Ok. Groceries purchased. Cat fed and brushed. Dinner in the oven.
I really hope this cold doesn't last much longer. I live alone and am single so being sick brings my life to a standstill.
Gibson is concerned also.
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My gas usage (excluding supply) for 2.5 months was $90. The only gas appliance I have is ducted heating which hasn't been switched on at all this year. That seems high, right? The heater system has an always-on pilot light but $90 for just that seems very steep.
The heater system is about 30 years old, might be on the fritz - but turned on this morning and it was working fine.
Is your gas meter accessible? Check the reading, then check a few days or a week later again, and youβll know how much gas is getting used per day/week. Then you can multiply by the cost on your gas plan, and see what the cost is. There will likely be some other set charges in the bill, not counting the usage.
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We were shopping for our first home many years ago. It was on a hill. As we were stepping out to leave, the agent says βhey is that your car?β
I look over across the street, and my car had started rolling down the hill!! I bolted over the fence, quickly zapped the alarm button and dove inside to stop it just in time before crashing into another car.!
We ended up buying the house.
The End
Got a similar story with a trolley.
Was loading groceries and stuff into my car and put down something to stop the trolley from rolling downhill.
Come back from one load and trolley is missing and I see it slowly rolling down picking up momentum in the car park, at the end one incline are more cars parked.
Bolted after the trolley and thankfully no cars were coming up or down the laneway at the time and after 100 metres I manage to catch the trolley without hitting a car or being hit by one.
That scared the bejubus out of me that day. Never parked there ever again.
That was some movie level dare devilling there π«¨
I felt like Tom Cruise
You had a tether and did it in very very slow motion?
When we purchased our new house 5 years ago, we had a Tesla PowerWall installed. It came with a Telstra 3G SIM card and when they installed it, I told them to connect it via Ethernet. The technician refused, saying that it has 3G and doesnβt need to be connect to the home network at all.
I received a text from Tesla this morning, telling me that our PowerWall will not be covered by warranty when Telstra kill 3G at the end of next month.
I then received an email from Tesla (that looked like Spam).
I then receive a phone call from Tesla.
I mentioned that I donβt have WiFi coverage in my garage and they told me to move my router. I told them that I instructed the technician to connect via Ethernet originally and they said that I would need to get the technician back out to connect it.
I am not allowed to plug Ethernet into it without voiding warranty and I need to plug Ethernet into it to prevent the warranty from being void.
Does anyone know if there's a Canning's equivalent butcher in the inner North/outer North? Free range, low salt, sausages, etc?
My song for today. Journey - Seperate Ways
Used in the Tron movies, such an awesome song even if the music video is a little bit comical.
I love this video. Especially the part where the camera is dollying past the band (from 3:00) and the keyboardist whacks the camera π
Argh!!!
Installation of split system delayed again!
Well I guess on the bright side I managed to do a couple of hours of more decluttering and cleaning.
I half moved some stuff already. Wondering I should just make the moving of furniture within the next day so I donβt have to do it in 2 weeks time.
Still though so frustrating with the constantly delaying. 4th time now I think
omg, who knew that chili bread made with lots of hot chilies would be hot π€
Shocking
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ How many chillies did you use?
8 big ones in a loaf
@Seagoon_ Sounds like the right amount π
And I grew the chilies myself.
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@Seagoon_ They look so delicious π
I love chilli.
Growing up, every time I cooked, I'd promise mum that whatever I was making was "not that spicy".
She eventually learnt that my idea of not too spicy and hers were two very, very different things.