August,

 AA> I know it may not be much consolation to you, but I am a few
 AA> years older than you, I've gone through being without access to
 AA> running water (except for the kind that is readily available
 AA> through my leaky roof) ..and learned that I can heat up some
 AA> water and use that for a quick sponge bath.  With regard to no
 AA> toilet however.. I dunno, except that maybe a neighbor could
 AA> oblige?

  Not likely. They re-enable the water for the overnight and early
morning hours. So, by stopping eating and drinking, there's less
likelihood for nature to call...it does at the most inopportune
time, anyway.

 AA> Oh.. and happy birthday to you at this seemingly unhappy time!

  Worst birthday I ever had. I feel like I blew the candles out,
and the cake exploded, and I got third degree burns.

 AA> If you need offline storage for a file collection, I can give
 AA> you an ftp account to stash what you need at something like
 AA> thunderbolt.kolico.ca with my ISP.

  Right now, I have far more important fish to fry than worrying
about my hobbies...the BBS included.

Daryl

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