be you.

[frank1975]

This is heart breaking!! I feel your pain!! No retired person should ever have to go through this.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by ragtag22

Waking up is always a good thing in TV! That should be a good start to your day.

AMEN...

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

A house on a nearby street has a generator that faces the street. When the power goes out at 7 AM, it probably wakes up half of the people on the street. You can hear it from about six houses away. I wouldn't want to live in a neighborhood with small lots where every house had one of those.

I agree, and I bought a relatively small portable inverter generator as insurance for the hurricane season. My number one concern, beside it having enough watts to start up the fridge, was how noisy it runs. Quite a bit quieter than our air conditioner units outside our homes in Mallory. We need to be able to sleep with it on. Up north I have a standby generator with a silencer etc. You can still hear it 2 doors away. Did not want something like that here in TV.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by stu from nyc

wow a guy mentions loss of power and than his experience at mcdonalds and gets criticized for it.

Tough audience

anybody who posts becomes a moving target. Might as well call this " custer talk " 🏹. Btw. Mcdonald's has great ☕ imnho

[Bertram00]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I could be wrong, but I don't think he was whining. I think he was just reporting. We can take it from there.

No, it was definitely a whine.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Bertram00

No, it was definitely a whine.

& U kno how??