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Piglet
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Originally posted by Gee D:
This talk of metre men is making me feel inadequate.
I was talking about Loth's electricity bill; I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, Gee D.
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
You let him in and THEN threw some clothes on?
Maybe there's some truth to all those stories about Metre Men...
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Two doors, here, BL. I let him in the security door so he could go into room with meters etc, wiring and so on. Then there is my front door. up a couple of floors. As it turned out, he buzzed again about an hour later. My guess is that he went to McDs for morning tea.He hasn't been upstairs at all.
Never mind Gee D. Some have it, some don"t. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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Dennis the Menace
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
I was about to shower this morning when buzzer from security entrance went. Gas company wanted access to replace the meter for my apartment downstaies. It is reading over three times as much as the meter under sink. Hence bill of over $1400, more than seven times the highest bill I have had here.
I let him in and quickly threw clothes on. I guess he has to check the two meters are synchronised. No one so far. A bit of notice would have been polite.
L, I worked for A.L doing a similar job, you have a remote meter, the meter under the sink is the accuarate one. Keep an eye on the consumption part of your bill ie prev reading and current reading. I'm surprised A.L picked it up. Things must have improved since I left two years ago.
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Lothlorien
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This has been ongoing for months. Obviously I put in a complaint when the ridiculous bill arrived.
Jemena rang a few days into new year. Complaint had been passed on by Origin on Christmas Eve! They came out in a few says. Sink meter was running st a third of meter downstairs. A report was to be made tha meter downstairs needed repkacing and I gather that happened today,
I will be recording meter under sink weekly from now.. I had to do that with electricity many years ago.
Another apartment a few doors down also had a stupid bill. Owner was overseas for three months, documented and a bill nearly as big as mine,
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Dennis the Menace
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Originally posted by Banner Lady:
You let him in and THEN threw some clothes on?
Maybe there's some truth to all those stories about Metre Men...
I did a similar job with the Gas Co for 8 years. On one occasion had a woman come to the door in just a towel and insist most provocatively I come in to check her meter. Another occason, same block of housing flats, I interupted a couple watching porn!! In this instance I had to gain access to ensure the gas was indeed on. They didn't try to hide what they were doing!!
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Huia
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When the plumbers came to work on my bathroom they arrived 5 minutes early - we were all lucky it wasn't 10 minutes.
Fortunately I have finished with tradespeople for a while (barring emergencies). The electricians rewired the house, put in a new meter (the old board contained asbestos) and replaced the dodgy wiring. Apparently some wiring from the 1950s was coated with rubber which was beginning to perish. I had suspected this, and am glad I had it done, despite the cost. A fire on top of the quakes would be horrendous.
I am not enjoying this summer so far. I've never had hay fever before and combined with the anti-biotics my doctor prescribed for an infected insect bite, I am feeling miserable and sorry for myself. Fortunately a couple from church have organised 4 day a trip to the West Coast starting on Waitangi Day ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
There are industrial grade sandflies over there so I am taking all appropriate measures - more antibiotics would not be welcome.
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Welease Woderwick
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Here the electric meters are all placed on an outside wall so they can be read without needing access. Cooking gas is still in cylinders as yet so no need for metering, just wondering when it will be delivered - it's a shame as one of the gas delivery men is quite cute...
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Here the electric meters are all placed on an outside wall so they can be read without needing access. Cooking gas is still in cylinders as yet so no need for metering, just wondering when it will be delivered - it's a shame as one of the gas delivery men is quite cute...
No one comes into apartment ,WW, to read meter. Account reading is taken downstairs.
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Huia
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I'm a bit slow with this - the actual meter board is outside so it can be read manually if needed, but we are on smart meters which are read automatically by the power company. What's now left inside is the switchboard so I can turn the power off if necessary or flip the switch back on if I overload a circuit. The other board had fuses.
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Gee D
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WW, the rule here is to have meters outside so that meter readers can have access regardless of who's at home etc. Lothlorien lives in a block of home units and seems somehow to have an extra meter internal to her unit. I've not heard of that at all.
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Lothlorien
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We all have two internal meters, gas and electricity. I have gas stovetop, gas outlet for heater and gas hot water. Water comes from tank on roof and temperature is topped up by electricity for shower. I think that's the right way round.
I also have fuse box in my pantry. Well. I call it a fusebox through custom, but it has circuit breakers.
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Gee D
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Does that mean that you have to be home so that the internal meters can be read?
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Gee D:
Does that mean that you have to be home so that the internal meters can be read?
No,not at all.
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Gee D
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So what function do they serve?
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Lothlorien
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I don't know for sure. Dennis the Menace can probably explain much better than I can.. I do know the two should tallly fairly well.
