[Jeff Vader]

Actually, roughly 6,000km away from London. Can't even really take a bus or a train.

[Colonol Dekker]

No worries start an HLP drink night in your town... It could be like our version of Fight Club.

[colecampbell666]

There are quite a few Finns here.

[IceFire]

Power Outages, provided that you know they will be resolved before long, are kind of a fun thing.  Everyones out on the street talking and you get to see people you almost never ever see on a normal day.

Computers are for during the heat of the day or the cold of winter.  Otherwise its good to be outside...gardening or doing chores around the house, or doing something active.  Walking, running, cycling, organized sports.  Lots of things to do.  Admittedly I haven't done much of the running recently due to injury but I hope to have that sorted out sooner than later.

[Snail]

I'm a complete recluse.

[Jeff Vader]

There are quite a few Finns here.

I know, but according to my current level of knowledge, only Mika resides in the same city as I. Oh well, two people are enough for a drinking party.

[Flipside]

I get visions of the monolith scene from 2001 as these kids leave the house...

[colecampbell666]

Power Outages, provided that you know they will be resolved before long, are kind of a fun thing.

No. Just no. Here, in the winter, power outages are an almost daily thing. It gets so annoying and there's so much snow and the roads haven't been plowed... Well you get my drift.

[Mika]

I know, but according to my current level of knowledge, only Mika resides in the same city as I. Oh well, two people are enough for a drinking party.

And just when I would've needed an excuse for drinking in Saturday... But I was also dead tired.

Is it true what they say about the power cuts and related baby booms in the US?

Mika

[Mika]

No. Just no. Here, in the winter, power outages are an almost daily thing. It gets so annoying and there's so much snow and the roads haven't been plowed... Well you get my drift.

* Looks three months old weather reports in China *
* Adds this to the information in the above quote *

-> Deduction: So THAT's where our snow went.

Mika

[colecampbell666]

I don't live in China.

[Jeff Vader]

You do now. And bring back that snow. I miss it... 

[Snail]

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[Mika]

And once again I note I got completely misunderstood.

We should watch if the pattern of baby boom after 9 months from the power outage is repeatable here in Europe. It sounds like a way to fix the fertility rates in post-industrial countries - and a way to get those kiddies to outside world to do the stuff kids used to do. (Like disassembling the rifle bullets found on the shooting range and collecting the gunpowder for the common noble purposes of the young community)
 

What?

Mika

[Roanoke]

Power Outages, provided that you know they will be resolved before long, are kind of a fun thing.  Everyones out on the street talking and you get to see people you almost never ever see on a normal day.

Computers are for during the heat of the day or the cold of winter.  Otherwise its good to be outside...gardening or doing chores around the house, or doing something active.  Walking, running, cycling, organized sports.  Lots of things to do.  Admittedly I haven't done much of the running recently due to injury but I hope to have that sorted out sooner than later.

Or tinkering with your car.

though I wouldn't advise it with a new corolla....