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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 09/20/05 - 13:50 Post subject: My check to the electric company
apparently got swept out to sea during Katrina. 
Nothing like a $223 bill to brighten your morning (It's for 2 months).
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 13:51 Post subject:
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rolling rock
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 13:53 Post subject:
ouch. 
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 15:02 Post subject:
For one guy?! Hokey smokes, are your running a bank of tanning beds out the back room as a side business to get the bill that high?
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monk25
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 15:51 Post subject: Re: My check to the electric company
| MechEngDropout wrote: | apparently got swept out to sea during Katrina.
Nothing like a $223 bill to brighten your morning (It's for 2 months). |
That is about one month for me. LIPA is one of the highest priced utilities in the country. 
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brie k
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 15:53 Post subject:
Yeah, but you had that other money (from the first check) in your account, so it's all good. Right?
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 15:53 Post subject:
Price gouging! 
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mrbill
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 18:55 Post subject:
Burnin' a little toast over there, dude??
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j1miller
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 19:40 Post subject:
that's nothing... my water bill was $345.
my toilets run.
Santa's bringing new toilets for Christmas this year to my house.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 19:42 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | that's nothing... my water bill was $345.
my toilets run.
Santa's bringing new toilets for Christmas this year to my house. |
 And I thought $35 was a lot to pay for water. You know you can turn off the water after you flush, right?
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j1miller
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 19:43 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | that's nothing... my water bill was $345.
my toilets run.
Santa's bringing new toilets for Christmas this year to my house. |
And I thought $35 was a lot to pay for water. You know you can turn off the water after you flush, right? |
huh???? seems risky with small children
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 19:48 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | MechEngDropout wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | that's nothing... my water bill was $345.
my toilets run.
Santa's bringing new toilets for Christmas this year to my house. |
And I thought $35 was a lot to pay for water. You know you can turn off the water after you flush, right? |
huh???? seems risky with small children |
At least go down to just one toilet running... just use one toilet and turn off the water to the others. To turn it off, turn the knob behind the toilet clockwise.
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 21:48 Post subject:
and you can fix the running problem for about $30 max. You might have to replace the ball, chain and flapper.
If you have a Habitat for Humanity store, you can get a new toilet for about $50.
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/20/05 - 23:26 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | that's nothing... my water bill was $345. |
...insanity...
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 09/21/05 - 06:06 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | that's nothing... my water bill was $345. |
...insanity... |
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