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Dunroamin

SandraScarlett wrote: »

He could always downsize and sell his £million house.

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And his drum kit!;)

superwoman4

Dunroamin wrote: »

And his drum kit!;)

Nah, his drum kit is an asset. He'll be reforming his band and having another Number 1 hit :rotfl:

superwoman4

Poor oldboy is having a bad time at the moment !!!

oldboy64 wrote: »

Just as an update

Well they attended late this afternoon, rep from Scottish Power, someone that sounded like he was a bailiff and three police officers!
My wife wasn't in thank goodness.

I was asked by the police to sit in their car with one of them whilst they entered the house. They had a warrant to enter.

They installed prepayment meters for the gas & electricity.

must admit it caused a stir with all the neighbours - all thinking that I had been arrested with men coming in and out and the police guarding the house.

There wasn't a lot I could do to resist - I was warned that any attempt on my part would result in me taken to the police station.
They asked me for the keys to my gun cabinet where I keep my shotgun and removed it and put it in the boot of the car I was sat in.

Eventually I was allowed to go back in the house. They had made a right mess. Understairs cupboard tipped all over the dining room floor, furniture upside down in the lounge.

The worst of it was having to explain to my wife when she came home.

Anyhow what's done is done. I have to go to the police station on Monday morning to be interviewed over what had happened.

All of that I can sort out.

How the hell do I get rid of these meters? They put the credit on them from the last bill I had from them.

margaretclare

superwoman4 wrote: »

Poor oldboy is having a bad time at the moment !!!

Where on earth did you get all this?

Apart from 'this has got to be a wind-up' my only reaction is 'no one has pre-payment meters installed, especially not under police supervision, unless they haven't been paying their bills! 'Being poor' as categorised by the state doesn't necessarily mean you haven't paid your utilities bills. Ever heard of 'heat or eat'?

£407.58 a week, with no council tax to pay, should be possible for the two of you to live on. Been there, done that....

SandraScarlett

Installing meters under police guard?? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:So now he has a £1 million house, a drum kit, a wheelchair and prepayment meters!!

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margaretclare

Have just read the saga quoted above. You can tell I haven't got much to do this morning, being surrounded by flooded roads and not going anywhere. Incredible.

One thing strikes me. This guy talks all the time about 'his' bank, his DDs, his utilities account etc, yet we know he has a wife, because he mentions her being out at the time all this upheaval occurred. This way of doing things is foreign to me. DH and I, being a partnership, deal with household bills between us. WE pay bills from a joint account that we both tip into, therefore it's OUR utilities account, OUR payments, and if any decision has to be made then WE make it together. Notwithstanding the fact that all our income is received separately whereas this guy talks of a 'joint' income, classifying her income as his, presumably? This kind of a thing is like a red rag to a bull to me. I thought those days were long gone.

SandraScarlett

Margaret, in AndyLand, the unbelievable occurs regularly!

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cbrown372

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Installing meters under police guard?? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:So now he has a £1 million house, a drum kit, a wheelchair and prepayment meters!!

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Don't forget the caravan :rotfl: