The General Chat Thread (2026)

Barriehie said:
That's why there's the little up arrow. Geez.
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You quoted a post from another thread with no reference to what it was about. I don't know why. Not expecting other people to click arrows to try to figure out what its about, better to just reply in the original thread IMO.
 
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JAS_OH1 said:
Yeah im just wakng up. I edited my post.

I don't know if you realize it, but i find it annoying when my posts end up somewhere else.
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Barriehie said:
When you operate the forum you can affect that.
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A very rare power outage today. No electricity for an hour or so. It transpired that a worker had accidentally damaged a cable and rendered over 1000 homes and businesses In Maidstone without electricity. I almost panicked as my phone was low on charge and had no internet.

I'd forgotten how dependent we are on electricity.

I know in the US, this can be is a common event. But here it is so rare I never think about it.
 
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Morning Glory said:
A very rare power outage today. No electricity for an hour or so. It transpired that a worker had accidentally damaged a cable and rendered over 1000 homes and businesses In Maidstone without electricity. I almost panicked as my phone was low on charge and had no internet.

I'd forgotten how dependent we are on electricity.

I know in the US, this can be is a common event. But here it is so rare I never think about it.
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Extremely rare in the UK! In the US many power lines are still above ground. Happens a lot. They even have outage map pages When needs be I charge up the phone in the car.
 
Morning Glory said:
A very rare power outage today. No electricity for an hour or so. It transpired that a worker had accidentally damaged a cable and rendered over 1000 homes and businesses In Maidstone without electricity. I almost panicked as my phone was low on charge and had no internet.

I'd forgotten how dependent we are on electricity.

I know in the US, this can be is a common event. But here it is so rare I never think about it.
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I've a backup battery module that plugs into the USB port on the phone and is good for several days.
 
Barriehie said:
I've a backup battery module that plugs into the USB port on the phone and is good for several days.
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I have this one

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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
we have several power banks that we keep charged. power outages were common where we lived in the UK and are equally as common here, so we typically have USB rechargeable torches as well - they can be used as backup power for a phone as well.
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👍, yes to that! USB chargeable torches, car battery boosters and starters.
 
Spent the day on the USS New Jersey. My boy received his commission in the US Navy. Gonna fly jets. I couldn't be more proud if him. I'll miss him terribly when he leaves for flight school. He's been my entire life for the past 22+ years.

This is a BIG boat. The ceremony was pretty cool. It was on the focsle under the forward 16" gun turret.

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