Bah Humbug (OT?)

[mogga]

Good. :)

Tell her she's got to excuse you for a minute after though so you can come and tell us how it went! :)

[mogga]

What's the most common Christmas wine?

"I don't like sprouts."

[Mr Pounder]

I'm humbled.

[spuorgelgoog]

I did, and filled two drawers of the freezer *and* have a large trifle for 42p for pudding later.

Owain

[spuorgelgoog]

+n (not sure where we're up to by now)

Not sure I'll get round to plastering today but I did PVA my chases in the bedroom.

Owain

[Tim Streater]

Thank you young man. Our Xmas was made considerably better when we got home earlier to find the power back on - it had been off since 01.30 yesterday, so about 36 hours.

[Mr Pounder]

My heat bleeds for the southerners..

[Dave Liquorice]

Meh, ours was off for 36 hours last winter with several inches of snow on the ground. With three meter points the compensation was quite nice. B-) Some of that went on re-stocking on red for the genset. Don't forget to claim your compensation.

[Tim Streater]

From whom and how? And what are "meter points"?

[spuorgelgoog]

Don't forget to empty the freezer before it all refreezes into a solid rancid lump.

Owain

[Dave Liquorice]

I claimed from the company that operates the local distribution network. Our outage was cause by an ice storm bringing down lines and snapping poles. Got £90/MPAN for the 36 hrs off supply.

Meters, this place has three for historical reasons. You'll need your MPAN to make a claim:

[harryagain]

I claimed from the company that operates the local distribution network. Our outage was cause by an ice storm bringing down lines and snapping poles. Got 90/MPAN for the 36 hrs off supply.

Meters, this place has three for historical reasons. You'll need your MPAN to make a claim:

Won't you end up paying three meter rentals @100/year each?

[harryagain]

No problems W.Midlands. Very windy but the rain was not heavy though it went on for some time.

[Huge]

Not from my PoV. Hopefully Pounder choked to death on a mince pie.

[Huge]

Couple of years ago we were off for 4 days. What was really annoying was that it really was just us. I could see lights in all directions. When the 'leccy people finally got to us, it took them about 3 minutes to fix. :o(

[Tim Streater]

Thanks for the lead. Looking at UK Power Networks Ts & Cs, looks like it's a severe weather event so I'll put in a claim and see what happens.

Cheers,

[Tim Streater]

Oddly we lost no (polycarb) panels from the greenhouse this time.

[Mr Pounder]

Why do you say that?

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[tony sayer]

Looks like some are taking a bit longer;(..

Poor sods off line and poor sods having to put it right..

How much of this is gen damage and how much a lack of maintenance Mike around who might know?..

[Huge]

Indeed. One of our toasts over Xmas lunch was to the poor sods up poles putting 'leccy lines back up.