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[RC] RC] Tennessee Hurricane - rides2farHusband works for the power company so I won't have a husband for a few days > either. And you don't have a generator? Husband works for Electric Power Board of Chattanooga (has been on duty for 36 hrs straight now). House is on Georgia Power. EPB has more trouble since they try to leave the pretty trees that aren't actually touching lines. Georgia Power learned their clearing tactics from General Sherman and cut such a 40' swath to either side of all lines after the blizzard in 93 that this is the first outtage we've had since then. Had a generator for a while. It was in the way all the time and when it was cranked I had flashbacks to enjoying the great outdoors at an endurance ride, the sound of birds, horses neighing, friends calling out and waving and then some person who forgets it's called "camping" and wants to watch TV and use their microwave starts up a generator not just to cook breakfast, or take an afternoon nap, but all day and all night and it sounds like when your next door neighbor is mowing past the window of your house...only the mower never gets farther away and you picture them putting their mower out of gear and getting off to move a tree limb or something, but they never get back on it and the mower is running in one place right by *you*. It's happened so many times at rides that having that generator right there within my power and the *right* to cut the noisy thing off and enjoy the silence made having it pretty useless. P.S. Let's hear it for Georgia Power. The lights just came on, everything in the freezer is thawed and it's time to cook it. Fried chicken, & broccoli casserole for supper and a stove to cook it on! Ya'll come P.P.S.S. Never mind, the run off has worked its way down the mountains and the big creeks have taken over fields, have covered my road (named Creek road for good reason) and it'll take a boat to get around for a few days. On a good note, the horses are toting so much mud in their shoes they're getting conditioned just walking around. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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