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Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« on: March 24, 2017, 04:34:38 PM »
8:30- 9:30pm local time. 

So it's supposed to be like a rolling black-out.  How appropriate.


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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2017, 04:45:57 PM »
8:30- 9:30pm local time. 

So it's supposed to be like a rolling black-out.  How appropriate.


My money is on North Korea keeping it's 10 year win streak intact

Thanks for the reminder! I celebrate it every year. This year I'm thinking of burning extra smoky wood in the fireplace to heat the house while I crank the AC.  =D
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2017, 04:53:10 PM »
This year I'm thinking of burning extra smoky wood in the fireplace ...

Did you run out of floppy disks?
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2017, 04:56:57 PM »
Did you run out of floppy disks?


Maybe I'll let the AC run in the house while I'm out having a whiskey in front of a tire fire.  =D
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2017, 06:05:49 PM »
I'll throw some coal in the stove to warm up tomorrow.
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And sometimes goes on and on and on.

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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2017, 08:57:17 PM »
Maybe I'll let the AC run in the house while I'm out having a whiskey in front of a tire fire.  =D


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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 10:09:27 PM »
Already taken care of hereabouts.  About a four hour power failure last night.  Woke up at ~3:30AM to total blackout.  Ho hum.  Well I guess we're good for another three go-rounds on this one.  Sort of like having  Earth-Hour blackouts "in the bank," as it were.

One of my favorite expressions, coined, I think, by RAH, is, "...it was as dark as a bat's groin..."

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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2017, 10:19:42 AM »
Maybe I'll let the AC run in the house while I'm out having a whiskey in front of a tire fire.  =D


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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2017, 12:32:08 PM »

Don't forget to leave the refrigerator door open.

I have pre-schoolers in the house.  That happens all the damn time.

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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2017, 09:04:37 PM »
I'm celebrating as we speak.  All of my lights and TVs are on, and I just had a big bonfire consisting of used oil, 2-liter bottles, plastic packing materials, plastic bags, and just a little bit of wood and cardboard.

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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2017, 09:09:46 PM »
From the smells I'm smelling, there is a lot of charcoal being consumed in the neighborhood. >:D  The pool lights are on.  TV's on, lights on and I let the car run for some tasty carbon monoxide.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2017, 09:15:27 PM »
I turned on the pretty twinkle lights in my room and the fan.

I'll be honest, I'm too lazy to put any real effort into this. The porch light is on, so I've done my part to ruin any photograph taken from space.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2017, 09:32:02 PM »
Was that today? Sorry, we're watching "The Incredible Dr Pol" and I need lights to type on the notebook.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2017, 08:25:47 AM »
Looks like some people celebrated a little early.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2017, 10:33:12 AM »
Looks like some people celebrated a little early.
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Not sure if that's Dakota Access or not, but yeah, that bunch did all the work for us curmudgeons to reverse the effects of the next ten Earth hours.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2017, 10:46:50 AM »
Not sure if that's Dakota Access or not, but yeah, that bunch did all the work for us curmudgeons to reverse the effects of the next ten Earth hours.

It is.  The "NO DAPL" Spray painted on the side of the blue car, is a give away...
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2017, 10:49:01 AM »
It is.  The "NO DAPL" Spray painted on the side of the blue car, is a give away...

Hard to read. I thought it said "no Dave". :P  =D
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2017, 10:55:58 AM »
Hard to read. I thought it said "no Dave". :P  =D

Hmmmm. good point..  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2017, 01:30:15 PM »
Hard to read. I thought it said "no Dave". :P  =D

Dave.  ;/ I hate that guy.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2017, 01:51:41 PM »
Hard to read. I thought it said "no Dave". :P  =D

i thought it said "no D.A.R"
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2017, 05:48:14 PM »
I thought it said, "No duh."
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2017, 06:06:42 PM »
I thought it said 'No Daal' and I wondered what they have against a delicious Indian spiced red lentil stew.  Especially good with garlic naan.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #22 on: March 26, 2017, 06:14:07 PM »
A couple of students were testing in the modern Arnis class yesterday, so we went out to sensei's house afterward for barbecue, beer and Cards Against Humanity. 

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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #23 on: March 26, 2017, 11:38:31 PM »
I got an LED fixture to put in my kitchen.  So I guess I disposed to two older 4 foot mercury fluorescent tubes in celebration.
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Re: Earth Hour 25 March 2017
« Reply #24 on: March 27, 2017, 09:29:14 AM »
Looks like some people celebrated a little early.



I guess they're not done celebrating.

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