tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post9169158579263449570..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Lights out!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-64979035537342705932008-06-23T09:04:00.000-07:002008-06-23T09:04:00.000-07:00I did not participate in Earth Hour (I'm too out o...I did not participate in Earth Hour (I'm too out of the loop on these things), but this post got me thinking. Personally, I'm a night owl. Like, to a point where it's kind of making me sick to go to my 6am job because I physically cannot get to sleep before midnight (and believe me, I have tried). So going to bed with the sun is not really practical for me. <BR/><BR/>So I was thinking, obviously A Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615926346558034999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-58900988253572728922008-06-10T16:49:00.000-07:002008-06-10T16:49:00.000-07:00My partner, David, and I had a day of no power. We...My partner, David, and I had a day of no power. We used paraffin candles because we already had them from years ago. We are both much more conscious of burning candles, particularly the icky paraffin kind. <BR/><BR/>I'm gonna be a bees wax only gal from now on. :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849148217473381311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-82468861357542831962008-06-06T06:32:00.000-07:002008-06-06T06:32:00.000-07:00Haha! I love your new slogan: mental in environmen...Haha! I love your new slogan: mental in environmental. <BR/><BR/>I've been going without lights on and off since last september. I used candles made from beeswax b/c of the petroleum in other candles. I don't like symbolic gestures...because its symbolic. But I like to be a sport. So I participated in Earth Day. I don't know what made me start it..but I find it very relaxing. B/c it was dark I Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068855919147458057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10573800060128089672008-06-05T21:41:00.000-07:002008-06-05T21:41:00.000-07:00I both participated and promoted it on my blog. I...I both participated and promoted it on my blog. I feel like Earth Hour was a good opportunity for folks to get their big toe wet, to start thinking about small changes they can make to live differently. <BR/><BR/>I do agree with you about the paraffin candles. We stayed up - I wish I could go to bed earlier but I seem incapable, hence the black circles under my eyes. We used beeswax candles Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-14583380804846883642008-06-05T08:00:00.000-07:002008-06-05T08:00:00.000-07:00Your post reminded me of a recurring problem I hav...Your post reminded me of a recurring problem I have in my attempts to be a responsible occupant of planet earth (not to mention mother, wife, friend, employee...). <BR/><BR/>So many things have no good alternative, or the alternatives must be thought and planned out way in advance in order to stop making an even bigger fool of oneself.<BR/><BR/>For example: I went to my cousin's wedding last Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21018275236409438192008-06-05T03:44:00.000-07:002008-06-05T03:44:00.000-07:00We did Earth Hour, though I'm not sure anyone else...We did Earth Hour, though I'm not sure anyone else in my neighborhood did. My 12-yr-old son and I lit a few of the candles still left in the house (paraffim, boo), and played Scrabble for an hour. He was desperate to turn the lights back on, I'm sad to say. I thought the gesture was tactically inadequate, but strategically essential-- my son's generation especially needs the reminder that Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602132158521215360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-29247705635003151332008-06-04T21:04:00.000-07:002008-06-04T21:04:00.000-07:00That said, I don't think you'd find your self thro...That said, I don't think you'd find your self thrown outta bed for eating crackers.<BR/><BR/>(sorry if that was nonsensical, it just kinda ... well... )<BR/><BR/>I was at a friend's play for Earth Hour - I just powered down everything like I usually do, except for the fridge, microwave clock and alarm clock, all the power strips were off.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304420774638468362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-48749864039202492342008-06-04T20:07:00.000-07:002008-06-04T20:07:00.000-07:00RC - the crackers are ground into a fine powder us...RC - the crackers are ground into a fine powder using powerful jaw muscles. Being a descendant of Hominidae and sporting a small, but uniquely strong sagittal crest known to those of Polish origin, I have an uncanny ability to grind crackers with little effort.<BR/><BR/>In case of extremely difficult issues, my Buns of Steel(tm) can be used as a backup, where butt cheek clenching, although Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-62848406659482097852008-06-04T18:59:00.000-07:002008-06-04T18:59:00.000-07:00No news about the activity here in PR, but I can s...No news about the activity here in PR, but I can say I shut off the power at home completely , permanently, some time ago. I only have power at the shop/office now.<BR/>I do the cooking and refrigerating there. Go to the office and eat there in the AM.<BR/>I'm upset that Greenpa almost stole my joke. I'm also alarmed that he and I think alike.<BR/>Crunchy, as you already know, I love the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10048275856716544072008-06-04T15:35:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:35:00.000-07:00Well, we used a flashlight (rechargable batteries)...Well, we used a flashlight (rechargable batteries) but we didn't stay up very long. We didn't do our usual movie or checking blogs. We played cribbage. Maybe after this post though, next time we'll go to bed early. That's a better idea.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599350032073143948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-80839876300513556272008-06-04T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-04T14:58:00.000-07:00I turned off everything except the fridge and lit ...I turned off everything except the fridge and lit a couple of candles -- one beeswax and one mystery candle I've had awhile. For me it was more about how plugged-in I am most of the time. I elected to not use my battery-powered items as well and since it was a hot evening I used a cardboard fan with a wooden handle I received at an event. I use wind-powered electricity which I didn't really Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831291068861524089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-60347910171776751542008-06-04T13:10:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:10:00.000-07:00I sat outside on my porch and listened to my crank...I sat outside on my porch and listened to my crank radio and talked to all the neighbors who walked by. Though I suppose I