actually the rolling blackouts didn't affect me at all cause i was block #50 and they only rotated between 1-10 or something. when i was in england and ireland i sort of ran accross the same thing. everyone was asking me if i liked president bush (i don't, they didn't either) and everyone was asking if all americans really do own guns. i told them i know a lot of people with real guns, and i know a lot of people with 'recreational' guns. i own a pellet rifle and a bb gun. my old neighbor used to sleep with a gun under her pillow when her husband was away. we did live in the country though. one time this crazy guy knocked on our door around midnite and said he was gonna sleep on our porch. when we said no, he said that he was anyways, and that it was alright if he did cause he was the sheriff.