Six30 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 18:07, Nute said: The meter is the responsibility of the utility provider, as is the connection between the intake head and the meter. The box/ housing is your responsibility as can be the back board. If the utility provider is telling you different they are a bunch of lying shysters. Expand you cant be left with out any heating.... you need to kick up a proper fuss 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 18:18, Six30 said: you cant be left with out any heating.... you need to kick up a proper fuss Expand Agreed. Although I bet it feels like pissing in the wind trying to get a result. Been in the shed most of the afternoon as it's been raining all day. Made a wood frame to get the solar panels up. Hoping for a dry afternoon to get them up and secured. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 18:07, Nute said: The meter is the responsibility of the utility provider, as is the connection between the intake head and the meter. The box/ housing is your responsibility as can be the back board. If the utility provider is telling you different they are a bunch of lying shysters. Expand Our problem is neither of them say it is their responsibility........we are at a impasse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 18:18, Six30 said: you cant be left with out any heating.... you need to kick up a proper fuss Expand Without heating or a cooker, Cadent guy turned off the gas at the meter, so we have no gas in the bungalow. Wife has kicked up a fuss, she has been on the phone for just over 6 hours today, but both companies just go So we have got nowhere today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 22:41, Clive said: Without heating or a cooker, Cadent guy turned off the gas at the meter, so we have no gas in the bungalow. Wife has kicked up a fuss, she has been on the phone for just over 6 hours today, but both companies just go So we have got nowhere today. Expand It bothers me that you don’t get an invitation to visit someone for a warm dinner at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 06/01/2025 at 22:44, Pedro said: It bothers me that you don’t get an invitation to visit someone for a warm dinner at least. Expand We could cook a midday meal at our daughters house while they are at work, and the kids are in school, wife may struggle with their electric cooker though. Wife's sis lives 45 km away, so we would not bother with a trip over there, wife does text/phone her sis, but her sis is not very concerned with the situation here, they are wrapped up in their own world at the moment, preparing for their 3 weeks in Tenerife which is coming up soon..........Bastards!. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 06/01/2025 at 22:44, Pedro said: It bothers me that you don’t get an invitation to visit someone for a warm dinner at least. Expand That's Britain mate. I come from a huge family but I know of maybe two that would help out in an emergency like Clive is facing and maybe one close friend. Everybody is wrapped up with their own problems. Also the current media narrative around immigration and benefit scroungers has fed into a very poor attitude to people in general and real acute need. Homelessness and food banks are normal and just accepted here which is abysmal given the relative wealth of our country . Given that context it's not hard to understand corporate indifference to Clives situation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 06/01/2025 at 16:36, Clive said: Our MP (Steve Yemm) is one useless tosser...see quite often on his FB page people saying "I emailed you several weeks ago, no reply" We need something doing in the next couple of days (at the most) as living like this is fucking miserable. Expand Get on to them and tell then your phoning one of the morning tv shows to complain . They love a story like that and the feckers will be straight around to sort it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 08:43, boboneleg said: Get on to them and tell then your phoning one of the morning tv shows to complain . They love a story like that and the feckers will be straight around to sort it. Expand That's a good idea, could try local radio as well and threaten Local MP, they probably don't know how feckless he appears to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 09:02, Saul said: That's a good idea, could try local radio as well and threaten Local MP, they probably don't know how feckless he appears to be. Expand Our local MP ...he hasn't even got a office in town!.... he seems to only work with emails..... and he is a useless tosser at the best of times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Hopefully we have got somewhere this morning, National Grid says they will be out sometime today to fit a new meter, Scotish Power & Cadent never got back to us. Boiler engineer has just been, needs a new boiler fitting, got a date for that, 2 weeks today At least we can look forward to having cooked meals later today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 11:22, Clive said: Hopefully we have got somewhere this morning, National Grid says they will be out sometime today to fit a new meter, Scotish Power & Cadent never got back to us. Boiler engineer has just been, needs a new boiler fitting, got a date for that, 2 weeks today At least we can look forward to having cooked meals later today. Expand if you was my mum and dad sitting in your house freezing i would of got this sorted on day one ... its fucking outrageous !! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 National Grid arrived, fitted a new meter, so now we can cook a meal. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 13:49, Clive said: National Grid arrived, fitted a new meter, so now we can cook a meal. Expand Good News mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 13:55, Saul said: Good News mate. Expand Be even better when we have heating and hot water. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 14:42, Clive said: Be even better when we have heating and hot water. Expand pair of you must stink with not having any water ...not being able to wash and that..... lucky you got no heating really or the pair of you would really be chucking up if you got all hot and sweaty.... every cloud. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 15:08, Six30 said: pair of you must stink with not having any water ...not being able to wash and that..... lucky you got no heating really or the pair of you would really be chucking up if you got all hot and sweaty.... every cloud. Expand We are getting use to the smell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 15:17, Clive said: We are getting use to the smell Expand 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 19:38, Six30 said: Expand You found our profile pic on Facebook.....Sneaky. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nute Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I was supposed to have my spine op tomorrow but it’s been canceled . Too many people with flu and RVS or some such thingy. On a positive note that does mean I can go skiing at the end of the month which I thought I would miss. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 20:22, Nute said: I was supposed to have my spine op tomorrow but it’s been canceled . Too many people with flu and RVS or some such thingy. On a positive note that does mean I can go skiing at the end of the month which I thought I would miss. Expand Ummmmmm, you’re going skiing when you’ve got a dodgy spine . What could possibly go wrong ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 21:02, boboneleg said: Ummmmmm, you’re going skiing when you’ve got a dodgy spine . What could possibly go wrong ? Expand Hope @Nute has good travel insurance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 21:20, Clive said: Hope @Nute has good travel insurance. Expand and a very skilled surgeon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 07/01/2025 at 21:49, Six30 said: and a very skilled surgeon Expand Don’t worry, you will never need spine surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I'm in work and there's a nice covering of snow on the Mendips , luckily it just missed us again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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