I did! I did!
At 10:40 AM 5/8/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>hmm. well i don't think anyone got my joke. :)
>
>anyhow, i live in south orange county and i haven't been hit by rolling
>blackouts at all. knock on wood.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Wilker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:46 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
>One of the few blessings of living in one of the less popular counties.
>Riverside county has yet to get hit, at least the city of Perris in
>particular, I think probly cuz cutting us off for an hour wouldn't really
>impact anything that greatly.
>
>I had read that many cities and counties and such in other stats have been
>approaching companies to get them to leave CA, though from what I see on the
>news most places just take this with a grain of salt. This morning on the
>news they talked to a restaurant owner who was like "well it's a bit of a
>pain but, eh." I think most people are like that. This is just another of
>CA's charms I suppose LOL
>
>J.
>
>
>
>John Wilker
>Web Applications Consultant
>Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Developer
>
>www.red-omega.com <http://www.red-omega.com>
>
>"Pessimism - Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills
>hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it." ~despair.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Erika L Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 9:12 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
>*** looking heavenward and thanking my lucky stars that we don't have this
>problem..... ***
>
>Ben, that all really sucks you know. I don't see how there isn't a mass
>exodus taking place out of California into other areas of the country. Why
>do people continue to live there? Is there something about blackouts and
>power outages that is appealing?
>
>I mean I like wine (Napa Valley) and great big trees (Redwoods) and the
>shore, but come on.... hiking through great state parks and skiing in the
>north isn't worth the trouble or the expense you guys seem to endure.....but
>hey, to each their own.
>
>I guess people wonder why one would want to live in the "Armpit" of the US
>as some people call Jersey.
>
>** perplexed **
>
>
>ReplaceNoCase("Erica", "c", "k", "ALL")*
>
>*A thanks to Dylan, for being the ever observant CF programmer!!
>
>"Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience
>the world in the way they have been told to." - Alan Keightley
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:43 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Lightbulb changing, CA style
>
>
>g'mornin' all
>
>So how do you change a lightbulb in California these days?
>
>(1) Try turning on another light, see if the power is out completely or if
>it's just that one bulb.
>
>(2) If the power is all off, turn on a battery-powered radio to find out if
>we're in another Stage III Power Alert with rotating blackouts.
>
>(3) Check your utility bill to find your Rotating Outage Block Number (which
>of the fourteen groups of victims you're in), if you don't already have this
>memorized.
>
>(4) If there is an outage and it's your block, you'll have your power back
>in an hour or two. So don't open the refrigerator!
>
>(5) If there is an outage and it's NOT your block, look outside, see if a
>driver distracted by their cell phone crashed into a power pole. (Or, maybe
>a transformer blew in the unseasonable heat.)
>
>(6) If it turned out to just be the light bulb, replace the incandescent
>bulb with a low-wattage compact flourescent.
>
>OK, all of ya outside of CA, pay attention -- y'all may be next if they let
>your state deregulate the way we did, and don't built new plants for years
>in a time of rapid growth in power consumption (can you say server farms?).
>
>Ben
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at
http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at
http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