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Dennis the Menace
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
I don't know for sure. Dennis the Menace can probably explain much better than I can.. I do know the two should tallly fairly well.
The gas meter under the sink is usually the more acurate one as the one d/s is remotely operated (not sure how) and is subject to inaccuracy.
Having said that, now in reading Loth's latest post,it sounds like the one under the sink could be a 'hot water meter', measuring the amount of hot water used by each customer from a central tank. The amount of hot water used is in conjunction with the amount of gas used by the central HWS. The meter is small, about 3ins or so in dia, could be orange in colour, access to read that is necessary otherwise they guesstimate and they always err in their favour! In security buildings they don't always try to contact customer, I didn't when disconnecting for debt, did the job and buggered off. Contacting the customer under those circumstances was not a good idea!!
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I definitely don't have internal meters. My house was completely rewired and replumbed before I moved in, and all the meters are outside.
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Banner Lady
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TP, being that way inclined, reads our meters regularly and keeps his own records of gas, water, electricity and petrol consumption. He seems to find all this fascinating. But it does pay dividends when something is wrong because we know quite quickly.
Although I could have told him to expect a spike in water usage now we have a teenager living with us again!
A friend who bought houses for each of her children and rented them out until they were old enough to inhabit them has just had a nasty shock. She put tennants into a brand new house a few years ago, and they decided to use one of the bedrooms as a study. The bedroom shared a wall with the main bathroom, and this was where they put their bookshelves.
When they moved out, they discovered the back of the bookshelves and the bathroom wall were covered in mould. There had been a well hidden slow internal leak from the bathroom pipes, and the only way to fix it was for my friend to demolish the wall, rebuild it and install a mostly new bathroom.
Ouch.
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Happy Australia day peeps!
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Uncle Pete
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Is it Australia Day? Here we celebrate Republic Day - the day India threw off the shackles of colonialism.
Good news about Prince Philip, eh?
Happy Australia Day!! to all my good friends there!
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Gee D
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Is it Australia Day? Here we celebrate Republic Day - the day India threw off the shackles of colonialism.
Good news about Prince Philip, eh?
Happy Australia Day!! to all my good friends there!
Very good news indeed about HRH, and boundless thanks to our beloved PM for introducing a note of comedy to our national day.
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Lothlorien
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Indeed, Gee D. Along with many others. I wondered if the year had fast forwarded to April 1.
Such sarcasm, Uncle Pete. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) I will say we are trying hard to do this but you see the actions of the government, one wonders just how much longer.
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Woke up to the news that the entire country had been trolled by its prime minister. Again.
I suspect a brain injury.
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It really is beyond parody isn't it? ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Evangeline
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On a positive note, I'm glad Rosemary Batty is Australian of the Year, bringing family violence into the spotlight and changing the way we (don't) talk about it is long overdue.
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Banner Lady
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Nope. Not a clue. Maybe I should stand for PM. I seem to have the criteria covered there.
Much sound of merriment from down the end of our street for some hours today. TP went to get milk from our local shop and went that way. He came back reporting that in one of the cul-de-sacs, a group of young men wearing sailor hats had emptied a trailer load of sand to create their own private beach. They were busy playing beach cricket, and every time a local wandered past they all stopped to salute. TP duly saluted back and came back to report it's nice to know good clean fun still exists in Oz in the 21st century.
Happy Straya Day maties. And if you haven't seen the video clip called Straya yet, please check it out. I'm impressed that the maker did it for joy and not for money. It's a ripper, but I can't seem to do the link for some reason. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
As I said, not a clue...
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Piglet
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Happy Australia Day (I realise by now I may be a bit late). ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I can't quite get my head around the knighthood for Prince Philip - part of me thinks, fair enough, your PM wants to recognise him with an honour and that's the way he thinks it should be done. Another part of me thinks, as Loth's cartoon caption seemed to infer, that a knighthood is a bit of a comedown if you're already a Prince and a Duke.
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Gee D
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Back to work properly for both of us today, for another year - and what a day to go back. Quite cool and pouring rain as I made my way up to the station this morning, and still going when I was coming back home. Not really January - but then the weather over the break was great.
The knighthood for PP is best looked at as low comedy, but I do wonder a bit what HM thinks of it.
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I don't know which Australians have or have not got knighthoods but I'm sure there must be a couple of hundred more worthy than Prince Philip.
Now that he has the award, a lot of people won't want one.
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Piglet
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I know that all we ever seem to hear about Phil the Greek is his well-publicised gaffes, but ISTM that there must be more to him than that (still working at ninety-something, never-takes-the-limelight etc.). You get the impression that the Queen regards him as a very good egg, without whom her reign would have been much harder, and much less successful.
That's good enough for me - just my 2p.
