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   From: noone@nowhere.com   
      
   On 27/10/25 11:15, Your Name wrote:   
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   > we do have a smart meter,   
   > but I don't know when it was installed. We certainly never asked for one   
   > nor ever paid for it to be 'upgraded' (other than being included in the   
   > standard, ever-increasing electricity prices).   
      
   It is slightly surprising after such inane verbosity claiming a   
   profundity of ignorance with regard to your meter's housing or   
   existence, that you now concede that you do have a smart meter in   
   agreement with your power company which you hate because it keeps   
   increasing prices.   
   An elderly aunt of mine tells of how in her youth she could buy an ice   
   cream (in a cone) for one (yes,1), penny. Whilst not as effective as   
   electricity powered air conditioning, an ice cream in summer's heat is   
   more pleasurable. Nowadays, electricity is far cheaper and not so   
   fattening so you really are getting a bargain. You would be happier if   
   you realised this or if you want more than just happiness, perhaps great   
   joy, put solar panels on the roof and install a Tesla Powerwall Battery.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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