![]() |
Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Our Qwack Gold Duck Buddy hasn't posted for 5 days:36_1_63:----hopeing hes OK:MIA:
E-A |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
QWAK: EA, he is doing survey work for FEMA, in Kentucky...
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Daisy hit town. He be busy.:biggrin:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
I was hopeing there was nothing sinister afoot. E-A |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
well still lotsa folks w/o power in ky. may be a month or more for some; & snowing now & teens next couple of nights.
rural counties are the ones most in trouble. nat. guard is going door to door. Quak is plenty resourceful. |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Where is sukhoi fan???
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
I think he's banned. Read end of hope's posts as they seem "familiar."
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Duck report (QWAK):36_1_63:
Was able to get through to the Duck on the phone this morning. He is still without power. Sounded rather tired, but was in good spirits. He says it has been a good test of his gear, but has had numerous things go wrong on him. The generator completely bit the dust a few hours after he reported on here he had patched it up. To his horror he also found that an inverter he had to run a number of deep cell batteries also failed to work. He has had it for sometime, he said. He has taken it to bits and can't find anything obviously wrong with it, but nonetheless it does not want to play. The Duck Pond is down now, as he can't not run the small pump on his woodfired system to it. He is using water from the Duck Pond to flush the loo. He still has lots of stored (fresh) water. He had been experimenting with eating various MRE's but has moved on to steak and other luxuries as by now his deep freeze is thawing out. He reports that the cat and dog, who are also eating steak, are pleased with this arrangement. He said to tell you all to remember with your kerosene lamps to keep checking them and adjusting the flame lower as they warm up, he overlooked this one night and blew the chimney up on his. He is very down on little rechargable lights from China at the moment. Verdict - useless. He was able to move all the fallen branches from his driveway with a hand saw - he said he was scared to use the chain saw as the conditions were so slippery. Like the good Duck he is, he has been out and about checking on neighbours and taking boxes of preps to ones having difficulty. His power has been out 8 days now, he said that is his previous record. He has no estimate when he will get it restored. Feels it could be another week or more. He basically seems fine and says he can hardly wait to post about it all. He is trying to get another inverter at the moment. So the Duck is getting by, and keeping positive.:ok::shine: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Thanks Maxine for the update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:shine:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
:hissyfit_m: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
He plans to give us all a good briefing on his experiences when he gets back on line. It will no doubt be very helpful. Avalon, I relayed to him that people were wondering about him. If he can get another inverter he thinks he might be able to get back on line, even if the power is still off. Though he said he thinks his area is bottom 5% in the priority line to get power back up, so he may go a full three weeks off grid. I have told him that if he can't post in a few days time I will call him again and update everyone here. He has unearthed a splendid old phone that makes a noise like an old fashioned British pay phone when he dials it. He demonstrated it for me, it was great! Ha, ha, ha! Duck's neighbours are lucky to have him. He is far too busy of thinking of others, including the pets, to be feeling sorry for himself. |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Thanks Maxine,
I'm glad he is ok. If you talk to him again, let him know he is in our thoughts and prayers, and could you please ask him to keep a Journal? It would be a very valuable thing for many of us. Not neccessarily just a log book of events but also how emotions played on him and the decisions he made. Thanks. TLM EDIT: I see you posted above while I was typing my post. |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
'Cat-rina' , Duck's cat, sends him a hiss, for the omission I am sure!:wink: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
The Duck is dyslexic, why he writes like he does, he keeps the notes in his head. He is very clear thinking and logical to talk to, he also has a lot of technical ability and knowledge. Re emotions he said that in part it was great not to have the day to day distractions, the net, the phone, the TV. He said it gave him a lot of time to contemplate and meditate and think up new solutions to some of his equipment failures. He has made some impro's, he said some worked, some did not, but without this test he would not have had to think and resort to them. He said, in true Duck fashion, that 'OH NO, THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING!!!' is not a good approach to all this. He has been trying to talk a few neighbours out of this mindset. He says he is thinking 'Oh YES it is happening, but don't panic, look on the bright side, what can we do?' He said, yes, it is hard work, but he is OK, and trying to just float with the stream and take the bends as they come. He is still saying it is an adventure, and he sees his mistakes, re gear, but is not moaning. He is a great Duck. We can all learn from him. |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
QWAK: Abouthadit, I love and dearly miss Slim Pickens...Funny and a great actor...:applause_ :applause_ QWAK: Maxine, can we get a duckorater to him, so he would have enough power to quack to his flock...:tongue_ma: BTW, you need to use more smilies in your posts....:bear_thumb: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
Yes, sorry, I can be rather a gloomy old Goose, and should learn from the Duck to use more smilies.:15_1_70v: By the way a friend of mine on here, and elsewhere, I know her other than GIM, emailed me and said how do we post photos? I think she meant of cats. She had been looking at the cat thread. She has some very lovely kittens to post. So could you tell us on the 'Cool cat of the Day' thread, in explicit detail for internet impaired bird brains, (my friend is Raven Dancer - I am also an internet impaired bird brain.) how we do this? That is a great thread! The cats are VERY cool! |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Glad he is OK......duck is good peeps
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
QUAK: Maxine, you would put me on the spot...:favorites21: :realmad: :embarasse To be honest, using my own bird brain, which BTW is a bad rap, I use a scanner to which I load to the desk top and then apply the attachment feature... The other way is to up load the picture to a file storage place such as the following: http://imageshack.us/ If you use a digital form you can place those images on a flash drive and then insert it into a USB to load the pictures to your computer.. Say hello from Blueice for me, oh wait just say Blue.... |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Thank you for the update Maxine!
It's good to know the good Duck is still afloat and hasn't lost too many feathers. It sounds like his neighbors are lucky to have him, too. The Duck is passing on experiences that we can all take away and use to better prepare, but there is also a big lesson about the importance of a positive attitude under tough circumstances. Here's wishing you all the best, Duck! :coolbeer: :shine: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
Well that info is a LOT of help!:biggrin: To us dummies! Sorry! Love that big brown tabby moggie with the nice nose on there. Are you his? I need to look again, to see who he owns. The one that has a mark on his nose that looks like he just took his glasses off. I wanted to post my Bruno, he looks like he could be a brother to that cat, though he is more fawn in shade. Use more smilies:15_1_70v: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
The Duck will learn from it - it's like a mini SHTF. Testing his preps, testing his equipment, testing his knowledge, testing himself. He'll come out the other end even better prepared!
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
So, the story of him running away with a well made decoy are untrue?
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
Should not have called the Duck Egg this morning? . . . A jinx? I am sitting now with a tea towel on my head after digging out some of the mess. (Change from tin foil - a tea towel. Very modest!:biggrin:) The freezing rain and gales have started on top of the foot of snow here. Oh, well, par for the course in Nova Scotia! It can never decide up here if it wants to snow or rain or do both at once. Yippee! Maybe we are next? Maybe I get to test my gear too!:452: :thumb.aspx: |
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Good luck Duck! Hope all is well!
|
Re: Gold Duck MIA for 5 days--any word?
Quote:
My love, is the red cat on my shoulders...Please :452:comments about my male pattern baldness..:36_1_30: |
| All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:58 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright = None use it and Link to GIM