Electricity

[Dai Evans]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:
> Part of this is that I am not directly paying for my electricity 
and 
> so have no problems with leaving them on. However the devices 
> mentioned above are very low energy consumers that leaving them on 
> does not cause that much of a problem.
> 
> 
> Simon

you are a lucky guy. My house has a electricity meter which I have to 
charge with an electronic key, onto which I have to buy electricity 
from the newsagents (nearest newsagent with the service is, of 
course, about a mile and a half away). This has made my flatmates 
(bar 1) and me very careful about power consumption. We do not ever 
leave lights on in empty rooms and always switch off the 
TV/video/amp/dvd/cable reciever stack at the wall when not in use. My 
computer I always turn off if I'm not using it, along with my stereo, 
which means it constantly flashes 12:00 when it's on, just like the 
video.

We have one descenting housemate who seems unable to understand the 
concept. We beat him regularly (amusing side note, one flatmate shot 
the descenting one in the testicles with a BB gun yesterday. How we 
laughed. How he cried.)

We use about £10 per week between 3 or 4 (one housemate is rarely 
here, always living at her boyfriends house) of us.



Dai