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robp
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 Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:30 Post subject: Uh oh... big time natural gas bill....
This should get a few suits in a tizzy.... I just had to okay a $260k gas invoice for our company.... about $65k higher than I had budgeted for thank you Mother Nature... now will come mucho discussion on how we're going to recover the overrun.... gag.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:31 Post subject:
Damn, that's alot of gas. Here I was worried about our $200 gas bill last month...
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:32 Post subject:
Couldn't you save the company a little scratch with your own supply of 'natural gas'?
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robp
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:34 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Couldn't you save the company a little scratch with your own supply of 'natural gas'? |
They won't let me play with matches so I can't turn my own supply into actual heat....
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:37 Post subject:
Is that a monthly gas bill? 
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robp
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:38 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Is that a monthly gas bill? |
Yep. 36,162 mcf (38,771 dekatherms) of gas used. We're heating some huge buildings with little or no insulation.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:50 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | Is that a monthly gas bill? |
Yep. 36,162 mcf (38,771 dekatherms) of gas used. We're heating some huge buildings with little or no insulation. |
Huge like how many sq.ft. of floor space?
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jrjo
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 11:59 Post subject:
Somebody explain this to me. Every night, while watching the news, the local station runs the same PSA and has for years. Beautiful landscapes with an eagle soaring and a narrator talking about how wonderful natural gas is and then saying "virtually all natural gas used in North America, comes from North America." Wellll, if that's the case, why the heck does anything that happens with overseas oil cause the price of natural gas to go up?!
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robp
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 12:38 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | robp wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | Is that a monthly gas bill? |
Yep. 36,162 mcf (38,771 dekatherms) of gas used. We're heating some huge buildings with little or no insulation. |
Huge like how many sq.ft. of floor space? |
Several buildings over 36,000 sq. feet. and 40-50 ft high ceilings.
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rolling rock
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 12:57 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Couldn't you save the company a little scratch with your own supply of 'natural gas'? |
good one PH
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purple hayes
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 13:07 Post subject:
Let me play consultant here for just a minute...
Let's say you buy each of your 500 employess a sweater ($30) and a pair of mittens ($5) to keep warm. 500 x $35 = $75,000 Think of the cost savings you could realize by turning down the thermostat!
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robp
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 13:09 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | Couldn't you save the company a little scratch with your own supply of 'natural gas'? |
good one PH |
Hey you! Don't laugh too hard.... some day some how I'm gonna run a race in Pa. and you're gonna be there with your kids and I'm gonna show THEM how to light a fart off! And they will think I'm a hero and be mad at you for not showing them how to do personal fireworks!
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copteacher
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 15:07 Post subject:
wow- that is a big bill. Maybe there is an accountant running around from Enron who could help you with that.
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robp
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 15:36 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | Let me play consultant here for just a minute...
Let's say you buy each of your 500 employess a sweater ($30) and a pair of mittens ($5) to keep warm. 500 x $35 = $75,000 Think of the cost savings you could realize by turning down the thermostat! |
A sweater/sweatshirt is already recommended if you spend any time out in the shops. Offices are comfortable to me, nearly everyone else wears a sweater or at least long sleeves and many gripe about being cold.
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Posted: 02/27/03 - 17:24 Post subject:
Perhaps you could look into a electric space heaters and turn the heat down a little. That is what we do here
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