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John Byrne
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:03am | IP Logged | 1
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Normally I think Bill Maher is a dope, but he made one observation that has stuck with me.After a horrible plane crash, in which everyone aboard was killed save one young boy (who lost his whole family), people started referring to his survival as a "miracle". It's so typical of human beings to do that. To try to squeeze something"good" out of the worst catastrophes. But, as Maher put it, killing 100+ people and not this one kid was not a "miracle". It was "God blowing a no-hitter in the bottom of the ninth."
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Fred J Chamberlain
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:05am | IP Logged | 2
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One would be hard-pressed to find a supportive other worth their salt
who approaches this boy to inform him that this was a miracle.
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:23am | IP Logged | 3
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And after a while telling the same tale -- "I'm good! Hanging in there! Soldiering on! Thanks for asking!" -- becomes wearisome.
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It got on my nerves too. Basically, my wife will post a Facebook invite to people we know, just once, and any takers we'll be glad to help. I certainly wouldn't want to be PUSHY about "helping."
On another note, so many people about me are stating that getting generators is now a priority. Solution?
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:28am | IP Logged | 4
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On another note, so many people about me are stating that getting generators is now a priority. Solution? •• I suppose so, if this is "the new normal". As noted, I plan to look into a generator myself.
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:38am | IP Logged | 5
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I priced a natural gas generator, which would be great for me because I already have a natural gas line to my house, and that would avoid any concern of hunting down fuel for a regular gas generator. But the cost...! Wow. THOUSANDS of dollars. Whew.
People around me were already scrounging for generator fuel and generator-homes were in the tiny minority. What happens when most homes get generators?
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 9:38am | IP Logged | 6
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Oh, and here comes the Nor'Easter, right now -- ice pellets and wind.
PLEASE HOLD OUT, MY POWER....!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 10:55am | IP Logged | 7
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I priced a natural gas generator, which would be great for me because I already have a natural gas line to my house, and that would avoid any concern of hunting down fuel for a regular gas generator. But the cost...! Wow. THOUSANDS of dollars. Whew.•• Yeah, I am very much aware of the OUCH factor. When I got my inheritance from my Dad, I declared it the "House Fund" and have been using it for home improvements, so that will most likely be the source of cash for a generator.
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Aaron Smith
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 11:04am | IP Logged | 8
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Only waited 20 minutes for gas this morning. It's getting better as more stations are reopening.
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Michael Penn
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I'm gonna sit home and work at HOME for the first time since last Monday (gasp!), while the baby sleeps upstairs, and my wife hunts for gas.
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Brian Lewis
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"But by about Day Five it started to get. . . tiresome! I said to a couple of my friends that I was beginning to understand what it must be like for people with nasty diseases... "
You have a long way to go, sir.
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William Costello
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | 11
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Just when Sandy ended . . . . I'm now looking out my home office window here in Connecticut, and snow is falling and accumulating; slowly, at least.
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Aaron Smith
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| Posted: 07 November 2012 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | 12
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It's begun to snow a little bit here in New Jersey too now.
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