anyone mention Coalinga yet?
I thought about mentioning COWalinga, I really did. But then I also thought of the paper plant in Antioch, and the meat packing plant where I grew up, and seized up.
This is my boat. They're part of my crew. No one's getting left. Best you get used to that.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Volans - Nov 04, 2005 9:30:19 am PST #1324 of 10006
move out and draw fire
Burrell - Nov 04, 2005 9:33:26 am PST #1325 of 10006
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
dang, paper plants must REALLY stink.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 04, 2005 9:39:16 am PST #1326 of 10006
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
dang, paper plants must REALLY stink.
More than you could ever believe, especially given that cut wood smells pretty good.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 04, 2005 9:47:14 am PST #1327 of 10006
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Does anyone know anything about electricity usage? I haven't paid gas and electric since 1995, so I can't remember what is normal.
Last month (October) my electricity usage went from 168 and 184 in the months previous to 559kwh. Is that a lot for a one bedroom apartment with a gas hot water heater, electric stove and gas heat. I have one small tv, and 2 computers. I often fall asleep with the tv on, but I did that in August, September and October too.
Also, is 7 therms of gas "normal" for just a hot water heater on?
brenda m - Nov 04, 2005 9:48:51 am PST #1328 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
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§ ita § - Nov 04, 2005 9:51:00 am PST #1329 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sure, until it dies.
DXMachina - Nov 04, 2005 9:54:54 am PST #1330 of 10006
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Last month (October) my electricity usage went from 168 and 184 in the months previous to 559kwh.
I think that would only be normal if you had electric heat, or did a heck of a lot of baking.
Is your electric meter strictly for your apartment, or is it possible it's measuring other circuits, like the basement? (At my old apartment, the basement and exterior lights went through my circuit panel, so I paid for them. Since I made far more use of the basement, it was fair.)
Also, sometimes utilities estimate bills between visits, and they may have underestimated the last two months (or overestimated this month, but that seems less likely).
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 04, 2005 9:55:05 am PST #1331 of 10006
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Why would someone eat a limburger cheese sandwich?
Don't ask me. This is the man who's too picky to try Chinese or Japanese food when I'm ordering take-out. Though I suspect his German best friend and the enormous quantities of alcohol they consumed may have played a part.
sarameg - Nov 04, 2005 9:56:46 am PST #1332 of 10006
Sophia, I'll have to look at my bills when I get home, but the direction of the change seems totally counterintuitive, unless you've been baking more or something. Can you go read your meter and actually compare to the reading on the bill? BGE sometimes did an estimate, and it got all fucked up at one point.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 04, 2005 10:01:42 am PST #1333 of 10006
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, hopefully it is not measuring the basement, as I have no access to it (the other tenant does.) I am just afraid the whole damn thing is miswired and I am paying for part of her electricity (since this seems to coincide with the downstairs person moving in). We are also supposed to have completely separate hot water, but strangely, I can feel a drop in the hot water pressure if we are both taking a shower (in our respective apartments) at the same time.
I'll check out the meter, though...