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Posted by Pogonip on October 2, 2009, 10:29 pm
Juno B wrote:
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> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>> Juno
>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>> Juno
>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up
>> if you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell
>> phone. I don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>
> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
> Juno
Even with a laptop, you need a connection. My DSL is through the phone
line, my modem has to plug in and so does my router.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Juno B on October 2, 2009, 11:13 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Juno B wrote:
>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>>> Juno
>>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>>> Juno
>>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up
>>> if you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell
>>> phone. I don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
>> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
>> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
>> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
>> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
>> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
>> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
>> Juno
>
> Even with a laptop, you need a connection. My DSL is through the phone
> line, my modem has to plug in and so does my router.
To me the whole plans sounds like something that was hatched in a
Dilbert comic strip
Juno
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Posted by Pogonip on October 3, 2009, 2:34 am
Juno B wrote:
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> Pogonip wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>>>> Juno
>>>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>>>> Juno
>>>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up
>>>> if you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell
>>>> phone. I don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>>>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>>> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
>>> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
>>> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
>>> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
>>> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
>>> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
>>> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
>>> Juno
>> Even with a laptop, you need a connection. My DSL is through the
>> phone line, my modem has to plug in and so does my router.
>
> To me the whole plans sounds like something that was hatched in a
> Dilbert comic strip
> Juno
Yeah! Maybe they sell generators. ;-)
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 3, 2009, 8:55 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> Juno B wrote:
>
>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>>> Juno
>>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>>> Juno
>>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up
>>> if you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell
>>> phone. I don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
>> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
>> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
>> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
>> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
>> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
>> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
>> Juno
>
>
> Even with a laptop, you need a connection. My DSL is through the phone
> line, my modem has to plug in and so does my router.
My five year old laptop has a wireless modem. Nowadays, I get my
broadband through the phone company, but I don't have to plug the laptop
into anything for it to work. Mind you, I also pay aol to keep my
long-time addy, and also to be able to plug into dial-up if the wireless
goes out.
I remember very clearly, right after Katrina, as soon as the mayor
opened up the city six weeks after the storm, we in our area (10% of the
city)had electricity already. However, those who were too cheap to pay
for high speed internet were very amusing. Very few of the coffeshops
with wifi had reopened yet, so we saw lots of folk sitting on the
sidewalk outside the coffeeshops with their laptops in use. After the
batteries ran down, they went back home, recharged, and came back to sit
on the sidewalk and surf the net again. Good job it was mid-October and
very pleasant to sit outside.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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Posted by Ron Anderson on October 3, 2009, 9:03 am
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> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>> Juno
>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>> Juno
>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up if
>> you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell phone. I
>> don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
> Juno
We installed one of those standby generators about 3 years ago. Best
decision I have ever made. The power in these Wiley parts goes out
frequently and just that one ice storm last December when the power was out
4 days paid off.
--
Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine
18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153
http://www.a1sewingmachine.com
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>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>>> Juno
>>>> Uhhhh......how do you access that website when you have no power?
>>> And that dear friend is the catch. Maybe you just whistle!
>>> Juno
>> You use your laptop on battery power, or perhaps you can bring it up
>> if you have a Blackberry type device or web access on your cell
>> phone. I don't have any of the latter ones, ust the laptop.
>> Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
>
> I don't have any of those toys and don't plan on getting them either.
> The people I know with lap tops are either working people or students.
> I did tell DH we could always call one of our out of town kids on the
> TracFone and have them check. I do have a thingy for storms that we can
> recharge the phone on. But how many people have generators to recharge
> phones or computers on. We have had more than 1 outage here that has
> gone on for 3 or 4 days.
> Juno