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I don't like being unplugged

5:29 PM Mon, Feb 22, 2010 |  
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Re: "Losing power helped me plug in to simpler life -- Just think back to how people used to live, says Kathleen Krumnow," Saturday Viewpoints.
Sorry, but I'm perfectly capable of turning off the TV or computer and reading a book, working a crossword puzzle or taking a nap without the electricity being out.
Pioneer women may have had it tough, but they also had fireplaces, wood or coal-burning stoves and kerosene lanterns. I don't. It's hard for me to find anything to be happy about doing when it is 46 degrees and dark in the house for two days.

Melissa Degenhart, Dallas



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Not too many "pioneer women" left nowadays. Welcome to the 21st century darling.


Your right - but you better get used to it - if the demos get their way - you'll be having blackouts on a regular basis and if the republicans and the FEd keep printing worthless papaer you won't be able to afford power anyway.
Pray the tea party is successful in getting Americans back in charge - preferably the kind without law degrees.
oldagg


So take some Kaopectate.


It's wise to buy a generator, because it's a fact we are going to lose our electricity which can be caused by many reasons besides weather. At least if you have a generator you can keep from losing your expensive food items. Also, a fireplace is a blessing in times of bad weather. In the ice storm of 2000? That convinced me, and I was luckier than some having a gas hot water heater, and a gas stove. Owning an all electric home can be a huge mistake according to my In-laws. I had a huge water bill that year, but it was worth it for the hot showers we were all able to take.


46 degrees? poor baby!! try living up here in the Panhandle, where right now the temperature is 15 degrees F. and snowing.


Is it 46 degrees F INSIDE YOUR HOUSE, agsforever? I'd be whining big time, too.


Ah,Old Agg-or are you using a Nom De Plume like I do(I have several btw),because there's a similar character called AgsForever-Gee,I never knew that Americans weren't in charge!!!

And what,pray tell,makes one a"Real American"??
An American is either a native born or naturalized
citizen who is a resident of the United States.

And unless your'e related to Pocahontas;Sacajawea;
Osceola;Crazy Horse;Geronimo or Quanah Parker;you shouldn't gripe about immigrants-legal or illegal!!

I'm sure that members of the Five Civilized Tribes(Among Others)aren't too pleased with us either!!

Why is it that we condemn one group of Hate Spewing Demagouges In The Guise of Clergy-ie:
Jesse Jackson;Al Sharpton;Jeremiah Wright-while
we praise others-Pat Robertson;John Hagee;Fred Phelps??

And what,if anything,did the Democrats have to do with the blackout last week??
The Blackouts were caused by an act of nature!!

Contrary to popular belief,the Democrats do not sit in some mansion a secluded island off the coast of Georgia with
Sideshow Bob;Oil Can Harry;Simon Bar Sinister;MF Thaterton;The Hooded Claw;The Joker;Doc Octopus;
Lex Luthor;The Green Goblin;Krusty the Clown and
The Ambigiously Gay Duo and plot how to control the weather!!!

Naw,that's the Republican's job!!LOL!!!

Guess what Old Agg,the New World Order;The UN;The Rothschilds;The Bildebergers;The Rockefellers;The
Illuminati and Skull and Bones aren't sending Little Green Men from Mars in Black Stealth Choppers to take you and yours and everything you
hold dearly away from you and throw you in a"Re Education Camp"!!!

Contrary to what Alex Jones;Michelle Bachmann and
"Nailin'"Palin want you to think!!!

Although I think that you and Guv Goodhair need to go to a"Re Education Camp"at A&M and learn how not to be real live Aggie Jokes!!!

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