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You've never been to Springfield, have you subby?

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Well if they're as smart as that thread a couple posts down suggest then they'll make their own dang electricity.

Folks at Old Sturbridge Village shrug and say, "Meh."

ZAZ: Some of the powerless are Northampton lesbians and UMass professors, but a lot of them are in Springfield gangs.

Western Mass is such a nice place - how did Springfield become such a hellhole? Holyoke too.

/no monorail jokes, please

A lesbo chick I know said she was going on a date to a concert. What concert? Ani DeFranco. Of course.

Did you know that it's pronounced Awnee DeFrahnko? I didn't.

I still don't have power, but 'cause I'm in CT, no one cares!


/Seiously, the first floor nod my home has power, the second (my floor) does not.
//urban camping is quickly losing its novelty

Sink some money into your century-old infrastructure.

meh whatever put up a wall between the houses and the highway and you can go your way and i'll go my way

What's an AniDeFranco?
Sorry, I'm on the West Coast
I don't speak massacha

Delivered a generator, cookstove and batteries to the Western MA inlaws on Sunday. I have never seen anything like the damage they have in West Springfield. Scary what snow can do when there are still leaves on the trees.

Ed Finnerty: I like Ani DiFranco.

/Straight male but willing to be half of a lesbian tryst

This. With love from FL..

Lady Schicks

What about lady schlicks?

moops: ZAZ: Some of the powerless are Northampton lesbians and UMass professors, but a lot of them are in Springfield gangs.

Western Mass is such a nice place - how did Springfield become such a hellhole? Holyoke too.


People from other areas of the world moving in over the last 40 years.

/ why anyone would leave the balmy climate of the Caribbean for Springfield, Holyoke or Lowell I do not know.

I don't know if they ever had electricity in western Mass...

tinyarena: What's an AniDeFranco?
Sorry, I'm on the West Coast
I don't speak massacha

she's one of the most biatchin' acoustic guitar players i've ever heard

/Straight male but willing to be half of a lesbian tryst

So you're willing to be a Lesbian?

/willing to be one-third of a Lesbian tryst

NoHo = Northeast Folk mecca. The Iron Horse and the Calvin Theater. I could go to the Iron Horse for music and dinner every night.

Subby, what do fat, hairy lezbos need with Lady Schicks? Air drops of Birkenstocks, Sorels and Subaru parts I could understand.

DeusMeh: tinyarena: What's an AniDeFranco?
Sorry, I'm on the West Coast
I don't speak massacha

she's one of the most biatchin' acoustic guitar players i've ever heard

Excellent

Send them some more liberals.

So far, this rocks. I've taken vacation days at work and have enough yard cleanup/tree removal lined up to last me for a week. The house is a bit cold, and I'm currently eating canned soup heated up on the grill, and I'll be in bed in 10 minutes, but I'm making a lot of money this week. The only way I could have made more was if I thought to have a couple of pallets of generators standing by to sell.

Anyone that lives in rural/suburban Mass should own a generator. Price is no object in this day and age. An excellent 3000W generator costs around $400. My Honeywell runs for 16-18 hours per fill-up and runs my fridge, main TV/XBOX/AV setup, FIOS/router/laptops, heater and lights plus my landlord's TV and router. Easily the best $400 I have ever spent, except for the one time in Montreal.

Had to drive down to NJ for a work seminar. First time I've ever been happy to head south. Gotta fill up with some of that sweet, cheap NJ gas before I head back up in the AM. Had a biatch of a time filling up to start the trip down. Stopped at Exit 15 Barnes and Noble- looked like a well-wired refugee camp. Anywhere there was a plug- there was someone trying to keep busy on a laptop for an excuse to stay inside and stay warm.

Subaru driver- I guess I'm a lesbian and didn't know it!

Oh no, we'll be out of power for a few days, wah!

You'll be fine, sincerely, Alabama.

Got electricity back today. But still no internet or water.

An honest question--can someone tell me why power lines aren't buried underground? Much less chance of falling branches making it impossible to flush a toilet for 3 days and counting, the way I see it.

To the question of power lines - depends on where you are. If the place is already set up for it, such as in a prebuilt development, then it's easy to do. But if you're trying to bury lines in an already established neighborhood you're in trouble because of utilities, crooked roads, what have you. Plus, it's more expensive to rent a backhoe to dig out power lines if mice or whatever chew through it - whereas when a line falls/ pole snaps, it's easier to send a guy up and pound in a new pole into an existing hole.

Dammit, all this talk of Western Mass food.

Wanting Atkins Farms Cider Doughnuts, and wanting them NOW.

Paris1127: *Points at Western Mass and laughs*

Never lost the power once here in Worcester! At least in my neighborhood... At least I don't live in Springfield, even if it had power...

Having power in Worcester is the exact equivalent to being homeless in Florida.

Ed Finnerty: I like Ani DiFranco. Straight male but willing to be half of a lesbian tryst

Based on her entry in wikipedia, she's no lesbian. Identifies as bisexual and been married twice to men.

I live about 12 miles NW of Boston (Billerica, MA) and we just got power back at about 2PM today. Parts of the town are still without power and may not be back until Thursday.

IgnorantBliss: Sitting in a pitch black house in Easthampton, getting a kick...

Where in Easthampton? We're on East Street and still nothing, too. Was fun watching all the Michigan power trucks roll through to somewhere that must have power by now, but not us.

moops: ZAZ: Some of the powerless are Northampton lesbians and UMass professors, but a lot of them are in Springfield gangs.

Western Mass is such a nice place - how did Springfield become such a hellhole? Holyoke too.

/no monorail jokes, please

Well, Springfield was because of the fallover from Holyoke. I don't know what started Holyoke though.

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"Anyone that lives in rural/suburban Mass should own a generator. Price is no object in this day and age. An excellent 3000W generator costs around $400."

Half of my co-workers have been without power since the storm. I live in a condo, so it's not an option for me, but I too cannot understand this. They had all spring & summer to take their pick, now a couple of them have bought overpriced leftover generators that no one else wanted.

OK, Tornados, Hurricane Remnants, and Snowtober knocked out power 3 times this year. It's not coming back until Saturday in Springfield according to WMECO.

This means no natural disasters for 40 years right?