HudsonHawk
I'll Lock Up
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Last night, we had a REALLY BIG, REALLY BAD storm here. It was pouring with rain and howling tree-felling winds for about fourteen hours straight. From dinnertime yesterday, until about 7:30 this morning.
The storm was so bad, it knocked out the power. And that almost never happens. Shows you how bad this storm was!
Anyway, when I woke up this morning, the juice was still out. And when I was cooking my breakfast, it reminded me of something else.
When's the last time you had to light a gas stove by hand, with a box of matches? Until today, when the power went out, and the electric spark-lighter on the stove didn't work, I hadn't had to do this for years. Today, I had to resort to turning the gas on low, striking a match, lighting the gas by hand, and then cranking it up high to cook breakfast.
I've never used a stove that had electronic ignition. I have electric now, but previously had gas with a pilot light. My parents gas stove has a pilot light too.
I used to have an old stove that required a match, or more what I used was a stick lighter.
On a side note...you should probably light the match, *then* turn the gas on...for safety's sake.