Living without Electric.

badcompany · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:39

Living without Electric for

1 day, 1 week , 1 month

how do you feel you would cope? I have decided that my family is going to have an electric 'free' day soon. My son who is 7 has never even had to deal with a power cut so far and I think it would be a great learning experience to go without power for a day.

Do you think you could cope with no power if so for how long?

Murray · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:40

1 hour.

Old Man · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:41

Well, I lived up in the mountains for just over a month without it and sleeping in a tent.

Flare · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:43

Last time we had a power cut i made it about 10 minutes before i went to put the kettle on and put some bread in the toaster

Participant · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:43

I think I could cope without power for about 40 years.

Cybermyk · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:43

I think your brain would stop working.

Fuzz · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:44

Yay, no more facebook.
WIN

Crack out the gas stove and the old mess tin.
I'm alright jack

badcompany · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:45

My grandparents lived there first 20 years with no electricity in the village they lived in, they still have no central heating just a open fire.

LiamJ · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:45

I would only last until the battery disappears in my phone/iPod or whatever. After that I would go insane!!

Murray · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:46

Scubascorpion said:
Yay, no more facebook.
WIN

Crack out the gas stove and the old mess tin.
I'm alright jack

no more OCUK,gaming,internet,T.V, etc

if you weigh it up i think electric = win.

mithrandir · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:47

We all are indebted to Nikola Tesla

JHLOW · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:48

Last time we had a power cut i lasted 15 minutes before getting my battery pack with a 240v outlet form the garage and using that for laptop and lamp lol......

Garee · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:49

During my last power cut I was very bored. I will admit I spend most of my 'at home' free time on my PC.

Fuzz · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:50

Murray said:
no more OCUK,gaming,internet,T.V, etc

if you weigh it up i think electric = win.

No I really think all "this" is a waste of time, but we are all sucked into it the same.
No more OCUK means I get off my ass and go and do more productive things instead of sitting here wasting my life away.
No more TV.. Great, it's mostly doom and gloom and scaremongering bull**** anyway.

cm1179 · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:50

not much longer than an hour

Robert1986 · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:55

If I had no power the first thing I'd think of was to google "what to do with no power."

mjt · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:56

We had a power cut the other month for over an hour. That really annoyed me for about 25 minutes and then I realised my laptop had batteries

Still annoying though sitting in the dark for 90 minutes.

Cleeecooo · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:56

Forever

Id just b really really really bored

Murray · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:57

Robert1986 said:
If I had no power the first thing I'd think of was to google "what to do with no power."

better google it before it happens then

Apopcalyptic · 30 Jan 2011 at 22:58

I think I'd manage fine for a good while to be honest. I've got a couple of gas lamps, and access to a dozen more. Plenty of reading material, board games and a lovely wife for the early nights