I'm going to tell you there's a thunderstorm that just ripped through the area and I think we're in the clear,

but if we interrupt the show because I need to go, you know, start a generator or something,

then my apologies. But it should be fine. I think we're through the thick of it that

sounds really hardcore I'm gotta go start my generator everybody well the thing of it

is that I think I've told this story somewhere but my parents live only 45

minutes west of me, but their area loses power regularly,

and they got this like obscenely expensive, ridiculous Honda inverter generator that weighs 85,000 pounds and well then they

ended up getting a generac or whatever whole home generator and they were like here

you can borrow this forever and so I've had or we have had this ridiculously nice Honda generator in our garage for probably five-ish years now.

And I believe I've used it once for about 30 from 35 minutes and that's it because is around the time that they not bequeathed but bequeathed the generator

that's when the power company cut down a bunch of trees that were near the lines leading into the neighborhood because the lines outside the neighborhood are

are lines or above ground lines and the stuff inside the neighborhood is

underground so well the the law of you know large equipment that you buy for yourself for some kind of special conditions

is that the moment you, first of all the moment you buy it, that condition will probably never

happen again.

But certainly if that condition happens probably never happen again. But certainly if that condition

happens you will need it for the briefest of time. So the moment you start your

generator the power will come back on. Correct. Assuming you can get it started

after it's been sitting in your house for seven years

without ever being started. Well right in that case if you can't get it started the

power will stay up for three days. But yeah I don't know it hopefully will not be an

issue but if suddenly I disappear or get very very quiet it's not because I'm sleepy, even though I am, it's because we lost power.

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