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That looks like a rain of toads, if ever I've seen one.

Power was out when I got home, and came back on at 10:30. According to the automated phone line at the power company, our power went out at 4:51 -- so it was out a little less than 6 hours. Is that within the acceptable time limit for food in the refrigerator?

For what little it's worth, ita !, Advil doesn't help my headaches at all.

Jesse - maybe try a smaller Mom and Pop store for boxes? Copy paper boxes make great moving boxes, as do banker boxes (if you know a dept purging annual files and such). Also, Freecycle and Craigslist, but you probably knew that already.

Steph, if no one was home and the fridge was never opened, it should be fine. I would just sniff stuff like milk before using it.

I can never be too appalled by them, I guess because they've always been very open about being a Christian company? It doesn't seem like anything they've ever hidden while pretending to be hip, in other words.

Though starting every day with a prayer at work is freaky as is not being opened on Sundays (which makes it easier for me NOT to eat at Chick Fil A). Though in my commute to UCLA this week and last has had me drive right past the Hollywood CFA.

Oh, I didn't know about the prayer! That's not good. I knew about Sundays, though -- go to the mall food court on a Sunday and it's the only one that's dark. There's a craft place, Hobby Lobby, that's also openly Christian and closed on Sundays.

In-N-Out, though, has a bible verse on the bottom of their cup. Yet, they don't creep me out.

Seriously? I never heard that, but I've also never been to one. I don't think they have them on the East Coast. Or maybe there was one in NYC? I can't remember.

I meant to say, the Sunday thing doesn't strike me as weird because growing up nothing was open on Sunday, and most stores were only open Thursday evenings. And nothing was open as late as stores are now.

Steph, if no one was home and the fridge was never opened, it should be fine. I would just sniff stuff like milk before using it.

I was home, but only opened the fridge twice, really quickly, to get the pet food out and then put it back in after I fed the pets. When the power came back on, I felt the milk carton (a plastic gallon jug, half-full), and it was still cool.

I'm not worried about the freezer stuff; the ice cream might be soupy, but it'll re-freeze. We don't have slabs of raw meat in the freezer, so anything that might have thawed a little bit is bread, veggies, or ice cream. It'll all re-freeze and be fine.

I'll sniff the milk, though. You think eggs are fine?

The eggs will absolutely be fine, yeah.