tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post5579344550801316748..comments2023-04-13T12:13:36.321-04:00Comments on The Blind Squirrel: It was a dark and quiet evening......"He's just this guy, you know?"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03221625179310656587noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-44474179126807949122008-12-03T14:41:00.000-05:002008-12-03T14:41:00.000-05:00Another reason to dislike the early stages of wint...Another reason to dislike the early stages of winter....as far as supplies. Guns, Ammo, Food, and a generator, are at the top of the page for whatever comes our way.PRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429172501061105316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-41751295525968241952008-12-03T12:22:00.000-05:002008-12-03T12:22:00.000-05:00Frank, I've been known to grill steaks on a charco...Frank, I've been known to grill steaks on a charcoal grill while it's snowing. For a number of years when my daughter was smaller, we would forgo the usual Turkey and Ham for Christmas T-bones.<BR/><BR/>Yum! And, no leftovers.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-14377811378668380832008-12-03T11:24:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:24:00.000-05:00I grew up on a farm in coal country. Dad was a min...I grew up on a farm in coal country. Dad was a miner and we had a coal furnace in our basement. Dad never trusted auto-loaders for the furnace preferring to shovel and bank the coal himself each night.<BR/><BR/>As an aside, he installed an anvil in our basement and often used the furnace as a forge to make repairs on some of his farm equipment. I remember holding a plowshare on the anvil while Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-86614899651988849332008-12-03T11:01:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:01:00.000-05:00What I've done is break the power line to our well...What I've done is break the power line to our well pump with a male/female electrical socket. The pump is 220 volt, but I have two electrical generators each capable of 220 volt operation as well as the standard 110 volt. When the power goes out I run a long extension cord to the basement to plug in the well pump, flush toilets and fill whatever vessels I need for water, then I shut it off. (IFrank W. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589579734134153159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025369569723986182.post-58521410106011159602008-12-03T06:10:00.000-05:002008-12-03T06:10:00.000-05:00Excellent points and good ideas. Your sitting in ...Excellent points and good ideas. Your sitting in the dark comment reminded me of being half way between Florida and Bermunda on a sailboat at 0300 and thinking how truly insignificant we really are in the big scope of things...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com