Poll: EEEEK a power cut!

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Be annoyed.

I spend the first seconds thinking, powers out, ah well no pc-gaming guess I'll just chat with some friends on msn/skype...waaaait....fuck, guess I'll catch a movie...waaaaaait...fuck, guess I'll just play some PS3...waaaaait....ffs! Just watch regular tv? AAAAAAAAAAARG WHY IS THERE NO POWER I DONT LIVE IN THE JUNGLE!!!!!

Then I probably read something, or call someone to see if the power outage has been announced.

Ok so say your power has gone out during the middle of the day, it's warm and sunny outside. The power on your handhelds/laptops have ran out as well so no taking the easy way out.

What do you do if you haven't got access to your electronic devices?

I would read a book in my room, screw going outside!

like that would stop me!

http://greenopolis.com/goblog/derekmarkham/7-great-pedal-power-plans
http://scienceshareware.com/bike-generator-using-a-car-alternator.htm

ingenuity FTW!

Oh my fucking god. Its like a doomsday bunker for geeks. I want one :S

 

[DeepComet5581]

I've had about 4 or five power cuts in the last 8 months so... yeah, I know how to amuse myself.
It's usually in the evening when it's darker, so we just lit some candles and had a chat.
If it was during a sunny day, I'd go for a walk on the canal and feed the ducks.

I didn't think infrastructure was that bad up North.

/prejudice

There is no Real Life. There is only AFK.

I may hang myself.

Or go out and find a girlfriend. Whatever.

 

[Dresos]

If it happens in the middle of the day I sometimes read books or plays some chess. If it happens quite late I usually just goes to sleep.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

Probably get out my longbow and archery set and have a go for about half an hour to an hour. Any excuse to get that out is always fine with me.

If the power's out for longer then that and it really is a good day, then I might take a book outside and spend my time reading it with our animals...

 

[F'Angus]

I tend to head outside...except when it's pouring with rain in which case I play board games.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

How do you read a book when you can't see the words.

 

[Varanfan9]

Play my other Hobby Warhammer 40,000. Maybe build/paint some models or invite a friend over for a game. I have an oil lamp if its dark out and their is no light plus candles.

 

[rosac]

pub, actually doing some uni work, painting, texting people, chat to my parents and sister, do some sit ups/press ups, read, use my laptop to check fb, go for a walk, go into town... Yeah, I'll be o.k.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

it's warm and sunny outside.

In England?

Oh really? I hadn't noticed there was a power cut, since I was too busy soaking in the rays at the dizzying heights of 18 degrees Celsius.

A mass text to my friends - "Pub?"

That works too

 

[lRookiel]

I'm liking the answers here everyone, but some people didn't read the OP fully, no taking the easy way out (Handhelds/laptops and other battery powered things). :3

 

[lRookiel]

it's warm and sunny outside.

In England?

Oh really? I hadn't noticed there was a power cut, since I was too busy soaking in the rays all the way up at 18 degrees Celsius.

haha, god forbid we get some decent weather >.> Wasn't it like the wettest April for over a century this year or something? xD

Gotta love England

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

haha, god forbid we get some decent weather >.> Wasn't it like the wettest April for over a century this year or something? xD

Gotta love England

I'm still waiting for some of that ol' England May snow! XD

 

[lRookiel]

haha, god forbid we get some decent weather >.> Wasn't it like the wettest April for over a century this year or something? xD

Gotta love England

I'm still waiting for some of that ol' England May snow! XD

Yes I'll be looking forward to that VERY much

I must depart, I have 2 procrastinated assignments that need doing for tomorrow morning, woohoo >.>

I swear the escapist both ruins my life yet brings so much joy. Goodnight everybody!

:3

 

[Kae]

It's happened to me plenty of times, I normally start examining everything I have very closely, but sometimes I just go outside and start walking around in circles for a couple of hours, people already think I'm crazy so I don't really care if anyone thinks that's odd.

 

[Latenz1134]

Murder, rape and pillage.

I lol'd, but in the event such a catastrophic event did occur, I would likely do a book reading or something, or just stare blankly into space until power comes back on.

 

[DirgeNovak]

I'd go lie down in the grass and finish A Clash of Kings. If power's not back by then, on to A Storm of Swords!

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Read a book or sleep.
Usually when power goes, I got around shutting everything that's hooked up to battery power down and then turning the batteries off. Power always comes back the moment the last battery shuts off.

 

[Xan Krieger]

Hang myself

Actually I'd probably continue the Warhammer 40K story I'm working on since it's about a part of warfare that nobody ever writes about, the logistics side of it. Basically it's the Imperial Fists fighting the Iron Warriors and it takes a freakin army to supply the army.

 

[Death Carr]

I normally just sit and read after the battery on my laptop runs out.

[sub]I really sit in the corner and cry because of the lack of internet[/sub]

 

[TheVioletBandit]

Angered by the power being out, I would leave my apartment and commit a series of super crimes.