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Thursday, 6 July 2023
Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 6th July, 2023.
6th July, 2023.
Right …
It’s official.
I had a failed gas meter fitting, yesterday.
The engineer that visited, couldn’t install the pay as you go gas meter: as he would’ve needed to wire what he called a communications hub into my electricity meter …
The process stood a very good chance of wiping out my remaining credit.
So …
No installation, then.
As the engineer couldn’t arrange it?
I’ve had to contact my supplier’s office to arrange it: who tell me it’s going to take another 28 days.
My suppliers, SSE?
Seem keen to delay things: for a customer who’s short of cash.
~≈ß≈~
The one thing I do know … ?
Is that it’s possible — from what the engineer told me — to have have both installed.
As the location of my gas meter is comparatively near to my electricity meter.
The gas meters for each flat are outside the building, and on street level.
Each flat’s electricity meter is in a cupboard near its front door.
Effectively? Given most of the flats are on the upper floors?
The meters for each flat are more than the ten meters the engineer told me was a maximum communication distance.
Any of my neighbours above the ground floor?
Who want a smart meter?
Will have issues.
~≈ß≈~
Let’s move on, shall we?
Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga*, Mum† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring ten out of ten.
Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?
Q10)Finally … ? 5th July, 2021, saw the Queen award the National Health Service a medal. Which medal: the Victoria Cross, George Cross or Elizabeth Cross?
A10)The George Cross. (The Cross is the highest civilian award the UK offers: it’s only outranked by the Victoria Cross.)
Here’s a thought …
“Any opinion—even an informed opinion—expressed from behind the shelter of a screen name is rendered automatically invalid, as far as I’m concerned.”
* Yeah … ever since I started writing the Left-hander’s day Teasers, I’ve kept a list of notable south-paws, Olga. Keanu, Laurence Fishburne, Rebecca Romijn from Strange New Worlds, Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein and Robert Sean Leonard from House, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, the late Rik Mayall and equally late Sean Locke, Sue Perkins, Martin Freeman … I could go on!
Ohhh … it sounds like those air raid shelters could be quite a tourist attraction: as well as a historical site. The best Brentwood could do is the Secret Nuclear Bunker. It’s signposted, if you’re ever in town. (And I say that with a straight face!)
The gas meter situation? Is a bloody mess, Olga§, it really is. The electricity credit getting wiped? Comes from the fact that the engineer would have had to disconnect the electricity meter, wire in a communication hub — a specialised router, if I’m right — then reconnect the thing. I’m … not happy …
† Hello, Mum!
‡ I hear Medicare’s a bit of a nightmare, Debbi! (I think the very few Tory MPs who’ve suggested something similar to the US model … get a meaningful look, at the very least … )
Oh, the next ten question set’s on the 15th, Debbi: it’s about Manitoba. I thought something different might be the thing.
§ Oh, the lighthouse tower’s octagonal, Olga? That’s different to the UK ones, I think: the few UK I know about, are round.
Q5) Malawi It does sound pretty complicated, the meter thing. If everybody is on meters, they'll have to work out something easier, as I can't imagine you will be the only one having issues. Oh, I have a couple of hats, that one is gold colour (not sure it is evident from the pic), the other one is blue and the brim is a bit narrower. Funnily enough, you picked the picture where I was interviewing the consellera (the equivalent to a minister, I guess, but in the Generalitat, the Catalonian government). The guy recording it is his press person... Yes, you're right about the lighthouse. I don't think they tend to be round here. But I guess it comes from far back. La Torre de Hércules, an old Roman lighthouse, is square... https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_de_H%C3%A9rcules It's the only Roman one and still working in the world... (I visited many years back. It's on the part of the country where my Dad hails from, although he was form a mountainous area, rather than a seaside town).
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1 Casino Royale
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4 Polio
5 Malawi
Q1) Casino Royale
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Q5) Malawi
It does sound pretty complicated, the meter thing. If everybody is on meters, they'll have to work out something easier, as I can't imagine you will be the only one having issues.
Oh, I have a couple of hats, that one is gold colour (not sure it is evident from the pic), the other one is blue and the brim is a bit narrower. Funnily enough, you picked the picture where I was interviewing the consellera (the equivalent to a minister, I guess, but in the Generalitat, the Catalonian government). The guy recording it is his press person...
Yes, you're right about the lighthouse. I don't think they tend to be round here. But I guess it comes from far back. La Torre de Hércules, an old Roman lighthouse, is square...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_de_H%C3%A9rcules
It's the only Roman one and still working in the world... (I visited many years back. It's on the part of the country where my Dad hails from, although he was form a mountainous area, rather than a seaside town).
A straw hat would be cool. I can picture Sylvester McCoy in a straw hat. Seems like his style. :)
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2. Tumblr
3. comic books
4. rabies
5. Malawi