Since Ron asked for an update I'll give you all the answer...
(Note, I'm not proud of my actions, but I did "help a great old man!")
Turns out, the Gods favored my decision to act, because about a week after
I posted the question, a tree came down on one of the power lines and me
and my neighbor were without power for the better part of a day. He walked
over to my house and simply said, "the time is now." I knew what he meant.
I came over the house, and him and I pulled a few key wires out of the
frig, rendering it "DOA."
Then, he moved the perishable items into a ice chest and we went out an got
a bunch of ice (this was normal for him to do in a power outage.) I'm not
sure, but I think he also took out an old TV that he wanted to replace as
well. 8>) I did see a TV box in his recycle pile later.
When the power was restored (almost in the middle of the night,) he told
his wife that the brown out that happened must have finally done in the
frig. She was cool with that. (pun intended!)
As for what I got out of it, my telephone circuit protector got fried in
the tree fall. It was quickly replaced (BTW, I can't recommend them
enough!)
We did get a few cool insulators off the power lines. (they were ripped
from the lines and the power co people said they don't reuse them (these
were older ones.)
One thing that sucked, the power crews were working all night long to
restore the lines, replace a pole, and some other stuff. I had flashing
lights blinking in the windows all night. I don't know how city folk put
up with that stuff.
"Mission Accomplished!"
Moose
"We all know we're dying, And there's no sign of a parachute."
Tori Amos
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