helicopterjim
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Tippie said:
They only get the "dry" snow in Calgary
....... on the coast we can get 2 to 3 feet of "wet" snow ......... now THAT will flatten a building not built correctly 
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What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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They only get the "dry" snow in Calgary
....... on the coast we can get 2 to 3 feet of "wet" snow ......... now THAT will flatten a building not built correctly .
CLEMTOG
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Great to see you back again Paul,
I have very strong and fond memories, that a few of us will remember when Nickdav7 organised a proper "mens dinner" at the RAC club in London, all suited and booted we all were and not a pole dancer (the ones that swing on shiny Acro's, not the nationality) on site anywhere, it would be good to do that one again Nicko, but how about Le Gavroche, or restaurant Gordon Ramsey this time? Bike shed would be good also, although not for the same reasons.
CLEM
I have very strong and fond memories, that a few of us will remember when Nickdav7 organised a proper "mens dinner" at the RAC club in London, all suited and booted we all were and not a pole dancer (the ones that swing on shiny Acro's, not the nationality) on site anywhere, it would be good to do that one again Nicko, but how about Le Gavroche, or restaurant Gordon Ramsey this time? Bike shed would be good also, although not for the same reasons.
CLEM
Dellortoman
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Paul LeClair said:
Blimey, you like to do things the hard way. How did you avoid getting dizzy from rotating all the time?
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Dellortoman
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Either you're holding the camera sideways or I've fallen off my chair, again.
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CLEMTOG said:
The pro's use a vacuum sander, unlike us dust covered amateurs.
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Dellortoman said:
tried to fix it, click to open and it should be correctly oriented, I think......
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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mauricejota7604
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Now that bike lifter is a ripper with that lift out panel under the rear wheel!!
Dellortoman
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Is that an electricity meter above the bench? (in the photo with the Triumph on the stand)
If you have an inside meter here, you have to give a key to the electricity authority so their meter reader can get in and read it. I wouldn't be happy with some dude I don't know letting himself into my garage.
If you have an inside meter here, you have to give a key to the electricity authority so their meter reader can get in and read it. I wouldn't be happy with some dude I don't know letting himself into my garage.
Tippie
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Meters for electricity and even water here are wireless, live to the hackers. I thought Oz had the same. Before that we had to read it every month and register the reading by SMS or on the provider website, which opened up for smarties to understate the reading at times of high elec prices and then bring it forward when it was cheaper.
Wish I had a workshop that size.
Wish I had a workshop that size.
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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Yes it is the electricity meter - but they cannot have access without asking - its about once a year or longer as they trust us , the water meter is now wireless - that bit of the wall is the original house - by leaving it there we saved a great deal of cost as only the electricity board can move that lot - you can see it under the blue cover 
while the building was ongoing - we moved the water meter and they rang and said they couldnt read the meter not surprising as the wall it was sitting on was demolished
It has been a lifelong ambition to have a double garage and be able to work around a ramp - it was a bit crowded before !
while the building was ongoing - we moved the water meter and they rang and said they couldnt read the meter not surprising as the wall it was sitting on was demolished It has been a lifelong ambition to have a double garage and be able to work around a ramp - it was a bit crowded before !
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Tippie said:
In one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet, both water and electricity meters are still analog/mechanical... :
Monthly installments with the balance due at the end of the year.At least the readings are (mostly) real and reliable. Germany is now slowly, very slowly, switching to digital.
piet
Dellortoman
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Tippie said:
Yes, we have wireless meters in Oz, but only on new or upgraded installations. Most older houses (like mine) still have electro-mechanical meters that have to be read by a human eyeballing it. I dunno about other electricity utilities around the country, but they don't trust owners to read their own meters here in Tassie. If they can't get to the meter they estimate the reading based on previous consumption trends. Their "estimates" are wildly over the top most of the time.
helicopterjim
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Lots of conversions to digital/wireless here in Canada ...... lots of people had their electricity costs double or worse. Standard response is "you can't argue with technology ...... sorry. Pay up"
Laverdalothar
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sfcpiet said:In one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet, both water and electricity meters are still analog/mechanical... :
At least the readings are (mostly) real and reliable. Germany is now slowly, very slowly, switching to digital.
piet
Piet, the meters need to get exchanged every 5 years or so in Germany; the new ones are all capable of wireless reading, it is just a question of the fee you/the landlord are willing to pay if they activate it or not... (have several of them, trust me...
). However, sometimes these devices do not work properly and do not connect, so that you need to enter the flat anyway to read them. Or the tenant does not want it for "security reasons"...