On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:02:56 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gabriel wrote:

I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the
gas hob.

Good practice for the future if the predicted power shortages occur,
most youngsters would enjoy the novelty. A whole 3 hours ...

Of course these days many people don't know how to make their own
entertainment without some electronic gismo. I bet there is many a
household without any board games, books, packs of cards etc.

That's how long each of the rolling blackouts were in the 1970's
(miner's strike). As a child at the time, I found them quite
fascinating.

Aye, taught me that a power cut is no great problem provided you have
thought about it and have some back up. Lights go out here and there is
no great panic just an resigned "lets get the lanterns out". The kids
don't panic because we have never paniced, just get on with what needs to
be done. The biggest issue is getting to torches that are kept in known
locations in the absolute pitch black (or slight glow from LEDs on UPS
backed up kit).

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Cheers
Dave.