wasn't really in the dark since I could see by the light of the street lamp.mollyjadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824304845582652321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-21353051988949908432008-06-04T12:30:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:30:00.000-07:00i went to a party by candlelight at my friends' ap...i went to a party by candlelight at my friends' apartment, where they shut off all the power for the entire evening, beginning at 7pm. it was nice. we all hung out, ate, had lots of wine, etc. i'm not sure what type of candles they were. my apartment had one light on, and that was the heat lamp over my lizard's tank. i didn't feel like killing her... <BR/><BR/>@ melinda - i thought the same aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-11179976826872059122008-06-04T12:27:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:27:00.000-07:00Another question:Did you postpone something you ne...Another question:<BR/>Did you postpone something you needed power to do anyway, say cooking dinner or watching a movie. It's not much of a savings since you just waited until after or did it before.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277675140153503270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-6146121628556161922008-06-04T12:20:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:20:00.000-07:00I took my dog for a walk and then I listened to th...I took my dog for a walk and then I listened to the radio and knit by the light in my hand cranked flashlight/radio.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889743730658239247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-79845050482414066452008-06-04T11:45:00.000-07:002008-06-04T11:45:00.000-07:00We took a glass jar out of the recycle bin and fil...We took a glass jar out of the recycle bin and filled it with one half cup of water. Then a half inch of veggie oil from the kitchen. A scrap of metal wire was coiled into a holder and some cotton twine was put on that and Viola--- an oil lamp. I've burned it about 24 hours total so far and still have enough oil for another 24 hrs I think. A tea light, in contrast, tends to last us about 4 Alyclepalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02041313349997139696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-2558020826153722772008-06-04T11:10:00.000-07:002008-06-04T11:10:00.000-07:00We used a crank flashlight combined with a sole ca...We used a crank flashlight combined with a sole candle for Earth Hour. I ran a challenge over the past two months to continue an hour for the earth every week. It's symbolic. It's a way to get people who normally wouldn't think about it to START thinking about it. It's not an end in itself, it's a beginning.<BR/><BR/>I believe the main impact of Earth Hour was in getting large businesses to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26429629190141131872008-06-04T10:28:00.000-07:002008-06-04T10:28:00.000-07:00Yeah, well, I want to see some good recipes- at le...Yeah, well, I want to see some good recipes- at least- for all those cracker crumbs you're generating Cruncherella! Crikey! <BR/><BR/>And I want to see flow diagrams, so we can be sure you're not generating MORE pollution than you're ALLEGEDLY counteracting! Do you drop them on the FLOOR? Then vacuum them? Or are you using an organic broomstraw broom to recover them for recycling?<BR/><BR/>Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-26456703319535965802008-06-04T10:04:00.000-07:002008-06-04T10:04:00.000-07:00Nice post, Crunchy. :) Candles have been botherin...Nice post, Crunchy. :) <BR/><BR/>Candles have been bothering me for awhile. I don't have a ton of environmentally-conscious friends, and I always feel like a conspiracy theorist when I say things around them like "Did you know candles are made of petroleum?" (Don't even get me started on plastic.)<BR/><BR/>I didn't participate in the Earth hour activity. Honestly, I didn't really know it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-30374557829602274362008-06-04T09:20:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:20:00.000-07:00I already had a pretty good stash of beeswax candl...I already had a pretty good stash of beeswax candles I keep on hand to give away whenever there's a peace vigil in our park. It just kills me to see people burning paraffin candles at the antiwar stuff, and that's always what the organizers bring for people who forgot. <BR/><BR/>But what we actually did for Earh Hour was turn off the lights and let my kid run around with the stupid shake-poweredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-83194840923000621492008-06-04T09:15:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:15:00.000-07:00We just walked around the neighborhood, lots of ot...We just walked around the neighborhood, lots of other people were too. It seems silly to just sit around in the dark and be unproductive, that would feel like a punishment to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-4492720144748137262008-06-04T08:34:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:34:00.000-07:00I just took an hour long walk without any lights.....I just took an hour long walk without any lights...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-84186865531080808522008-06-04T08:17:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:17:00.000-07:00Very interesting post, Crunchy. Thanks for bringin...Very interesting post, Crunchy. Thanks for bringing this to our attention and challenging us.<BR/><BR/>I didn't participate in Earth Hour because I thought it was a little too ... symbolic. I can appreciate a "ride your bike to work day" or a "ride PT to work day," or something like that, because I think that if people try that once they might continue. But I don't think very many people turn offruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-10925962737430409722008-06-04T07:49:00.000-07:002008-06-04T07:49:00.000-07:00Great point about candles. This theme could be a r...Great point about candles. This theme could be a regular feature as the greenwashing is increasing exponentially. Everything in one's life can continue as before, simply with a green label and some symbolic gesture towards change. <BR/><BR/>Most of all I thank you for legerdemain . . . I have learned a new word and I love it. This sleight of hand will be intense and we all will need to be able tokatecontinuedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464606210207324034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-11683556947083545022008-06-04T07:34:00.000-07:002008-06-04T07:34:00.000-07:00Crunchy,This isn't the next blockbuster film with ...Crunchy,<BR/>This isn't the next blockbuster film with all its paraphernalia, but real life. We have to look squarely at it. Thanks for your skill in calling attention to even the uncomfortable.WILDBLUESbysushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721938956504857045noreply@blogger.com