Go Long, Little Brother...Retrieved by Pat Darnell and the Herd
All Right, Sis! Hit me...
Whenever I read or hear a story like this following one, I remember my oath to secrecy. Yes, the gas company did not catch our faulty gas meter for 15 years that we lived at 3220 Nottingham in WUP.
Our meter that was situated at the far end of our backyard, that often smelt of natural gas, had frozen. The cubic foot "odometer" moving only slightly, read almost the same number for all those years. Not until the last year we lived there did it come to be noticed.
That would be about 1969, when things started changing, as electronics became the new human tangent of conscience. But a sudden "fix" of the "CF odometer" has been attributed to a football pass thrown from the back door, deflected off my
brother's shoulder that squarely hit the gas meter.
I feel a little guilty, but, after 42 years, I can no longer hold onto this classified information. Aged five to fifteen, I owned our back yard, and gave true meaning to "BackYardiGans."
PHOTO's: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 In the News: Dude Threatens To Kill His Roommate Over Fantasy Football [HERE]
Utility Sent Idaho Couple Wrong Bill For 3 Years
Utility Apologizes To Idaho Couple After Sending Them Someone Else's Gas Bill For Over 3 Years | HAYDEN, Idaho, Mar. 6, 2009 | [HERE]
(AP) A utility has reimbursed a northern Idaho couple nearly $2,000 after sending them someone else's gas bill for more than three years. Avista Corp. spokeswoman Debbie Simock said the company has also offered an apology to Don and Penny Fisher. "It was ridiculous," Don Fisher told the Coeur d'Alene Press. "Even in the hot months it was riding up and we were paying for it."
The Fishers said they built fires
and bundled up but continued to get big gas bills for three years and three months. They said their inquiries to Avista didn't get results."Argue, argue, argue," the couple said.
They said they reported a fake gas leak in January to get a visit from a company representative, who discovered that meter readings in the subdivision had been crossed.
The Fishers said they had to skimp on three Christmases due to their nearly $500 in
winter gas and electric bills."It was ridiculous," Don Fisher said. "We could not be using that much gas."(read more at SOURCE)
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In the News: By Dave Kinchen | Monday, January 26, 2009 | Elderly man freezes to death in home [HERE]
What about your Electric Meter?
A 93-year-old Bay City man is found frozen to death inside his home. There is outrage along Chilson Street. Marvin Schur was found dead of hypothermia on January 17th inside
his house.“We are supposed to live in the greatest country in the world and yet we shut someone’s gas off and let them freeze to death!” said Jerome Anderson, a neighbor.
