We Now Return You to Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
Whoo to the hoo! I am in my own house, under my own lights, blogging on my own laptop. Christmas came early.
I asked one of the Comcast guys if he knew that he was my personal hero. He laughed. I told him that I was really thankful to have power again and everything but that I'd been jonesing for my high speed. He laughed again and said that he's probably had about 60 people in the last few days talk to him about their computers but that no one had said a word about their cable TV. We have television for, what, 60 years? And personal computers for maybe 10? But that's how much we depend upon them. TV we can do without (within limits), internets not so much.
So, anyway, that's really all I have to report. The Child wants to eat MREs for dinner tonight because The Spouse pulled them out of the emergency kit and they've just been lying around. And we need to replace them anyway so we figured, what the heck. That should make for some interesting blog fodder, eh what?
Next up, photos from the Big Blow of '06. Stay tuned.
I asked one of the Comcast guys if he knew that he was my personal hero. He laughed. I told him that I was really thankful to have power again and everything but that I'd been jonesing for my high speed. He laughed again and said that he's probably had about 60 people in the last few days talk to him about their computers but that no one had said a word about their cable TV. We have television for, what, 60 years? And personal computers for maybe 10? But that's how much we depend upon them. TV we can do without (within limits), internets not so much.
So, anyway, that's really all I have to report. The Child wants to eat MREs for dinner tonight because The Spouse pulled them out of the emergency kit and they've just been lying around. And we need to replace them anyway so we figured, what the heck. That should make for some interesting blog fodder, eh what?
Next up, photos from the Big Blow of '06. Stay tuned.
Labels: The Child, The Spouse
cobbled together by Moi at 6:38 PM
12 Comments:
Yay! We missed you, we missed you! Yay for you, and yay for the cable guy.
Um ... Quels sont des MREs?
Nice to have things returning to "normal", but, you are probably still thinking about the change of view. I remember thinking about 5 years ago, that if I could only have internet, or tv....internet wins. No contest.
Thanks, R7. MRE - Meals Ready to Eat...Army issue food, all done up in regulation brown packets, full of calories. Sadly, they no longer contain silk stockings and cigarettes.
Thanks, Edy. And the "change of view" goes to far more than just the panoramic vista of downtown now possessed by The Neighbor. It's good to be back.
Oh. My. God! You're back! I had an absolutely horrible day at work, but the fact that you're back online cancels out a lot of the grief I feel. Really. It's SO good to have you back in our little corner of the world.
Hey Buck! Glad I could help alleviate some of your stress!
Welcome back to Blog world...we have missed you!
A helpful hint for everyone, buy a battery operated TV, I have one for hurricane seasons and it will get you through in a pinch. But buy LOTS and I mean LOTS of "B" batteries, because it uses about 10 per day!!!!!!!!
No way! Honest-to-goodness military-grade MREs?
Since you're something of a gourmand, I thought you might enjoy this recipe for Ranger Pudding, which uses ingredients found in most MREs:
(1) Pulverize the crackers in their packet. Smashing with the butt of a loaded M-16A1 rifle is preferred, but mushing by hand is acceptable. Cut the cracker packet open at one end, forming a makeshift bowl.
(2) Into this bowl of cracker rubble, add the contents of the cocoa packet.
(3) Add water to taste (warm or cold, depending on field conditions) and stir--preferably with a bayonette, but a plastic spoon will also work.
Looks like shit, tastes like shit! Enjoy!
(And no, this is not entirely a joke. Soldiers really do this all the time.)
Thank you, Charlie. It's so lovely to be back, I can't tell you. Can't wait to come catch up on all things Glasgowian.
Kendall, Excellent advice. The battery-operated radio helped a lot. Other things that will now be in the emergency kit: ground coffee beans, plenty of matches, fleece.
LA: Honest-to-God MREs. I had Chicken ala King. It wasn't horrible. The chicken was quite chicken-y. The freeze-dried pears kinda got to me, though. I guess I wasn't that hungry. Love those crackers, though. Enjoyed them with peanut butter and apple jelly kypped from The Child. I bet I could get her to try that pudding recipe. Gag. But you know what I adore about MREs? Those adorable little bottles of Tabasco. I have a collection now.
Mre's aren't to bad. I've ate enough of them..
Grish, and they always have candy.
Happy dance happy dance happy dance
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