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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2020-06-14 13:15:08 +0000, Stan Brown said:   
      
   >   
   > If it were physically possible, I'd have a battery-operated   
   > generator. (For those who don't know, in southern California the   
   > power company shuts off power in times of high wind, because   
   > otherwise their **uninsulated** transmission lines touch each other,   
   > spark, and cause wildfires. The shutoffs can last for days, so either   
   > you accept that you'll lose a fridgeful of food once or twice a year,   
   > or you buy a generator for backup power.)   
      
   When did you move to SoCal Stan?  Far cry from Upstate NY!  I recall   
   getting Finger Lake winery advice from you for my honeymoon back in   
   2003!   
      
   Tehachapi always makes me think of that Little Feat song "Willin'".   
   --   
   Bill O'Meally   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)