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   Hello Rob Mccart!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 14.01.26 - 08:05, Rob Mccart wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:   
      
    RM> Would most of those be coming in from the USA ? Current   
    RM> Trade issues with them may be influencing that too..   
      
   Most are coming from my Canadian distributors. Yet, many books     
   are marked: printed in USA or China.   
      
      
    RM> Quite a day today. Like usual my shopping day was the   
    RM> worst weather in several days. It didn't look too bad but   
    RM> the slushy stuff on the roads was weirdly slippery even   
    RM> where not very deep..   
      
   It seemed to be a big meltdown today.  But that left the     
   backroads as a big bumpy mess.  I happened to be following     
   behind a snowplow on my road this morning - the ride was     
   relatively smooth. But coming home tonight, I really had to     
   slow down to under 30km-20km/hr to minimize the bumpy racket     
   the wheels were having.   
      
      
    RM> I got through that okay, and then at 7pm tonight my power   
    RM> went out for 5 1/2 hours, ...   
      
    RM> ... I was able to wait it out with a few extra layers of   
    RM> clothing, later reading a book by flashlight under the   
    RM> covers in bed, the bedroom holding heat in better than the   
    RM> rest of the house..   
      
   Yep.. when the hydro goes out here, all "productivity" stops.      
   I don't think I have a working flashlight anymore - I got fed     
   up with trying to keep the batteries fresh.  I'll just use the     
   phone "flashlight" if I need to illuminate a path in the house.   
      
   But I do have one floorlamp feeding off a UPS (that I can     
   silence when the alert kicks in) ..and with just an LED bulb,     
   it runs for about 4hrs.  The UPS just has a basic 12v 9A batt.      
   Maybe consider something like that so that you don't have     
   manipulate a flashlight.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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