Thank you all. Glad to I joined this forum after lurking the site for so long.
"And now for something completely different" I won't ask another question but give something back: Starting next week my wife and I would lock ourselves in our basement-wannabe-not-quite-a-bunker for 5 days (7 if possible). For the rest of the world we'd be at my in-laws' cottage. There would be some cheating though... we have to take our dog to the backyard to do her business (not a complete test). But that only would be a few moments out of each day.
Apart from a cell phone to keep appearances up, the PC (my wife has 5 days off, I'm not, I work from home) and my trusty Grundig FR200 we'll be underground.
We decided to keep the TV unplugged since we'll have the PC. No electrical lighting, heating to a minimum (I have to keep the heating running upstairs or the pipes would freeze and burst, the wind chill is -23 Cº or -10 Fº as I write this).
The purpose it's to test the air quality, amount of food and water used, solar panels' real life test and... I'll be reporting on this Forum a log on what works and what doesn't.
And yes, we are nuts. Let's see how it goes <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />