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Offline debk

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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2010, 03:54:54 AM »
Years ago, when we got 24" of snow on top of ice....my electricity went out about 5am on Saturday morning and didn't come back on until Wednesday.

I didn't have to throw anything out that was in the freezer in the garage. In the refrigerator in the house...just the milk, hamburger (that I had just bought on Friday) and the ice cream in the freezer. It was so cold in the house - the thermostat was at 50, and it was almost as cold in the garage as it was outside, that everything else was ok.

Ok is a relative term....the laundry room pipes froze, and so did the expensive part on the sprinkler system...of course they all burst too.  :censored:
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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2010, 08:41:06 AM »
BEG, I noticed that too and it always makes my eyes roll.  DUmmie has to spell it out...Goat cheese  Cheddar cheese, Lean beef.  Who gives a f^&*?   Insufferable, these people. 
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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2010, 08:56:13 AM »
I guess you can't buy "ice" with foodstamps?

....or, if DUmmie lived in a cold area and had a brain, put some plastic bottles of water out to freeze and make their own ice.
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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2010, 09:50:33 AM »
Quote from: jukin on December 14, 2010, 06:22:39 PM
We need to know the ambient temperature, the initial frig temp, and how often the DUmbass opens the door.

Hey, screw that.  This is a DUmmie we're talking about here.  The correct answer is obviously 'At least six weeks, and the cramps, diarrhea, and passing out are perfectly normal, just let it happen.'
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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2010, 12:55:34 PM »
The stuff should last for weeks. Bon appetite!
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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #30 on: December 15, 2010, 01:03:38 PM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on December 14, 2010, 06:24:46 PM
This is 1 of the reasons I want to buy a generator.

We got one a couple years ago. Haven't needed it since. We did need it before we got it, however.

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Re: So, the electricity to my fridge was cut off. How long will the food
« Reply #31 on: December 15, 2010, 01:10:06 PM »
No worries DUmmie, once you scrape the green off it's all good.  :-)

I bought a generator in 2002. It came in handy in '04 when we used it for weeks after the hurricane season from hell. It's in storage right now, waiting. I'll always have one. I learned my lesson.
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