@duglop I have it over the air on CBS where I’m at. Do they have it blacked out?

@jaunty I'm hoping it stays on! We lost power briefly this morning while I was asleep.

The greater risk, I think, is some combination of water mains bursting and pumping stations freezing combined with high power usage from the extreme (for around here) cold. Last time this happened, we ended up with a boil water alert, barely any water pressure for several days, and rolling blackouts.

In a major city.

In the 21st century.

I think you can guess upon whose feet I lay the blame for *that.*

RIP
Mike Sadler, who has died aged 103, won both the military medal and the military cross as an honorary “founding member” of the wartime SAS before going on to a long career in the British secret intelligence service MI6.

He was the last original member of the SAS, whose exploits were dramatised in the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022), based on the 2016 book of the same name by Ben Macintyre.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/14/mike-sadler-obituary

I am the only creature awake in my house, lol. Hubby & all 4 cats are napping.

@duglop People have many different facets. I think part of being a good friend is being open to the fact that people are complicated.

@Lucky188 @duglop

really? i'd never heard of that one. hahaha, the days of subversive toys in food packages 👌🏽

I am not a romantic, but my inner desire, which I keep to myself, dwells in my own imaginary world.

@duglop

this was an underground practice for awhile until the phone companies got hip to it.

@holon42 @duglop Oscar Mayer wiener whistle also worked I still have one from back then.

@duglop

do you remember the cap'n crunch whistles that were used to make free long distance telephone calls?