Yesterday the various areas that I live and work in were hit pretty badly during Eskom’s loadshedding.
So here are some things you should think about doing in your time in the dark:
1. Make sure your Laptop is charged and watch a movie or a few episodes of a new series (I suggest Jericho).
2. If it’s evening and you’re at home, have a braai. I did this last night. Instead of making it a typical braai that involves meat and the like I put a pan on the grill and cooked extra things as well. Some fried onions, bacon bits and anything else that you might like. This actually made for a great meal and wonderful evening whether there are lights or not.
3. Open up a bottle of your favourite wine and get wasted!
4. Sit in your garden and have a look at the stars, conversation will flow from there, unless you’re alone. In that case attempt a conversation with yourself, I find those most entertaining.
5. Light as many candles as you have (without burning down your house) and read a good book or any book for that matter).
6. Go on an electricity hunt. Get in your car and drive to a place you’ve never been before. Find a restaurant and have a meal there.
7. Test your emergency capabilities. In other words, see if your household is ready for the apocalypse. Gas heaters, lights and cookers are a must, batteries in excess, frozen food (not for long), stockpiles of everything. If you find that in the dark you can’t get around and don’t have everything take a weekend to sort that out.
What do you do in the loadshedding frenzies?
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January 15th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Sit in the traffic for an hour and twenty minutes on an 8km journey home due to all the traffic lights being out.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
This load shedding thing really gets me agro, yes once I am home I am happy to look at the stars and braai (I have a gas stove so that is not a problem) but sitting in the traffic, man I feel like paying somebody a visit and ripping their head off. Thanks feel a bit better, just scared to get in my car and drive home.
January 16th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Sounds like Feisty should get a bike…..