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the power was cut off in our neighborhood early sunday morning. a line broke. came down. set a bush on fire. it was all very exciting. or would have been. if it wasn't 6 o'clock in the fricken morning. anywho. the last time the power went out, it was down for days. this was during the time when the power companies were somewhat less regulated and yielded to the temptation to optimize their profits instead of their service. so parts weren't available in all locations in a timely fashion. this time though, power was restored in about 5 hours. which was about as long as it took me to retrain my fingers to not automatically hit the light switch when i opened the pantry door. so yeah, too much government is bad. too little government is bad. the trick is to find just right.