# Posting from Dire Straits **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021 "2008-10-29T01:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/1 "2008-10-29T01:24:35Z")
All that stands between me and total darkness is a dim candle and the light from my iPhone. I am wet covered in soot and half frozen. A nor’easter blew in knocked a tree onto a powerline and set fire to the woods on the steep hill outside my house. I fought the fire with a shovel as the embers blew in the biting wind until the fire department came. Then I had to use my tractor bucket to try to clear a path so the utility company could get to the tree. The hill is to steep so they need to come back with more equipment. So, I am sitting here, huddled by a candle, wet frozen and dirty, eating some sesame crackers for dinner while the wind howls and the rain flys horizontally. Whn will the utility men come? I need scup of hot tea and a shower. Will try to hold out, but hope is fading along with my iPhone battery. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/2 "2008-10-29T01:30:28Z")
Do you hear that, Balto? We’re needed boy! Harness up! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/3 "2008-10-29T01:31:54Z")
sending warm, dry, well fed thoughts your way… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/4 "2008-10-29T01:43:05Z")
Maybe you should wait inside your house? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/5 "2008-10-29T02:17:43Z")
You have the craziest life. Sending good vibrations your way. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/6 "2008-10-29T02:32:04Z")
Here I was thinking you were a a concert, and I was gonna barge in here like “Good for you, ya stinkin’ braggart!” Hope things look up for you soon. _hugs with oversized blanket_ ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/7 "2008-10-29T02:39:05Z")
power company here. They just sent a truck down the hill. I don’t think it’s coming back. They appear to have little regard for their equipment. Getting colder inside house. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/8 "2008-10-29T02:39:57Z")
Dude. You’ve got buzzards’ luck. Hope things get worked out soon! ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/9 "2008-10-29T02:47:43Z")
Could be worse. Could be blimps. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/10 "2008-10-29T02:50:17Z")
another bigger truck going over hill to pull first one out. If they could see the terrain in daylight, I doubt they’d be doing this, but with all the wind and rain and dark, they just don’t seem to understand. Big truck at top of hill deploying winch. Will run out now to offer useless advice and annoy utility workers. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/11 "2008-10-29T03:02:10Z")
But…but…but, the Phillies had it worse than you… ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/12 "2008-10-29T03:08:34Z")
Winching attempt. Looks like truck rappelling up wet 60 degree grade. Went to take picture, they asked me not to. Safety regs. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/13 "2008-10-29T03:10:09Z")
Good luck, Scylla, though I think your username may have been prophetic. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/14 "2008-10-29T03:12:04Z")
They made it! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/15 "2008-10-29T03:18:12Z")
Heat, light and happiness now, then? 🙂 I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/16 "2008-10-29T03:32:30Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Heat, light and happiness now, then? 🙂 I hope so. no. Noyhing like that. Their truck is unstuck though ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/17 "2008-10-29T03:52:53Z")
power! Heat! Yes ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/18 "2008-10-29T03:56:38Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Winching attempt. Looks like truck rappelling up wet 60 degree grade. Went to take picture, they asked me not to. Safety regs. Safety regs? You mean like they’ll beat the shit out of you if you take pics of them being stupid? ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/19 "2008-10-29T04:36:32Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > power! Heat! > > Yes Yay! I love happy endings! Actually, I originally came here to ask if this thread was for real. It seems a little surreal. But since there’s a happy ending, I’m going with it. Yay for you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021/20 "2008-10-29T12:43:21Z")
I thought you were going to tell us you got money for nothing, and chicks for free. I’m glad the power’s back on! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-from-dire-straits/470021.md?page=2)