Comments on: On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me… a sky high electricity bill http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/ One man's struggle in a foreign land Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:51:10 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mahala http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-20425 Mahala Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:50:33 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-20425 December? You're so lucky. At our last house, our neighbours began the Christmas decoration of the outside of the house in mid October. By the end of November, the house needed additional structural support to carry the weight of all the tasteful lights they used. By Christmas, we'd forgotten what sleep was, as they placed the brightest, flashiest concoctions just outside our bedroom window. They eventually took them down just after Valentine's Day, and in just 8 short months it all began again .... December? You’re so lucky. At our last house, our neighbours began the Christmas decoration of the outside of the house in mid October. By the end of November, the house needed additional structural support to carry the weight of all the tasteful lights they used. By Christmas, we’d forgotten what sleep was, as they placed the brightest, flashiest concoctions just outside our bedroom window.
They eventually took them down just after Valentine’s Day, and in just 8 short months it all began again ….

]]> By: jenny freckles http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17301 jenny freckles Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:03:23 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17301 Regarding your comment (1) about 36 people cycling non-stop and hooked up to the grid, thought you might like this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8392451.stm Regarding your comment (1) about 36 people cycling non-stop and hooked up to the grid, thought you might like this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8392451.stm

]]> By: Expat Mum http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17288 Expat Mum Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:59:25 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17288 The only people round here who put their own lights up are in their 80's and it's a cause of local concern as to how they are going to fare this year. Mostly because they end up shouting and generally harrassing each other!!! (I don't bother with the lights myself, going for a tasteful wreath on the door, and a Santa wot looks like he's diving down a chimney in the front garden!) The only people round here who put their own lights up are in their 80′s and it’s a cause of local concern as to how they are going to fare this year. Mostly because they end up shouting and generally harrassing each other!!! (I don’t bother with the lights myself, going for a tasteful wreath on the door, and a Santa wot looks like he’s diving down a chimney in the front garden!)

]]> By: Silverback http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17281 Silverback Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:58:49 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17281 The wrinklies who live in this retirement park (sorry, 55+ community park) tend to have as much time on their gnarled hands as funds under their beds and so the Christmas decorations here have already started to be seen from the ISS. I love it because as we all know, if anyone attempted to put up so much as a single lit Christmas bulb on most estates in England, some hoodie, yobbo or similar 'yoot' would have it away before you could say "oi, come back here with my single lit Christmas bulb, you thieving welfare scumbag" The wrinklies who live in this retirement park (sorry, 55+ community park) tend to have as much time on their gnarled hands as funds under their beds and so the Christmas decorations here have already started to be seen from the ISS.

I love it because as we all know, if anyone attempted to put up so much as a single lit Christmas bulb on most estates in England, some hoodie, yobbo or similar ‘yoot’ would have it away before you could say “oi, come back here with my single lit Christmas bulb, you thieving welfare scumbag”

]]> By: NFAH http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17277 NFAH Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:12:44 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17277 I love your Christmas story (point number 3) because it so perfectly captures what's been going on in American Christmas decorations in the last few years. I swear, 20 years ago we all just had lights. I love your Christmas story (point number 3) because it so perfectly captures what’s been going on in American Christmas decorations in the last few years. I swear, 20 years ago we all just had lights.

]]> By: tqe | Adam http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17276 tqe | Adam Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:22:28 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17276 My parents tell me stories that when I was a child, and before I was born (so say the 1960s and 70s), the local power company in Denver would sponsor Christmas light display contests in the city, with the winner getting some nominal amount (say $1,000). I suspect it only partially covered the winner's electric bill, and anybody who didn't win was on the hook for a whole lot more. To the best of my knowledge the power company in Denver doesn't do it any more. My parents tell me stories that when I was a child, and before I was born (so say the 1960s and 70s), the local power company in Denver would sponsor Christmas light display contests in the city, with the winner getting some nominal amount (say $1,000). I suspect it only partially covered the winner’s electric bill, and anybody who didn’t win was on the hook for a whole lot more.

To the best of my knowledge the power company in Denver doesn’t do it any more.

]]> By: Iota http://www.britoutofwater.com/2009/12/02/on-the-first-day-of-christmas-my-true-love-sent-to-me-a-sky-high-electricity-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-17273 Iota Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:06:55 +0000 http://www.britoutofwater.com/?p=685#comment-17273 You've said it all. It's the best Christmas present the electricity company could wish for. You’ve said it all.

It’s the best Christmas present the electricity company could wish for.

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