Nice to prove something right
Last year I bought a nice little cast iron barbecue; just in case of problems. I thought I would be prepared if power went off.
Well, last week a rather violent thunderstorm took out one of the nearby telegraph poles in the early hours of the morning and when we woke up it was to no electricity at all. It was interesting to watch the locals standing on their doorstops looking around (really helpful when the power's out!) and calling across to see if anyone knew what had happened. Well, I did, the engineers had arrived at 4 a.m. in the morning looking for the problem.
Out came the little barbecue and I had it fired up and heating nicely very quickly. I had kept a nice hefty range kettle and a cast iron skillet from our previous sejour in France, and was planning to make a hot drink and something to eat. OH, who evidently had no faith in my talents with the BBQ, headed out to try and obtain a little gas camping stove. Honestly! Men! By the time he returned I had gratefully drunk a couple of mugs of hot tea and made and bacon butty to eat. At that point none of the neighbours had got their act together and were still wandering round moaning about lack of coffee. (I was kind; I had hot water!).
But it did make me think. This was a tiny outage - 12 hours max - and no-one else managed to get moving. Neighbours over the road had a BBQ but the gas canister had run out.
Salutory lesson or what? Somehow, I doubt it!
Note to self - buy any heavyweight cooking utensils when spotted - just in case.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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