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I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
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
§ 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...
Frankenbuddha - Nov 04, 2005 10:14:51 am PST #1334 of 10006
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Though I suspect his German best friend and the enormous quantities of alcohol they consumed may have played a part.
I also suspect this is what led to it ending up behind the furniture.
brenda m - Nov 04, 2005 10:22:29 am PST #1335 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
Heh. The LA Times really is that bad, isn't it? From this mornings online edition: [link]
Allyson - Nov 04, 2005 10:27:05 am PST #1336 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
oh! lori! there you are.
I want to build a rail gun. Will you help me?
Steph L. - Nov 04, 2005 10:32:45 am PST #1337 of 10006
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Sophia, I have a one-bedroom apt., electric stove, TV, computer, etc. I have window unit a/c in the living room and bedroom, and I do not pay heat.
Here's what my utility provider says my usage has been for the past 12 months:
10/05/2005 604
09/06/2005 761
08/05/2005 672
07/07/2005 694
06/07/2005 572
05/06/2005 308
04/07/2005 328
03/08/2005 244
02/07/2005 280
01/07/2005 307
12/06/2004 306
11/03/2004 254
As you can see from the huge jump in the summer, I am a total WHORE for air conditioning, and I'm willing to pay for it.