Munzly the Hermit

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:24:38 +0200

Modern Old McDonald had a Farm...:) Hilarious...excellent signer too...GBHs...XXX

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:05:47 +0200

Thanks - fancy remembering all that!!! :yes:

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:21:50 +0200

I've just added a link to the lyrics. :)

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:21:15 +0200

I've just added a link to the lyrics. :)

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:20:45 +0200

I've just added a link to the lyrics. :)

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:52:23 +0200

Thanks Munzly,
I got most of the references!
Brilliant!

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:07:20 +0200

Excellent :)

You'll have to post the words :yes:

In response to:My Shoggoth - Great song!

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:52:18 +0200

That's a great song Munzly, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I really enjoyed that, and the signing woman was amazing too!

Thanks, Tom.

In response to:Quote of the Day

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:25:15 +0200

Plenty of good tunes are played on an old organ! ;)

In response to:Quote of the Day

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:07:36 +0200

My word!!!!!!!!!!............ You're soooooooo old!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're Only fit to have your Organs Harvested!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your friendly neighbour hood "Comment Marauder"........ :-)

You've been Marauded............. ^_^

In response to:Quote of the Day

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:25:00 +0200

This follows on from the egg/chicken - chicken/egg cartoon I saw yesterday. It sure could have been interesting. Would the egg lay or would the chicken take flight.

:)

In response to:Quote of the Day

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:14:59 +0200

Haha :-)

In response to:Quote of the Day

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:53:28 +0200

erm.... I wonder which came first? :??:

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 13:05:56 +0200

That's better...it did distract the eye quite a bit...:) GBHs...XXX

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 12:16:01 +0200

Taking your point, I've moved the avatar down to avoid conflict with videos. :)

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 12:05:35 +0200

:) It's a funny one...LOL...GBHs...XXX

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:50:01 +0200

At least my avatar is an intermittent distraction - not like some.... ;)

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:48:33 +0200

By all means - spread it as widely as you think fit. :)

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:10:24 +0200

Nicely put across...:) It was close to your avatar and every now and then my eyes were drawn to you losing your hat and your eyes turning red...HLOL...there was me trying to watch and listen and there was you distracting me...:)) GBHs...XXX

In response to:Get your open mind here!

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:55:05 +0200

Excellent clip, and absolutely spot on. That explains simply an awful lot of things I have been trying to make a lot of people understand for a long time. If you don't mind, I will use that on my own blog at some point.

Tom.

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:50:36 +0200

I was hoping to engender some revolutionary anger from people. Are we all just going to roll over and play dead as our freedoms are eroded? :)

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:22:25 +0200

yes, i know...

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 21:42:06 +0200

I did have gas, I said that in my reply, but probably it is not the kind of gas these articles or surveys refer to.

I now have a different fuel, which is cost effective for us and we have a 'talking meter' but again, that isn't covered in this consultation. We don't live urban life with direct fuel piping for all fuels.

Our electricity is already metered in the usual way. My comments on the efficiency of fuel supply stations (and water plants for that matter, as there is already a drive for metering there)were relevant.

I need to know more in a manner which I can understand. So, will a lot of other people. I did hear a feature about this on the radio and I am no further on.

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 20:58:04 +0200

For some reason people keep assuming the article is about water meters - it's not it's about Electricity and gas meters! :)

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 20:56:17 +0200

I would point out that the main theme of the article is Smart ELECTRICITY and GAS metering, not water metering or for oil tanks.

The point is that the consumer may find themselves with less control over the way they are billed for POWER and the tariff used, unless they make their voice heard.

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 20:11:26 +0200

As usual, there is so much bumph, I saw three PDF's to select and a research project to complete. How can anyone make an informed judgement with so much garbage thrown at you. In addition, so much scientific knowledge is required together with a need to know more about production and commercial confidences, to make assessments. It is enough to turn off people. Such public consultations are not truly democratic because they are beyond the comprehension of a vast majority.

Smart meters are dubious. I had two for my gas use. The first one, a radio signal device on the 'pig' (tank) miserably failed and we were left without sufficient fuel in the coldest snap. Why did it fail, because the tanker driver only had enough gas to deliver less than half of what was required for the period. He was supposed to notify his depot admin about this. He left me a note. The system at their end registered we had half a tank at a point when less was expected to register, our priority was therefore reduced. The inevitable occurred.

A new smart meter was installed on the tank using our phone link, this time. It didn't fail in the 18 months we continued to use gas.

We had no direct costs with these meters, but of course, we paid the going rate for the fuel, plus quarterly service charge, which increased by about £1.50. I assume the water use will register in much the same way as our gas did, and the consumer will be charged accordingly.

There are already the means to register utility usage apart from water, unless people have voluntarily installed meters, inherited them or moved into houses with them built in. My thoughts dwell on how the data will be interpreted and what the information will be used for, apart from pricing, which will be the end point, no doubt.

I agree that more must be done to deal with old infrastructure (it will cost a fortune) and that pumping stations must be seen to put their own houses in order.

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 14:25:48 +0200

Great article Munzly, thanks for bringing it to our attention.

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 11:36:08 +0200

But can it be read remotely? And do you get a readout inside the house?

In response to:Smart Energy Meters

Wed, 13 May 2009 11:05:31 +0200

i'm already on a water meter.
so far, so good.

In response to:Oink! Oink! Oink?

Mon, 11 May 2009 09:51:26 +0200

Dreary and Beery, wouldn't you just know it! ;)