[You]:I don't need the extend, Thanks to all for the willingness to give it to me. I missed one phase and a Bourse sell, but other then that all is back online and I should not have any other issues.

I am sure the Back hoe operator that ripped out the 200 feet of Fiber Optics in my town. Will be fired as a result of the accident. As I live in a college town. West Lafayette, Indiana. Home to the University of Purdue and all Phone lines, Cell Phones, Internet, and Wi-Fi was knocked out Friday morning about 11 am here and Internet was restored 2:30 am Sunday morning. I know all of Purdue students were screwed and was pressuring the city to get it solve. All emergency systems were even down all but 911 dispatch. Those were the one restored first and were the priority. They could receive calls in, but couldn't send word out. Talk about a screwed up mess. One of the Officers of the law gave a quote to the paper saying, "We had to communicate like this only about 50 years ago. So, it is a hindrance but we can get by." Funniest thing is even thought he is right about being able to 50 years ago. Not all things had been switched over to this style of communication. Now that it all has been, when it goes out like this in a massive scale. A city is almost shut down entirely. Not the living in, but the ability to go about their daily activities as normal. No one could buy anything with Debit cards or Credit cards. As the line that connected the pay systems are connected through the phone lines. No homework can be searched, due to no internet. No email, no on line banking, heck you couldn't even use any type of phone, land or cell. So to me the guy seem to sound more like an idiot about how it effects our lives now, and with out it a hindrance is not the word to use. As this was much more server then just cell phones not working or a land line out. It seems you can easily make due with one being down but when all are connected as they are. Even buying food and water was impossible. Our lives revolve around technology now and with out it, we are not ready to switch back, in a few days, to the way things were 50 years and maintain our lifestyles. I know most might not live in the states. However, I believe the entire world is pretty much operating with the same types of technology and this shows that a shut down, on a global scale, could almost be devastating in some countries. I hope that never happens, but I believe better planning, and not just replacing and upgrading, for the easier and quicker way to live. Might be something we all think about as we go forward.

Sorry I got a little deep there and vented. Thank for reading...lol
08:24 AM [Byzantinum]:Go Turan!
08:45 AM [Spain]:Peak Oil. <bam> you just experienced what is in store for the world I think. Was there much hoarding/panic in the streets?
08:58 AM [Germany]:Our reliance/dependency on technology has worried me for many years now.
Hell! I still do not trust calculators never mind computers.
I yearn for the old days when we used to talk & work together by being gathered at the same place at the same time. There was great comfort in stability of community.
We used to know our neighbours & care for & share with them as one big family. People helped one another & always greeted each other with a cheery hello.
These days we look down or away from each other so as not to invade their personal space. We tend to be more isolated, thoughtless & selfish since global communication evolved. I often see 3 friends together all talking on their mobile phones to someone else, rather than chatting between themselves.
09:02 AM [You]:Thankfully not. As most were lost as to what has happened at first. Took a couple hours for them to know what or how bad it was. I know I went to work 5 hours after and found out it was just not my house and cell phones. I don't have TV so I didn't catch the report on it at the 12 news. However, while at work my wife was coming home and is when we found out about buying anything. She stopped at a gas station to get a gallon of milk. No luck as the card readers we down in the city and she had no cash on her. Even the ATM's were down. The immediate need for the milk was not that big of deal at that moment. However, if that would have been gas to get home, she would have been shit out of luck. If they had not got that up and running as soon as they did who knows how bad it might have got. With it being a weekend and banks actually closing in a few hours No one would have been able to get their own cash out for a couple days. ATM's were down right out side of their own banks.

I just finished explaining how the new warfare of EMP's are on the rise and that only shows how devastating one could be. We still had the use of cars and electricity. However, EMP powered warfare would eliminate them also. I am not sure some people even get the grasp of how much electronics and technology has control over our lifestyle now. Without them we are almost back to the 1800's or later. Then which countries could revert the quickest are the ones that will survive. Especially if they are the ones that launched the EMP's as there technological equipment would still work while the ones attacked are left with manual guns to defend themselves. Scary thought to me for sure.
09:03 AM [You]:so true Germany
09:06 AM [Spain]:every house my wife and I have lived in for the last 5 years (we rent) we have kept a vegetable garden, and when we move on we know we are giving a gift to the next tenants. Having said that there is a lack of neighbourly concern. We've introduced ourselves etc... but I imagine that the chatter is vastly less than what you are talking about Geronimo, it has taken a while (new house) but our neighbours are now saying high to us.

But I seriously wonder how long the whole edifice of the 'industrialised' world will last when the price of oil=>power=>food=>communication becomes too expensive to produce on the scales that are needed. It's a scary thought, but seeing how a simple accident can isolate a whole town; is something I think we should at least be thinking about as on the radar of possibilities.