Mal ,'Trash'
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.
Have you been running the AC full-blast for the last month?
My guess is Sparky1's idea is right. Or maybe the meter reader read it wrong.
Our rates in Chicago just went up 30% or so.
ION, Dino complains that it's last shutdown was "unexpected." That's all it will tell me.
Happy Anniversary, Sheryl and DH!
OMG! I just got my electric bill and it is more than seven times the amount that it has been!
1.21 Gigawatts?! Great Scott!
That happened to me too in the middle of this year, sumi! It sucks.
1.21 Gigawatts?! Great Scott!
Of course, since we're now living in The Future, you can just walk down to the corner drugstore and pick up some plutonium.
Of course, since we're now living in The Future, you can just walk down to the corner drugstore and pick up some plutonium.
Just be careful carrying it home. Evidently, there's something the matter with the Earth's gravitational pull.
Well, my landlord switched me to electric heat in December. I phoned and got on "budget billing" right away and I've been paying that amount - just getting reminders from my bank and not looking at an actual bill.
So, it's my fault and they couldn't help me out.
So, I work in Puerto Rico and sometimes, since English isn't everyone's first language, things come out funny.
For example, my Puerto Rican co-worker says to our African American boss this morning, "You're looking very African AMerican today."
I almost swallowed my tongue trying not to laugh. Thankfully, my boss took it well.
My local utility provider lets you pay on a "budget." They average out your usage over the past six months and that's what you pay. My last budget payment was $95 a month. They recalculated last month and it's up to $105, but with the increased oil prices and the high temperatures I figure that's actually pretty decent. While I may pay more than I use some months, it saves me from getting nasty shocks like sumi's.
eta: I just read sumi's recent post. I think you got screwed by them. It shouldn't happen like that.
From aways back, re. best breakup memo: I've met Robert Olen Butler! But now I can't remember if he was the GIANT asshole who did a guest workshop at my grad program or if he was okay. I need to check with my main grad school friend. But am I understanding that his now-ex is in her early 30s now and they've been together for 10 years and she was in a 10-year long abusive marriage before that??? Meaning since she was an early teen she's been married? WTF? Or did I read wrong?
sarameg, when I picked up insulin at the vet last week they gave me a box of syringes. It's the new policy! But they may just be the u40 syringes not the u100s that are more easily available at drugstores. You should check though!