Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for June 26, 2024

Candles are what we grew up depending on but today’s LED lanterns are amazingly bright.

Light not needed for nookie

What? Arlo not ready for darkness?

It all depends on how hot it is and how long the power is out. Hope you have screens and windows designed to be opened.

I know that “kick back” is an Americanism for “relax”, but I don’t understand what retaliatory kicking has to do with relaxing.

Somethings are just so beautiful you want to sink in every moment.

I’m hoping their nighttime temperatures are a little cooler than where I am. It’s 3 am and still 82 F here.

20th century? Doesn’t everyone use rechargeable headlamps now?

For longer outages hurricane lamps beat candles.

I am “kicking back” right now with my feet on the Ottoman to do my morning computerizing. Reading this first, then doing my bank business online, then cleaning off my emails. It’s about 545 am.

My brother was a fireman and he hates candles. It would be safer to just set the house on fire and leave in safety. There are SO MANY safe alternatives. I have a headlamp for when mine goes out. Also flashlights.

Well, this time of the year, by the time it gets dark it’s already time for bed.

…nine months from now…

(I know it’s not true but it is a fun joke)

Where they are, nighttime is DARK. Can’t-see-at-all dark.

A number of years ago now, a squirrel got into a power substation. In addition to getting itself killed, it knocked out power to about a third of the state.

People were calling 911 asking where they could buy candles or demanding the PD supply them with candles from our emergency preparedness stocks. Any Civil Defense supplies were removed by the federal government back in the early 70’s.

The dispatchers explained the police department didn’t have emergency preparedness stocks that contained candles and to try going to the store, but to be advised that since the power was out, the registers wouldn’t run.

One lady called back and demanded that a store clerk be arrested because the clerk wouldn’t take her credit card. Eventually, all the stores in town closed because it was going to take hours for the power to be restored.

There are things they can do in the dark to entertain themselves. ;)

Will we get a debrief on the decision not to move?? Did they talk to the kids? Wasn’t threre a grandkid in one strip that is never mentioned? Oh A&J

“Kick Back” is an idiom. Idioms appear in all languages. They are not to be translated literally.

Sounds like South Padre Island.

Getting things ready before dark would require planning, !

Prepare to enjoy.

Lit candles in the dark spurns a lot of loving………….sigh!

Or, as Sandra Dee (Olivia Newton John) said in Grease, “feel your way…”

when are the new strips coming?

A couple winters ago power was out for a bit more than a day to the east side of town (includes us). We found out we had no option for cooking besides the propane barbecue grill. The gas fireplace was a real blessing… not as powerful without a blower but it kept the house warm enough that we didn’t need serious jackets in the house. We went to the nearest outdoors store when the store was able to reopen, and got a camp cooker and a supply of fuel. I never did learn what the cause was.

I looked into a backup generator for the central heating but the money has not suddenly appeared by magic. After all, that was the only time in our 24 years here that the power was out so long.

I selected a EcoFlow River 2 600W Batery Generator as the gift for my 20 years on the job. It’s 12 inches square, weights 10 lbs. It has a 9 hour charge so I just plug in a lamp and good to go when the power is out. Also plan to plug in crock pots for tailgaiting when football starts up in the Fall.