Life without mod. cons.

Which of the following have you ever lived without (in your home; not holiday house or temp. cabin etc). What was it like, as you remember it?

Piped water & plumbing
Mains/grid electricity
Central heat
Radio or TV signal
Telephone service

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notyouraveragedummy

I've experienced all of those. It's not uncommon in this part of the country. Our apartment is all electric, you need electricity for all of those things, except water. The last time was in 2022, we spent a couple of days at my daughter's in a neighboring town.

Before that (before my daughter moved nearby), we spent the night at a hotel. At that time, I had an answering machine for a land line. After checking out of the hotel, we drove around the area, periodically dialing the home phone. We wanted to know if we'd need a hotel for another night. When the answering machine picked up, we knew we had power and we headed home.

In the northeast of the US, power outages are common.

Really · 80-89, M

@notyouraveragedummy Good idea about calling home to your answering machine. We have one of those but I never remember I can call it 'from away' & retrieve messages. And I'd have to remember the code!

With water supply, I was thinking if the local grid went down completely we'd be screwed; but on second thoughts, of course there will be emergency generators to run the pumps.