How to Beat the High Co$t of Living
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1:13:08
Power and Light Company.
1:13:12
Thank you.
1:13:22
Yeah.
1:13:23
My power just went out.
1:13:24
Could you send a repairman
over here right away?

1:13:27
What's your name?
1:13:28
Mrs. Elaine Houghton.
1:13:30
Elaine... Houghton.
1:13:35
- 17 Willowbrook Lane?
- Yes.

1:13:37
Wait a minute.
1:13:39
Nothing's wrong
with your lights, lady.

1:13:41
You didn't pay your bill.
$29.18.

1:13:45
You're kidding.
1:13:47
My husband just left on
a hunting trip to Nigeria.

1:13:50
He must've forgotten
to send you the check.

1:13:52
I'll put it in the mail
tomorrow morning.

1:13:54
Would you please
turn the lights back on?

1:13:56
Lady, you have to talk
to the business office.

1:13:59
I don't have the authority.
1:14:00
What's the number?
1:14:02
953-3000, but they don't open
till Monday at 9:00.

1:14:06
- This is an emergency.
- It always is.

1:14:08
No. I'm serious!
My mother is a very sick woman.

1:14:12
She's in the bedroom next to me
with her kidney machine...

1:14:15
which runs on electricity...
1:14:17
which has kept her alive
for seven years.

1:14:19
This wonderful
84-year-old woman!

1:14:22
What's that, Mama?
1:14:25
The machine isn't going
"ta-pocketa ta-pocketa"?

1:14:29
Oh, my God!
1:14:30
No, I'm not talking
to Oral Roberts, Mama.

1:14:34
It's too late for that.
1:14:36
But the man on the other end
of the phone cares.

1:14:39
You do care, don't you?
1:14:40
You will turn the power
back on, won't you?

1:14:43
Lady, that was beautiful.
Really terrific.

1:14:48
I've been here seven years...
1:14:50
and that's
the best I've heard yet.

1:14:52
Great performance!
1:14:54
But, look, all is not lost.
1:14:57
Thrifti-Mart is open
24 hours.


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