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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (216535)	7/19/2012 10:35:30 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Times like that definitely remind us about the conveniences we all have come to rely on. Can you imagine having to cook popcorn over a fire again? Or having to shove cast iron skillets into the fire? The kids were toddlers the last time we lost power for long. At the time my wife was quite upset. We used the gas grill on the deck until the power came back. When power is not ubiquitously available bedtime and awake time tend to match sun down and sun up much more closely. In my teen years my parents bought a house built when our area was first settled. I had electricity, plumbing and the creature comforts eventually. There were many nights spent illuminated by kerosene lantern while we were first renovating it. One of my favorite memories was the night we were all gathered around the dishwasher. Three people sat on the washboard stands (il looks like a chair with a seat big enough for a wash basin and a back slanted for the washboard.) A couple were on ice cream chairs. I don't recall the specifics of the remaining seating, but we had every seat on the property in use.