Pinot's Potty debt free journey!!!

Alice_in_Poorland

I've just requested a 4 minute shower timer free from our water supplier. Although we are not on a meter DS2 spends ages in the shower and it's then the cost of heating the water.

We've got a usage meter too......when we first had it it was OH going round switching everything off, it certainly pulls you up when you switch the kettle on and it practically goes of the scale. You can connect it to a computer and generate lovely charts and graphs but have never got round to do that.

xx

brizzledfw

Definitely...get an OWL one. Borrow one from your library as they are about £30..we had one for a while before selling it on ebay;) ( as didnt need to be shown twice!!) and it showed up once and for all the hungry items...anything that heats so definitely straighteners and dryers!!! :rotfl:

poohbear59

brizzledfw wrote: »

Definitely...get an OWL one. Borrow one from your library as they are about £30..we had one for a while before selling it on ebay;) ( as didnt need to be shown twice!!) and it showed up once and for all the hungry items...anything that heats so definitely straighteners and dryers!!! :rotfl:

Thank you thank you thank you.

I bought some batteries two weeks ago. As I couldn't figure out what they were for I have hidden them in my knicker drawer. The only safe place in my house. They were for my usage meter

Sorry to hijack your thread pinot.I will be back later.

PinotGrigio41

poohbear59 wrote: »

Thank you thank you thank you.

I bought some batteries two weeks ago. As I couldn't figure out what they were for I have hidden them in my knicker drawer. The only safe place in my house. They were for my usage meter

Sorry to hijack your thread pinot.I will be back later.

:rotfl::rotfl:That made me giggle Pooh !

Dont be daft you arent hijacking my thread at all.

Mrs B, you clearly are a life saver !!

I am off now to google OWL meters. Slightly baffled as to why I would go to the library to borrow one though ? I am sure my librarians would look at me like I was bonkers x

PinotGrigio41

Alice_in_Poorland wrote: »

I've just requested a 4 minute shower timer free from our water supplier. Although we are not on a meter DS2 spends ages in the shower and it's then the cost of heating the water.

We've got a usage meter too......when we first had it it was OH going round switching everything off, it certainly pulls you up when you switch the kettle on and it practically goes of the scale. You can connect it to a computer and generate lovely charts and graphs but have never got round to do that.

xx

Wow I'm learning loads today. Can you really request a 4 minute free shower from the Water Company ? We are on a meter though so I am unsure if that would apply.

My parents have a usage meter and they love looking to see if its is smiling at them or is sad. I am not sure if they all have smiley faces though.;)

I love charts and bar graphs. I am addicted to checking the charts on the spending diary to see where I am wasting money, so I am sure I would take great delight in hooking the meter up to the computer !

Little things please little minds and all that ! :rotfl:

mummytogirls

Oh jees to DD drying her body with the hairdryer I did have to laugh a bit aswell though :rotfl:!!! Ive got 2 girls so thank you for the insight in to what ive got to look forward to!!!! xx

debtfreewannabe321

:rotfl::rotfl: @dd! I tell my kids to run around like monkeys to dry off after a bath! It's so funny i dry them as much as they will stand there and take and then they get a pat on their bum and that's their cue to run around like loons and dry off :rotfl: Kids!

The owl monitor I tried to get from our local library and there was something like a 6 month wait :eek: So gave up on that idea!

brizzledfw

Oh OK DFW... but 6 mths better than nowt..and you see Mrs PG I am not mad..but I did have to google usage meters and libraries just now to check I wasn't going potty as well!!:rotfl:

In LB Kingston for example, (first entry I saw), by the way you can borrow the meter for 2 weeks..plenty of time to show DD1 the error of her ways:rotfl:

PinotGrigio41

brizzledfw wrote: »

Oh OK DFW... but 6 mths better than nowt..and you see Mrs PG I am not mad..but I did have to google usage meters and libraries just now to check I wasn't going potty as well!!:rotfl:

In LB Kingston for example, (first entry I saw), by the way you can borrow the meter for 2 weeks..plenty of time to show DD1 the error of her ways:rotfl:

I think she may have learnt quickly, it has only been used for drying her hair since I posted, thank goodness, but I will still look into getting hold of a meter !

princesst84

Good Morning Mrs PG
My OH dries himself with the haridryer :eek: It makes m laugh every time he does it!! Apparently it is something alot of people do, they had a section devoted to it on the radio and loads of people called in owning up to doing it too :rotfl::rotfl:Crazy world.