Our power went out tonight

Apr 26, 2014 12 Replies

My wife called me about 5:30 saying the power in our neighborhood was out. This was a bit of a concern because she just loaded 630 pounds of shrimp in one of our freezers earlier in the day. I arrived home a little after 6:00 and a power co. employee was looking over the transformer across the street. At 6:40 he told us the transformer was bad and they would replace it, and we would have power in 2 to 3 hours. I pulled out our generator and plugged in 3 freezers so they would stay cold. We had 5 large trucks lined up in front of my house and shortly before



8:00 the transformer was switched and power was on. All the trucks were gone by 8pm. They did a quick repair. :-) Mikek

And you didn't offer them any shrimp?

Jamie

Are you stocking up or just a reseller?

Cheers

Why 630 pounds ? Did it come from the Gulf of Mexico and you're sqeezing them for an oil additive or something ? Or is it NOT from the Gulf of Mexico and you got the last of the non-petroleum seasoned ones ?

On a sunny day (Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:33:24 -0500) it happened amdx wrote in :

Yes, shrimp and transformers, watch where they go.

They're probably radioactive enough to lift themselves.

We have a business selling from a boat in a Marina. Yes, about the EMS, our cost is up about $1.50 a pound in the last year. It is hurting us. Customers don't like price increases. Ready for shrimp Burgers?

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Mikek

Japan's attempt at a Po'Boy

When the price for a pound of hamburger starts getting close to the shrimp price your business may pick up.

Chisolm Republic of Texas

She's strong like BULL!

Jamie

Strong for 4'10", but stamina is more her thing. btw, I was wrong, it was 630lbs of one size and 860lbs of a different size, so about 1500lbs. She's very good at finding helpers. She is also very protective of my back these days. Mikek

We'll be right down.

Nevermind. ;-)

Well, she wields a mean meat clever, but you took that the wrong way :-). I meant, she does everything she can so I don't have to use my back for lifting. Mikek

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