Genset discussion from Podmod>television thread

It took 33 years at their current house to finally convince my parents to buy the generator (a hurricane a few years ago left them w/o power for 3 days, that sealed it).  They are fairly frugal.  As a kid I woke up many winter mornings freezing, and spent many summer nights trying to sleep in the heat and humidity.  They refused to get A/C or cable tv until long after I was out of the house, even though all the neighbors and their friends had those luxuries and my parents certainly could afford them.  So I chalk it up to frugality.  They got a top of the line portable genset.  If you can backfeed it for $50, why spend $$$ for another option?

My parents were the same way.  We never had air conditioning when I was a kid until Dad got transferred and they had to sell the house.  (Once they got it they never went without it again, partly due to not being able to find houses to buy without it!)  They were never cheap either, but as you say, certainly frugal.  That was mostly a good thing in a lot of ways.

TT