You know what gets pointlessly costly?

[cthulu2016]

Replacing all the food in my freezer 2-3 times a year. I don't eat anything very expensive so it's not big $$$, but it seems so pointlessly costly.

I was in the grocery store last week and picked up a bunch of bargain frozen pasta and ice cream that was on sale.

And I thought to myself, "These are on sale so I should buy them today, but will I have continuous electrical power long enough to eat them, or is buying more than a few days worth of frozen food a waste of money in the long run?"

So I am actually standing calculating how on sale something would have to be to offset the risk of holding too much food at once...

Then I thought to myself, "WTF? Is this Somalia? Have I gotten this pessimistic? I can't believe I am questioning whether our power grid justifies buying a few weeks worth of food at one time."

Then I turn on the news... Oy.

[Happyhippychick]

1. You MUST be a PEPCO customer

[cthulu2016]

2. Not quite that bad, but Dominion

[Happyhippychick]

5. I'm jealous

[phantom power]

3. when you lose power, how long do you lose it for?

where do you live?

Just curious. We've never lost food from a power loss, here in Tempe.

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. i broke down and bought a generator last year and..

am glad I did.
If I remember, you are renting and can't do that.

[AndyTiedye]

6. We Got a Generator

We're kinda out in the sticks and the power goes out here rather often. Most recently was 2 days ago.
We have a generator and a transfer switch.