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Our power has flipped off twice.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:35:07 GMT

We are still having lousy weather. Lots of rain, which is good, but the wind has really picked up. Must have had a branch hit the power line somewhere. The lights went off twice but thankfully came right back on.

If we lose power my phones don't work and we don't get cell service at home. I won't be able to report the outage.

It might be a long day. I called DD and told her if she can't get me the power is out.

Oh, and 1 of my brand new tires is really soft so I am homebound until my son gets off work to look at it. My luck if I try to make it 4 miles to the garage in town, sure as God makes little green apples, I'd be stranded on the road.

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fthunt — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:40:28 GMT

Tires - that's when it's good to have a portable air pump. Q just had one and it looked good and price was good too. I thought about it but have no beach balls - bicycles - to worry about. New tire? Sounds like a slow leak.

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2blonde — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:43:44 GMT

Yes, I bought one of those portable tire pumps a few years ago from Sears and keep it in the garage with the car. It just plugs into the AC outlet on my dashboard and I can do all four tires in a jif.......love that thing!

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catter70 — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:00:29 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2, lots of rain and windy yesterday here in N.E. Pa. and today very windy. So far, so good with the power. Hoping we have no issues. Maybe all the wind and rain took away all those nasty spotted lantern flies that have claimed the maple tree in my yard. They are very destructive and not much to be done with them. Anyhow, hope you're not too long having no power.

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:00:35 GMT

@2blonde Would it be hard to use with a walker? There is an air compressor in the garage but I have no idea how to use it. That was hubby's domain.

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fthunt — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:25:41 GMT

Hard to use with a walker? - I would say - yes. You'd have to get down to ground level to unscrew tire cap & handle the air connector. Not being aware of your limitations - you could get 'stuck' down there until daughter comes home.

Wait for son....................LOL

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patbz — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:33:39 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 : Do you have AAA? They will come and put air in tire, tow, whatever. Even with several adult men in my household, I depend on AAA.

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Travone — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:04:08 GMT

I wouldn't have your son come over...this is something your daughter should be able to do when she gets home.

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Financialgrl — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:29:22 GMT

@patbz wrote:
@CrazyKittyLvr2 : Do you have AAA? They will come and put air in tire, tow, whatever. Even with several adult men in my household, I depend on AAA.

I was just gonna say the same thing. I have had AAA for 20 years and used to think it's pretty expensive for something I rarely use. THEN, last Saturday SUV wouldn't start, guy shows up tests battery and its indeed dead.

He removes and replaces the battery. No charge for the service call but a new battery was $164. Looked online when he left and that battery was $10 cheaper than what was at Advance Auto and O'Reilly's for batteries with the same specs.

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Zhills — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:31:50 GMT

Your phone should be working, it just can't ring!

Having a simple plug in phone can fix that.

Only the ringer is electric!

Edited to add: You should be able to dial a number with no problem. You just lost the ringer!

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:13:03 GMT

@fthunt Wouldn't me getting stuck on the ground be a grand thing? With the weather I can see DD or DS finding me all wet and bedraggled in the driveway. I would never hear the end of it. Years from now it would be "Remember when we found Mom all wet in the drivewa?. God forbid she wait for one of us." lol

If I got stuck out and about I would call AAA but I home and safe so I'll wait for DS to look at it.

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2blonde — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:14:01 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 It's much easier to handle because it's small (maybe 5-6") and only weighs a couple pounds. At the time, it cost me around $40. The hard part for you would probably be bending or crouching down to attach it to each tire. You have to have the car windows down because it's attached to your dashboard power output (car is running with garage door open, to save your battery). It does have the pressure meter on it so you can easily see when it gets to the right pressure and shut it off. It's more accurate than a tire gauge IMO.

Around here, you have to put money into most of the gas station air pumps, plus you have to stand outside in the weather while your doing it. I have a cramped 1 car garage, and it's still easy......but I don't have a walker. If you bought one, you probably could have DD do it, though.

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Desertdi — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:57:02 GMT

@patbz wrote:
@CrazyKittyLvr2 : Do you have AAA? They will come and put air in tire, tow, whatever. Even with several adult men in my household, I depend on AAA.

@patbz Me, too! The only thing my husband knew about cars, was where the key went. (He'd probably have a heck of a time figuring out the new keyless ignitions). di

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Mindy D — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:04:47 GMT

Order a corded landline phone. AT&T makes one and so do many others. They are cheap. Just buy one and put it away until you need it during,or after, a storm.

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lovesrecess — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 22:14:55 GMT

The AAA membership is well worth it. My car wouldn’t start last week....turned the key...nothing. I was at home, called AAA and the guy was here in 15 minutes. My battery had started leaking and was totally gone. He had a brand new battery installed in less than 15 more minutes. The price was less than half of what I had paid for the previous battery at the dealer. I made sure to have all of my daughters on AAA when they started driving.