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gab13by13

(31,695 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 08:55 AM 22 hrs ago

The Electric Company Just Called Me

My end of town is going to have its electricity shut off from 10 Am to 2 PM for emergency repairs.

Glad they called, I was getting ready to put a rump roast in the slow cooker.

It's 20 degrees out with 10 MPH winds so I feel for the workers. I have a 30,000 BTU ceramic heater in my basement that will keep me tidied over just from the pilot light.

Many years ago I remember working outside, here in central Pa. when the temperature never got above zero for a high for the whole month of February. Nobody got sick, it was too cold for the germs.

Going to shut my computer down so don't get mad if I don't reply to you, over and out.

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The Electric Company Just Called Me (Original Post) gab13by13 22 hrs ago OP
Same here... PECO FalloutShelter 22 hrs ago #1
I have been cutting those gab13by13 21 hrs ago #3
Thanks for the tip Gab. FalloutShelter 21 hrs ago #5
;-{) My Big Buddy Mr Heater keeps me warm and fed Goonch 21 hrs ago #2
That deserves a heart. gab13by13 21 hrs ago #4
;-{) Goonch 21 hrs ago #7
During one outage I was lucky and had a full multigraincracker 21 hrs ago #6

FalloutShelter

(14,317 posts)
1. Same here... PECO
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:00 AM
22 hrs ago

Coming in to work on a huge Norway Spruce in my yard that is grown around the power lines.
Don’t know how long they will be and have no back up heat. So… going to have to suit up.

Stay toasty. Luckily it’s not as cold as it has been.

gab13by13

(31,695 posts)
3. I have been cutting those
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:26 AM
21 hrs ago

Bug infested pine trees around my house, I still have too many. The huge hemlock I had to have cut down, the stump that’s left gets like concrete.
The ants kill the white pine.

Check out those gas heaters, they aren’t that expensive and work great. Don’t get blue flame they smell a bit.

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