Herrrrrrre's Your Sign. . .

[jbeany]

I'm paying bills right now.  I just wrote the check to Consumer's Energy for the electric bill.  As I'm licking the envelope, I read the little message on the flap.  Next to the cute little graphic of a computer mouse, it says this -
"Power Outage?  Visit our Web site and select "For Home" to report an outage and get restoration updates.  www.consumersenergy.com"

Now how the heck am I going to use the computer if my power is out?  Duuuuuuuuuh. ...

[Hawkeye]

You could still get online using a laptop (Go, Go Battery Power) with a internal modem (Power outages don't usually effect the phonelines) or maybe using wireless if it was an isolated instance allowing you to connect to someone else's system.

[Rerun]

How about when you call a doctor's office and you get a recording "If this is an emergency please hang up and dial 911". 
So are you supposed to call 911 and tell them the doctor's office told you to call?

I should call 911 and tell them I need an appointment with my doctor right away and they told me to dial 911?  Here's your sign.

[goofynina]

Jbeany, i have thought of that myself, 

Hawkeye, most people do not have laptops 

Rerun, you are so right girlfriend, lol, never thought of that, i have heard it, just never thought of it the way you put it, 

[Hawkeye]

Hawkeye, most people do not have laptops 

I was just pointing out that it is possible. Not likely, just possible.