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Okay y'all.... I have hit rock bottom now...the water has been shut off. I took my first shower out of Home Depot bucket. Cold water of course. All of the girls in my house are in the game room playing ROCK BAND with the door open. The upside? I have power...for now. Tonight down to 18...

ZB, Your in Spain? Like for real? Or are you at the monastery rehab for the Toy Soldier Collectors? I heard their coming for me too. JFT

In this week in history, history was made when a snow storm hit Texas and shut down all 254 counties. Energy capacity was some how or another struck down and the geniuses in charge of the power grid initiated their version of rolling black outs. Which meant you got zero power. Temperatures...

Combat, In Japan, when you fail, you jump off a building. It makes the news quite often. Modern day seppuku. In the US...you point fingers...don't take responsibility and enter "counseling". In Texas..."we'll get to the bottom of it gosh darnit"..."its the wind turbines fault"...and the...

Louis, This was an epic failure. The news of deaths in Houston is devastating. An entire family burned to death inside their home out of desperation to get warm. Don't know the details but the only survivor was the mom. Another family succumb to carbon dioxide in their car. A video was...

All, So the juice came on around 3pm yesterday then shut off at 9. It came back on this morning around 3:30 so I am assuming we are at 6 hour intervals now? A very well respected reporter here (Randy Beamer) in SA who has been live streaming his own power nightmare decided to go downtown...

All, An update on the Galveston situation. Just heard there are up to 50 deaths due to the cold/blackouts and the Medical Examiner is calling for the refrigeration trucks. Mike, you got any info yet? I know of 2 souls lost here in San Antonio and two more snow/ice storms in the next 48...

NO I CANT. That is a nightmare scenario. You freeze, no food...by God no. John from Texas

Okay..... The power is still on, but just found out we are going to have a ice storm tonight it may last until Thursday. Blasted the HVAC units with hot water to de-ice them. My kids (college students) just gave me a lecture on global warming. I didn't ask for it, but I guess they wanted to...

Oh my the power just came on...I'm time stamping it. Well see how long. JFT

Allright, I'm running on combined 6 hours of sleep. I use a CPAP and well you get the idea. Nevermind me, how about all those with babies, insulin, and other medical equipment. Zero power since Monday evening...I think my days are getting mixed up. Louis, well guess what? One fireplace...

Man, What great advise. I am definately going to look at a generator now! Honestly, I want to be completely off grid. I got this high fuluton solar system and am still not off the grid. This has got to change. I chip in one for the energy and the enviorment and get paid back with 5 minutes...

All, First this is what I woke up to this morning: Freaking unbelievable and like I said I am pissed. Louis, when we were building my house we paid extra for spray foam insulation in the attic, west facing walls and the basement. I can't remember how much it cost, but one of the single best...

Panzer, I agree the quality has gone WAY UP. If you compare the soldier now to say 20 or even 10 years ago, its like night and day. I am sad that I have missed out on some sets, but I got two kids in college and will be thinning out some of my collection. However, with the thinning comes...

Jason, THe power came back on and I was able to down to cups of hot coffee and just as I was feeding the dogs...POOF...it went off again. Also when the power was on the porch and garage lights flipped on I saw snow drifts. What the hell! Yeah, it IS more than 3 inches. Right now I'm...

Well my friends, its about 4 AM my time...there is 5 inches of snow on the ground AND we have no power. I'll take some pics soon, but I forgot to plug my phone in last night and I am down to 5%. I can't believe this. John from Texas

Okay............. Tomorrow morning it is supposed to 7 Degrees and Im pissed. I had to hot water splash my HVAC units as they were frozen. Spent all morning burning wood in my "fire pit"...yes "fire pit" that is SUPPOSED to be for smores. Took the coals and stuck them under my tarps to...

GFB, MUSAHI IS EPIC. I read it in 1997 and wrote the date down in the book when I finished it. One of the single greatest books to come out of Japan and fortunately for me I read it in Japan. After that book, everything made sense to me regarding some pieces of Japanese culture, mentality...

All, In a niche market (like toy soldiers) customers will pay for what they want for niche products as they are not needs. The needs vs. wants is a staple in our psyche and is only available to those who have the disposable income to do it. I want a 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport, black on...