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Post by crankcaller on Dec 4, 2019 18:52:47 GMT
Don't use the toaster.
Hello.
I'm off to have a fight with the post office. I have ID and I have a photo of the wee card they put through your door, I have txt's & emails from them. They have my new laptop. If I go home first to get the card I'll not want to go back out.
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 4, 2019 18:54:04 GMT
I remember doing the same when we got a smart meter many years ago.
It didn't last long. The cat smashed it around in an effort to hide the costs of her heated cat bed. Soon it was quite dead. But I no longer needed it because by then I knew the power consumption of every appliance. My brain had become the smart meter.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 4, 2019 18:54:41 GMT
Also it's bin night* and Asda order night so even if I get it I won't get a proper chance to set up.
*Yes it is you chump.
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Post by Faceless on Dec 4, 2019 18:56:26 GMT
Bin night was last night. Basic.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:00:40 GMT
Bin night where we are too.
The toaster's output will have to wait til tomorrow morning.
A heated cat bed? wtf...
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Post by scubar on Dec 4, 2019 19:05:22 GMT
Bin night here, bloody cold. Might leave it.
I never have to worry about my toasters putput, as I don’t have one.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:09:15 GMT
In other news, my Amazon order of Kraken Spiced Rum was finally delivered. (Thanks to USA Tiffany).
As a 65 yr old man I was obviously required to show photo ID in order to take delivery. It took 5 minutes for the driver to record my date of birth from my passport onto his device. before handing over the liquor.
Presumably he had to painstakingly scroll back through the years to reach mine.
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Post by scubar on Dec 4, 2019 19:09:48 GMT
Your kettle’s only 13p an hour? That’s pretty cheap.
I have no idea if you are folically challenged or not, but I would not advise looking at your smart meter when hair dryers or straighteners are in use.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:13:59 GMT
I have a fine head of hair thank you, but have no use for hair dryers, straighteners, curlers or other devices.
However we still have one daughter living at home who no doubt avails herself of such paraphernalia (at our expense, natch)
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:17:00 GMT
Your kettle’s only 13p an hour? That’s pretty cheap. i don't think it was a fair test. There was very little water in it and I only switched it on for a few seconds. I will conduct a more thorough test at breakfast tomorrow (along with the toaster) and report back. |
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 4, 2019 19:20:01 GMT
I have a parcel!
Full of bricks going by the weight.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:24:28 GMT
The cat smashed it around in an effort to hide the costs of her heated cat bed. Soon it was quite dead. Seems a harsh punishment for the poor moggy. |
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Post by scubar on Dec 4, 2019 19:28:44 GMT
I have a parcel! Full of bricks going by the weight. Is it addressed to a Mr R Bozo? |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 4, 2019 19:32:14 GMT
A bit off topic, but I've been watching a few old Michael Parkinson interviews on the tube. Why is it that he always sounds like he's got a particularly difficult Yorkshire poo that just won't eject? Good luck Jumbulance, please note the fire escapes. |
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Post by scubar on Dec 4, 2019 19:34:14 GMT
A bit off topic, but I've been watching a few old Michael Parkinson interviews on the tube. Why is it that he always sounds like he's got a particularly difficult Yorkshire poo that just won't eject? Good luck Jumbulance, please note the fire escapes. Escapes from where? |
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:38:58 GMT
If you conducted interviews on the tube you'd probably sound that way too.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 4, 2019 19:44:29 GMT
I have a parcel! Full of bricks going by the weight. Is it addressed to a Mr R Bozo? That was the return addressee. should I be worried? |
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 19:55:12 GMT
Is it addressed to a Mr R Bozo? That was the return addressee. should I be worried? Worried? You should be bricking it. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 4, 2019 20:30:45 GMT
Whats the cost of opening and posting on the Chatterbox? (Financial, not moral). Hmm....tricky one. The baseline figure, TV, living room and hall light, router, laptop etc (exluding heating, cooker) is around 6p an hour. Reassuringly cheap. |
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 4, 2019 21:02:45 GMT
I do not have a smart meter. I do have a spreadsheet of meter readings for gas and leccy, taken on or around the 14th of each month, since I moved here. The spreadsheets calculate the cost and usage in kWh, and produce a graph* of usage throughout the year.
OTTM: earlier I had a conversation wih an 11y-o, the conclusion of which was that we're taking a "holiday" from the PlayStation until about Christmas. Inevitably, there were tears, shouting and general unpleasantness -- precisely the behaviour the "holiday" is designed to discourage -- and his behaviour wasn't much fucking better.
*Actually three graphs.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 21:04:06 GMT
Hmm....tricky one. The baseline figure, TV, living room and hall light, router, laptop etc (exluding heating, cooker) is around 6p an hour. Reassuringly cheap. Can't wait to switch on the tumble dryer, washing machine, dishwasher, toaster, kettle and microwave simultaneously... Really test the fuck out of the IHD * * In Home Display, not Ischemic Heart Disease |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 4, 2019 21:12:46 GMT
I do not have a smart meter. I do have a spreadsheet of meter readings for gas and leccy, taken on or around the 14th of each month, since I moved here. The spreadsheets calculate the cost and usage in kWh, and produce a graph* of usage throughout the year. OTTM: earlier I had a conversation wih an 11y-o, the conclusion of which was that we're taking a "holiday" from the PlayStation until about Christmas. Inevitably, there were tears, shouting and general unpleasantness -- precisely the behaviour the "holiday" is designed to discourage -- and his behaviour wasn't much fucking better. *Actually three graphs. Shenguin has been banned by his preferred mammal’s offspring from using the PlayStation? |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 4, 2019 21:14:35 GMT
Actually Shenguin himself makes that joke at the end. Dammit. You know what, I’m going to leave it up anyway.
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 4, 2019 21:15:16 GMT
Our electricity and gas supplier is Tonik, since you ask. Birmingham-based green energy firm, with a particularly green mix of electricity sources (all solar or wind), and offset for the natural gas element of the gas (and 10% of gas from is biogas from waste). They also pay interest for credit in the account, so if a large credit balance build up, I'm actually happy with that. Would recommend.
You can see the origins of the electricity mix by checking the Fuel Mix report all suppliers have on their websites (some try to hide it). Some "green" suppliers are bastards. For example, Octopus give the impression of being all renewable, but in 17/18 6% of their electricity came from coal, against a national average of 9%.
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Post by Destry on Dec 4, 2019 21:18:03 GMT
I do not have a smart meter. I do have a spreadsheet of meter readings for gas and leccy, taken on or around the 14th of each month, since I moved here. The spreadsheets calculate the cost and usage in kWh, and produce a graph* of usage throughout the year. *Actually three graphs.  |
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