BBS: TELESC.NET.BR Assunto: Re: people with autism De: MRO Data: Sun, 10 May 2026 15:04:03 -0500 ----------------------------------------------------------- Re: Re: people with autism By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Sun May 10 2026 09:20 am > I live on the coast, and we have occasional long blackouts - > sometimes preventative during high winds to help prevent fires, > other times because we're dependent on a power line running over > a ravine that has trees fall on it more than I'd like. > Some neighbors have battery/solar setups or generators, I've been > able to get by with a hybrid vehicle and an inverter. I can run an > extension cord into my house to power my fridge and tankless > water heater. We have a gas stove and a barbecue. > Once I turn off my homelab, I've got a 1500va UPS I can use if needed > for electricity. > The last time I had an extended outage, I was running the BBS off of > a laptop. I took the laptop with me to a starbucks with wifi and > crashmailed all of my downlinks. > I enjoyed the time - my Kindle is charged, I have a stack of books > I've been waiting to read, and I journalled and wrote in a notebook. > Go to bed early when the sun goes down, wake up early when the sun > comes up, like people used to do. did anybody complain about losing mail -- "Before using Wildcat....This Company did not have a convenient way of looking after some of the richest clients in the world...Now we do!" President of BBS Sysop's Union +++ https://bbses.info/union --- Synchronet ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services ::: ----------------------------------------------------------- [Voltar]