Re: power outage
I don't think I've had a multi-hour power outage since about 1985, heh.
If it was me on my own I'd just act like I was camping - light a flashlight, eat food that needed to be eaten, and read by torch or listen to the radio until it was time to sleep. (At night, of course. In the day time I'd just do whatever I normally do at home sans electricity - so reading instead of watching TV, etc.)
At home, though, things are a little tricky because I have a lot of cats - so candles would be totally out. We'd be relying on torches to light anywhere that needed to be lit, but other than that, things would be normal. At night we'd just eat cold food (sandwiches etc) rather than hot food, though people with gas cookers wouldn't have a problem, and read or play cards instead of TV.
A while ago though, when I was ill with my fabled brain fever, it woulda been different. I had literally no sense of balance, which meant unless I could see the the ground and a horizon line, I was falling all over the place. (If I closed my eyes in the shower to rise shampoo out of my hair, I had to brace myself against the wall or I would fall - it was that bad). So if there had been a long power cut then, I'd have been curled up on the settee, yelling for help, demanding snacks and drinks and books all night long, and occassionally crawling slowly along the floor <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->
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