Gas bill
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
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digital man wrote:
They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Why? You knew the cost before hand. You knew your wife left the heat on most days. Sounds more like you're pissed at yourself and the wife and want to take it out on the gas company. BTW, during winter here in New York, I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating, and that's being very frugal. Marc
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digital man wrote:
They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Why? You knew the cost before hand. You knew your wife left the heat on most days. Sounds more like you're pissed at yourself and the wife and want to take it out on the gas company. BTW, during winter here in New York, I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating, and that's being very frugal. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating
I assume that you burn hobos to make up the shortfall.
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
When we went home to Budapest we found that the boiler had gone tts-up. After we got the boiler fixed - unerds of poonds - we wacked the heating up to get some sort of warmth - about 18-20 C - into the flat. As a guestimate we burnt about £200 of gas in three days...
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digital man wrote:
They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Why? You knew the cost before hand. You knew your wife left the heat on most days. Sounds more like you're pissed at yourself and the wife and want to take it out on the gas company. BTW, during winter here in New York, I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating, and that's being very frugal. Marc
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digital man wrote:
They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Why? You knew the cost before hand. You knew your wife left the heat on most days. Sounds more like you're pissed at yourself and the wife and want to take it out on the gas company. BTW, during winter here in New York, I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating, and that's being very frugal. Marc
Yes and no. That pretty much doubles the bill and we used it similarly last year and the bill was only about (from memory) £250. Wholesale prices and the prices to the customer are supposed to be falling, not rising (in the UK). I'm happy to leave it on if it's needed (which it was) but this bill seems far higher than it shoudl be given the usage. Don't worry, though, I have my credit card at the ready: I know I'll have to cave in and pay or the only gas we'll have is, well, you get the picture. ps NY is much colder than here. I have a friend who lives just outside NY who delights in sending me pictures of the snow and then taking the piss out of our measly 1 inch that seesm to bring the whole country to a grinding halt.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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I love Florida.
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Oh so do I: give me job and I'll be there on the next flight!
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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digital man wrote:
They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Why? You knew the cost before hand. You knew your wife left the heat on most days. Sounds more like you're pissed at yourself and the wife and want to take it out on the gas company. BTW, during winter here in New York, I can easily spend 300USD a month on heating, and that's being very frugal. Marc
My heating bill for this winter, in New York City, was almost zero... Quad-core desktop + Big screen TV + Good quality windows = No need for a heater, unless it drops below 0F outside. Actually I've been opening the windows a little now and then, to cool the place down. Now... Summer on the other hand... My air conditioner pretty much has to run for four months straight...
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
I live in Newfoundland where it can get quite cold in winter (though only -2C today), and heating costs are usually substantial. I took the plunge and went with a geothermal installation in our new home. Well worth it. One month heating for us now, in a 3700 sq ft home, is about $130 CAD in winter.
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I love Florida.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
It's a nice place to visit (Which I do, about twice a year - Parents are near Sarasota), but I wouldn't want to live there... You guys have no terrain. It's too flat. Import some mountains, or at least hills...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel) -
Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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Yes and no. That pretty much doubles the bill and we used it similarly last year and the bill was only about (from memory) £250. Wholesale prices and the prices to the customer are supposed to be falling, not rising (in the UK). I'm happy to leave it on if it's needed (which it was) but this bill seems far higher than it shoudl be given the usage. Don't worry, though, I have my credit card at the ready: I know I'll have to cave in and pay or the only gas we'll have is, well, you get the picture. ps NY is much colder than here. I have a friend who lives just outside NY who delights in sending me pictures of the snow and then taking the piss out of our measly 1 inch that seesm to bring the whole country to a grinding halt.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
digital man wrote:
our measly 1 inch that seesm to bring the whole country to a grinding halt.
Don't you mean 1cm ?
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It's a nice place to visit (Which I do, about twice a year - Parents are near Sarasota), but I wouldn't want to live there... You guys have no terrain. It's too flat. Import some mountains, or at least hills...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel) -
It's a nice place to visit (Which I do, about twice a year - Parents are near Sarasota), but I wouldn't want to live there... You guys have no terrain. It's too flat. Import some mountains, or at least hills...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)Stayed in Sarasota (somewhere near St. Armands Circle) last year but prefer Naples. Always have to find a Kilwin's or ColdStone Creamery. Mmm.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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It's a nice place to visit (Which I do, about twice a year - Parents are near Sarasota), but I wouldn't want to live there... You guys have no terrain. It's too flat. Import some mountains, or at least hills...
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)Southwest flys pretty much everywhere I want to go for $90 bucks each way.
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Ok suppose the gas price is the same as here, you would have used approximately €516 worth of gas which is 846 cubic meters of gas at €0.61 per cubic meter. I don't believe you could have used that much..
harold aptroot wrote:
I don't believe you could have used that much.
Neither do I. Still don't think I'll get too far: I'll need to check and make sure I didn't misread the meter before I call them and also take a good look at previous bills but I'll either have to pay or go without I suppose. Just had a quick look: 680 units since September.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
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harold aptroot wrote:
I don't believe you could have used that much.
Neither do I. Still don't think I'll get too far: I'll need to check and make sure I didn't misread the meter before I call them and also take a good look at previous bills but I'll either have to pay or go without I suppose. Just had a quick look: 680 units since September.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
You sure you don't have a gas leak? Any gas fires in the house?
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
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Just got my gas bill after submitting a meter reading. Apparently I owe them £467.15 for the winter period. I know it was cold, I know the wife left the heating on most days but £467??? They'll be getting a stern call from me this evening. Bastards.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells
I live in South Carolina USA. Most of our systems focus on cooling. IN the winter we run the A/C backward basically to heat. Most years this works out OK. This year my heating system didn't even shut off most of December and January resulting in electric charges that are 2.5 times more than I have ever paid in the same period ( same house) in a few years.
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You sure you don't have a gas leak? Any gas fires in the house?
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough" ~ Albert Einstein "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." ~ Paul Neal "Red" Adair
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
You sure you don't have a gas leak?
BANG! Not that I'm aware of.
1.21 Gigawatts wrote:
Any gas fires in the house?
The entire system is only 4 years old. Actually, hmm, just had the boiler serviced a couple of months ago. Hmm. Ta: probaby a red herring but worth looking at: the boiler has kept losing pressure since it was serviced.
Tychotics: take us back to the moon "Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars." H. G. Wells