Rant

I was living in toronto the last time there was a power out. I can't remember exactly, i think it was a reactor somewhere around detroit or lake huron that caused it.

After the inital misery of realising that there was a fuckload of disadvantage to living on the 14th floor and after the mass panic of food and water buying riots..i slowly came to realise that it was it was truly wonderful. Neighbours came to sit on their prevously un used verandas, conversations happened, a crowd gathered around a battery radio in the parking lot..suddenly there were people in my neighbourhood. Vast amouts of children were running about, playing outside games.. a banjo was being picked. It was beautiful. In 24hrs it was all just a memory but it made me wonder how much we're actually losing out on with the advent of modern conveniences.

Bloody hell! Dredge alert! This was one of my first LFGSS posts after a year long lurk :)

and in response to Jacqui, yeah we didn't get any of that. Just sat in a pub. It was OK.

Whatever made you think a 'rant' thread would catch on?

This is a great thread. They don't make them like this any more. Thoughtful, well-written first post; amazing photoshop thing.

Merge...

This is a great thread. They don't make them like this any more. Thoughtful, well-written first post; amazing photoshop thing.

My favourite part was the list of small appliances and consumer electrical goods.

Scalextrics

Train sets

Lava Lamps

The Sybian.

googled at work

:(

I remember the power cuts from the late 70's/early 80's.

We didn't have any community spirit suddenly spring out of nowhere, although I wish it had.

No, my dad just pulled out every drawer in the house until he found enough batteries to power a black and white telly. He juiced it up and the family sat around it's tiny screen, the flickering images of Noel Cunting Edmonds lighting up the expressions of relief on their vacuous faces.

I went and read science fiction by candle light in another room, and plotted my revenge on a cruel world.

googled at work

:(

...and ordered online

I've heard Brooks are bringing out a Sybian model.

It will be on trend this Summer.

I plotted my revenge on a cruel world.

How's that working out for you?

I was living in toronto the last time there was a power out. I can't remember exactly, i think it was a reactor somewhere around detroit or lake huron that caused it.

After the inital misery of realising that there was a fuckload of disadvantage to living on the 14th floor and after the mass panic of food and water buying riots..i slowly came to realise that it was it was truly wonderful. Neighbours came to sit on their prevously un used verandas, conversations happened, a crowd gathered around a battery radio in the parking lot..suddenly there were people in my neighbourhood. Vast amouts of children were running about, playing outside games.. a banjo was being picked. It was beautiful. In 24hrs it was all just a memory but it made me wonder how much we're actually losing out on with the advent of modern conveniences.

Isn't this is an episode of The Simpsons?

I'm sure it was "Malcolm In The Middle".

was that the same summer that the garbage strike happened?

I was living in toronto the last time there was a power out. I can't remember exactly, i think it was a reactor somewhere around detroit or lake huron that caused it.

After the inital misery of realising that there was a fuckload of disadvantage to living on the 14th floor and after the mass panic of food and water buying riots..i slowly came to realise that it was it was truly wonderful. Neighbours came to sit on their prevously un used verandas, conversations happened, a crowd gathered around a battery radio in the parking lot..suddenly there were people in my neighbourhood. Vast amouts of children were running about, playing outside games.. a banjo was being picked. It was beautiful. In 24hrs it was all just a memory but it made me wonder how much we're actually losing out on with the advent of modern conveniences.

That was in Naples.

Or in an episode of The Sopranos.

How's that working out for you?

It's coming on slowly. Very slowly.

Last week I wiped my bum over the bosses phone mouthpiece.

Tomorrow I plan to ride my bike at full speed into the HSBC bank in Pudsey.

Just watch those markets tumble, in a 9/11 stylee.

That was in Naples.

There's no such thing as garbage collectors strikes in Naples.

There's just no garbage collections, end of.

That's Lagos.

That's Clapton.

Lower Clapton.