A Martime's View

Power Failure - Hydo Companies should give a day or two free electricity following a power failure. Even if it was only a short (several Minutes) outage. WHY?

It is invisible to them how much they force us to be depending on electricity and then how much our lives are completely turned up side down when everything loses their power.

The WORST is being late for work because the Clock radio lost it time and now the alarm does not sound at 6:30 for you to start your day. This fear of losing the time due to a power failure hangs heavy on us all until we install a backup clock of a battery type.

Life is impossible for some people who are completely invisible to the technical needs of this sort of problem. Unable to re program the VCR and the CD radio, these individuals, after trying unsuccessfully, simple do without.

Yesterday, I made a regular re-program visit to a friend. She had removed the VCR cable from the TV and connected the TV antenna directly instead of reprogramming the VCR. She no longer listen to the radio because all stations (1, 2, 3,) did not work. Of course, who remembers the numbers of the radio station 101.9 when you are use to using the programs