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[LuckyCharms]

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[quaint]

1. Stoke the fire, put brandy in the cocoa,

and know we are thinking warm thoughts for you.

Mid eighties here.

[LuckyCharms]

3. Got rid of 3 power banks last week

because I got a recall notice that they can spontaneously blow up.

Shit.

[quaint]

5. Whoa, major bummer.

[True Dough]

20. Wow! It's great

that you're on the internet despite being in your mid-80s, quaint. Hope you maintain your faculties for many more years to come!

[quaint]

22. You so funny.

[True Dough]

23. ...

[Marthe48]

2. Cover your head and your feet

Eat some chocolate if you're allowed. It'll warm your body for a little while.

Stay warm and safe.

[LuckyCharms]

6. Ok...

Just put a bag over my head and ate a 4 pound box of chocolates.

Ate the chocolates through a mouth hole that I cut into the bag.

Put some zip lock bags on my feet...

Now what?

[Marthe48]

8. Go trick or treating?

Or kiss your butt good bye?

What a lovely picture you paint! lol

[LuckyCharms]

9. .

[LuckyCharms]

14. OK Marthe. I have a plan.

First things first.

I have on T shirt, a long sleeve shirt, a fleece jacket, and a heavy dark blue parka.

But I'm so cold, that my nipples are poking poking through all of that clothing. So much so, that they tore a hole through the parka material and are sticking out through the parka.

Home Depot is just a mile away, so I'm going to go there to see if they have any blue spray paint so I can paint my nipples blue so they will blend in with the parka and not be so embarrassingly noticeable.

I'll pick up some more chocolate while I'm there.

[Marthe48]

18. It just gets better and better

If you go to Sally Beauty Supply, maybe you can get nipple paint.

[LuckyCharms]

19. I just tried that, Marthe.

As soon as I walked into the door, the employee looked at me angrily, pointed at the door, and screamed

OUT! GET OUT NOW!!!

So then I said...but Marthe told me to come here and get some nippl...

OUT! I SAID GET OUT! SECURITY!!!

[debm55]

4. Take care LuckyCharms. Be safe and warm.

[Fla Dem]

7. OMG, what a terrible situation. Hope the power comes back sooner than expected.

[House of Roberts]

10. Can you charge your phone in a car?

[LuckyCharms]

12. Maybe, if I can fing a regular USB to USB-C

adapter. I'll have to see if I can dig one out. Thanks.

[MiHale]

11. Tear out some old pages of DU...

Then light a fire in the living room using them…archive is full of old stuff.



Can you charge phones in the car?

[LuckyCharms]

13. Looking for an adapter now. In the meantime

I set my hair on fire with a Zippo lighter.

That's helping.

A little.

[beaglelover]

15. Man, that would suck on such a huge football day!

[LuckyCharms]

16. At first they said resoration by 1030 Am

Then they abruptly changed it to 500PM.

History tells me it will be later than than.

Lots of sirens. I'm not sure what happened. Drunk driver probably took out a pole. That happens around here.

[LoisB]

17. Gracious! Sending you hope that the power comes back on before 5. Stay as warm as you

can.

[True Dough]

21. Imagine how bored you'd be without all your pals here.

Stay warm by blowing your hot breath down your shirt.

[CountAllVotes]

24. I have a small indoor generator

It keeps the refrigerator and couple of electric blankets going for a day or two.

It is called a "Yeti" generator FYI.

https://goalzero.com/products/yeti-3000x-open-box?tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=17503093357&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17511190682&gclid=Cj0KCQiAprLLBhCMARIsAEDhdPed0Nm5dL_N0_t1ywWjfd1IE9OzCStD041Xqm7mPrjnyNU2rcBCdHAaAhCnEALw_wcB

Pricey but I got it through a local energy efficiency program.

It runs on a lithium battery.

Glad I have it, believe me!

Hope you can find a way to stay warm!

[Niagara]

25. I hope that you're staying warm, Lucky

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. I have a whole home generator

I was without power for three days during hurricane ike and a day during Berly. I had some law partners who were without power for three weeks following Ike. My oldest also has a generator for his home. I have insulin and some copd drugs in my fridge.

I hope that you get power back soon

[UpInArms]

27. Oof

That sucks, my friend

Stay warm