Sue in the USA

Yes we have them here in Holland too. Power black outs. Not as big and as frequent as in the US mind you but still pretty annoying. Luckily the weather was nice so I decided to go for a bike ride. I knew that I would not be able to go to the grocery store as it would likely be closed. Well lucky for me I did not need any groceries...I decided to go to the shopping area downtown. I knew I would not be able to buy anything at stores but figured I might be able to spend some time just looking around. Of course all stores affected by the black out were closed. I guess I could have known. If they're not able to make any sales due to the cash registers being out, why would they stay open? For some odd reason the local BK was not affected by the black out and thus still open. I decided to go in and treat myself to a nice cup of diet coke with ice-cubes.

I realize that there are a lot of power black-out in the US as well. A bit more frequent and severe than what I am used to here though. Well at least I will not be able to claim in the US that we never had any power black outs in Holland LOL. Actually come to think about it, when I went to college in Leeuwarden we had frequent power outages in our neighborhood. Very annoying when you are working on a term paper that needs to be finsihed.

I guess I would just have to bring and old fashioned deck of cards for the power outages in the US. Luckily the weather in the Los Angeles area is usually very nice so it won't be bad either to go out and go places. Then again, do gas stations work when the power is out? If not, I'd better make sure I have a full tank of gas before the weekend starts. It would be extremely annoying to find out that the gas stations do not work during a power outtage, when you are out of gas and thus have no where to go. Maybe not so bad when you are off, but what if you have to get to work? That would suck (pardon my French).