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   From: bathwatchdog@OMITTHISgooglemail.com   
      
   On 01/09/2022 16:18, Norman Wells wrote:   
      
   > The best way to save on your energy bills this winter is actually to go   
   > on holiday for a month somewhere warm.  Turn off everything at home and   
   > it could be worth a £500 discount off the price.   
   >   
   I knew somebody who did that annually.  He had a standing arrangement   
   with a villa owner in the Algarve to live there from December to March.   
   The villa owner was happy to let him and his family live there cheaply   
   because he could show his insurance company that the villa wasn't   
   unoccupied and able to be burgled, and that gave big discount on the   
   premium to be paid.   
      
   Unfortunately he died 2 years ago so it no longer happens, but before   
   that he had 6 years of very cheap winter holidays with water and gas and   
   electricity all turned off in his own house.   
      
   Jim   
      
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