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Mr Curly
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It's off to school today. Biggest (Yr 11) has an introductory couple of hours only at his new school, but will be giving his boater a try out and meeting the Cricket Master. Middle (Yr 10) is doing Peer Support, so he gets to go, while Little Miss has her first day at high school.
Let routine return to the house, and PS3 and unlimited use of mobile devices depart for the term.
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BOOK LAUNCH INVITATION
Good morning all: I know this is late getting out, but hopefully some in Sydney are interested and available. The media launch for 'Frock Off' will be this Friday at 2pm at the Union Club in the CBD.
'Frock Off' is the story of how one Anglican priest found himself running foul of the Diocese of Newcastle and which ended up with him being defrocked. It is a account of abuse of power and lack of due process, of how the pursuit of justice can be costly.
For more information and contact details please see here
(mended link - Piglet, AS host)
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Lothlorien
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Originally posted by Mr Curly:
It's off to school today. Biggest (Yr 11) has an introductory couple of hours only at his new school, but will be giving his boater a try out and meeting the Cricket Master. Middle (Yr 10) is doing Peer Support, so he gets to go, while Little Miss has her first day at high school.
Let routine return to the house, and PS3 and unlimited use of mobile devices depart for the term.
mr curly.
My grandchildren are growing up very quickly. Three of five are now in high school, one of those going in to year 11. He is now a prefect as prefects have a two year time in office. He also has learner's permit. Too fast !
Very soggy day here and I have to trace a delivery which is marked on Australia Post site as delivered. No notification to me at all. I had two deliveries scheduled yesterday. Fruit and vegetables did not arrive till 7:15 pm as they had deliveries from Monday too. That meant I was definitely here all day and courier did not ring.
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Lothlorien
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EL, I can't get your link to post on either iPad or computer. All that comes up is http:// but no more of the URL
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This link should work.
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Gee D
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Well done by all 3 Mr Curly. The boater should easily see Biggest through to his HSC. The boaters of train boys will have a harder life than those of walkers, but by Yr 11 that sort of bullying will have gone*. A very light coat of estapol - in my day we used shellac - will waterproof it; the plastic covers are very effective but are most definitely not an acceptable fashion item.
Sorry Emli, but now back at work, and 2 pm is not an easy time to slip down the road even for a few minutes. I have conferences all day Friday, starting at 8.
*I know it should not happen, but it does and there's only so much policing teachers can do.
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Lothlorien
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Gee D, I can remember two styles of plastic covers for our panamas. Neither could ever be considered a fashion item. One was similar to the cover for a boater with elastic under the bream, the other folded up like a fan and was tied fetchingly under the chin. Estapol? shellac? Why didn't we know about these?
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Gee D
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I'm not sure how either would go on panama. It's much softer than a boater's straw.
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Emendator Liturgia
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Thanks JJ - don't know what gremlins are at work - the link worked fine for me, but, well....
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Lothlorien
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I'm not sure how either would go on panama. It's much softer than a boater's straw.
Not my problem now, thank goodness. Three grandchildren attend a large, fairly strict Christian school in western suburbs. Uniform adherence is strict, but uniform no longer has such hats. They must wear soft floppy material hats outside, but no panamas.
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Awesome work, Queenslanders.
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Banner Lady
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So B1.1 & B1.2 headed off to their schools for the first day yesterday. Half an hour later B1.1 was back, sheepishly informing TP & I that his year didn't have to start until today.
Take 2, this morning....
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Lothlorien
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So B1.1 & B1.2 headed off to their schools for the first day yesterday. Half an hour later B1.1 was back, sheepishly informing TP & I that his year didn't have to start until today.
Take 2, this morning....
Five grandchildren, four different starting dates this year, including the Year 11 who went pack the previous week to everyone else.
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Teacher daughter started Monday, her high school child starts Wednesday and the primary schoolers start Thursday. I'm helping with child care for the grandchildren until they are at school. However, the 2 year old is in paid child care. All very confusing!
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Lothlorien
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Teacher daughter started Monday, her high school child starts Wednesday and the primary schoolers start Thursday. I'm helping with child care for the grandchildren until they are at school. However, the 2 year old is in paid child care. All very confusing!
I had a week before Christmas of child minding. Son had booked holidays including those days. However, there was a crisis at work, so he had to go to work. His holidays were re-arranged so he had that week at the other end.
Master 10 basically looked after himself but I was the adult presence. I spent the week sitting gazing through the trees at Brisbane Water.
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Been in the Solomon Islands for two weeks, come home (complete with infection and mild fever of course) and find out that you lot have let the entire country descend into farce!! Up here in the NT we seem to have two chief ministers (or none?), Queensland has lost its government, and Canberra has lost its mind.
When Aussie politics gets bizarre, it does it in spades.
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