From: kenshain@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, January 7, 2022 at 1:56:15 PM UTC-6, Willie wrote:   
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   > > > Must have been fun, Pamela, to be in that scene in '65.    
   > > Hiya Willie. I remember that night well. I was about 13 when the lights   
   went out in southern Connecticut. The only light on the roads were headlights.   
   It took forever for my mother to pick us up where we were and get us home in   
   an endless procession    
   of cars lighting up the night. Interesting life lesson: Though the power was   
   out, the phones worked; the phone company supplies its own power for   
   landlines. Hence, it is wise to always have a corded landline!   
   > Did not know that about landlines having their own power supply. I'm pretty   
   sure, though, when we have a power outage, our "landline" goes down, as the   
   phones are cordless and their base depends on the electrical outlet. Maybe   
   I'll go back to a corded    
   landline.    
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   Good idea, Willie! My kids make fun of me all the time for still having a   
   corded landline, in addition to a cell phone, but when we had a power failure   
   a while back, I was the only around with phone serve. None of their cell   
   towers of landline cordless    
   base stations had power even if their handsets did!   
      
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