Elite 11+ shopping and chat thread part 2½

lesliejack

bcw123 wrote: »

morning all Yesterday I had a call from edf they want to install a smart meter has any one got one and are they worth having also more important does any one know of a pub chain that is giving away a free pint to ex servicemen this coming Armed Forces Day

Man came to install a smart meter here, seemed like a bit of a faff, so I asked him if it was really necessary, and did he have one?
He said it wasnt really worth the bother because a new generation of smart meters was coming soon, so may as well wait for that.
The electric company are just trying to meet government stats.
So needless to say, no smart meter here!

pandoraskids

tweets wrote: »

I have had one since they first came out.

EON offered me £50 to have one :money:

When you first have one you are obsessed with checking it and soon find out with electric which appliances make it run faster. Electric fire is top one in my house.


I would recommend them but that's just my view

We have had a smart meter for about 12 months now. First thing to go was the tumble drier :eek: Has also educated the kids into not putting the oven on just to cook 2 sausages :rotfl:

Sarahdol75

Good morning everyone.

Where has the sungone , dm and tm have you pinched it.

Freewheeling

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Good morning everyone.

Where has the sungone , dm and tm have you pinched it.

It's down here in Devon .


Thanks for the yoghurt heads up! Although I don't think I'll make the trip today, we've still got loads of Mullers and Fage pots left.


I noticed that Shreddies Max are back on Shoppmium for 50% off two different flavours. They're £2 in A's, and £1.50 in M's. However on MySupermaket the Cranberry and Oat is showing as out of stock in M, and on the M website only the plain oat is visible, and also out of stock. So I'm not sure if this is much help at all!!

davemorton

TrulyMadly wrote: »

tweets... looks like progress is being made:T:T

Weather.....started off brilliant sunshine. Then we watched the fret roll in like a tsunami ...... now the sun is burning it off as I write.

Think it might be a scorcher today:T

Get your shorts on DM:D

Sarahdol75 wrote: »

Good morning everyone.

Where has the sungone , dm and tm have you pinched it.

Morning all.
Im way ahead of you TM

tweets

pandoraskids wrote: »

We have had a smart meter for about 12 months now. First thing to go was the tumble drier :eek: Has also educated the kids into not putting the oven on just to cook 2 sausages :rotfl:

I only have a small tumble drier and it doesn't use much electric but fire DS put it on in winter for couple hours and my daily usage went up just under £5 :eek:

I have a combi oven as well as normal cooker but use combi more and hobs on normal cooker.

juju17

Anon wrote: »

Heads up - the BClays double Cashback offer ends on Friday. I applied but have to go into a branch to prove my identity - how very dare they :mad:.

I will not be bothering as they have annoyed me - any online check with any credit check would prove my identity. HEsbc was the same rigmarole and we had our mortgage with them!

Did anyone get an instant acceptance?

Anon

I got instantly accepted for my account, but DH had to go into branch with ID. It was my fault really as when doing his online application it asked two questions to prove his ID, and I did not recognise the end 4 digits to one of his bank accounts ...he has a few :rotfl:
Made appointment and he was in and out in 15 minutes, switch all set up too...so not too bad.
Neither of us have ever had anything to do with Barclays before.

juju17

bcw123 wrote: »

morning all Yesterday I had a call from edf they want to install a smart meter has any one got one and are they worth having also more important does any one know of a pub chain that is giving away a free pint to ex servicemen this coming Armed Forces Day

If you dont need to have a smart meter yet, I would say wait for the second generation ones to come out. Then when you switch companies, the meter can be used by the new company. Currently with first gen meters this is not the case, so a hassle if you switch regularly, like all the elite do

Enterprise_1701C

Good morning all, blue skies again and another hot one coming up! No rain in the forecast.

tweets wrote: »

Went to 2 homes and what a difference big top up one was modern man who showed us around was pleasant and we saw most of building. Including 3 rooms empty . Talked to staff and people in residence . Aunty Hilary explained about top up and if mum goes there I wont have to find it :j:j:j

Goes to second home the one me and AJ at put number 1 and woman asked if we had made appointment. NO . Her well we had to go back at 6pm they having tea in home it was 4pm :mad:


So we go and visit mum tell her about first home and how nice it was and modern and about having go back to other one.


Gets to mums tea time so me and Aunty Hilary go pub for a drink while mum has her tea.


Goes back after visiting and spend more time with mum then leave her to visit home again.


Gets there same woman was waiting and still offish

She shows us lounges old fashioned residents talked to us and some of staff they all seemed nice nicer than woman showing us around.

Gets to bedroom and :eek: I wouldn't like stay there .


Aunty Hilary asked if they had a lift for wheelchair users answer yes . Never got shown it. Other home we went up and down in lift

I asked if could look at gardens answer no they overgrown and need tending to lol.

3rd home that was far away didn't go Aunty Hilary said remember you 60 and cant keep walking miles everyday visiting mum and walking work slow down :cool:


Tomorrow I am going in modern home making appointment for mum go look on Saturday and Aunty Hilary will come down from Leeds and be there :j:j:j

We setting the ball rolling .

Wont bro be :dance::dance::dance: when mum tells him about home :D:D

Mum doesn't know I am going making appointment.

DS knows and he and glad because I am

You sound genuinely excited :j:j:j Very happy for you, sounds like a home we do some work in, it is a wonderful happy place

bcw123 wrote: »

morning all Yesterday I had a call from edf they want to install a smart meter has any one got one and are they worth having also more important does any one know of a pub chain that is giving away a free pint to ex servicemen this coming Armed Forces Day

Our electric company keep sending us letters saying they want to install one but we keep binning them, we are waiting until we have to have one as it will serve no purpose for us, we have no superfluous usage and the meters turn dumb if you change suppliers at the moment.

Quite funny, a few years ago we had a meter that you attached to the power cord near the meter and it measured the electricity consumption, there was nothing we used that we could turn off and no way of cutting down the consumption except for one - we unplugged the meter.

If we want to know how much power one unit uses we have an individual power consumption meter that plugs into the socket and you plug the unit into. That was how we knew our old freezer was getting bad, we used that and found out it was using a lot more power than it should be.

Simple rule of thumb is not to keep things on standby - our TV will not turn all the way off so it is on a socket with a remote off switch and gets turned off when not in use, several standby items are on that extension lead.

Westvleteren

curl_girl wrote: »

Catching up from a very foggy Scarborough and really pleased to read your post tweets.

Sea fret aka fog has been terrible today!
Just hope the fog horn doesn't keep me awake tonight like last night. :eek:

It was like that here yesterday but it soon burnt off, same this morning but not cleared yet.

tweets wrote: »

I love Scarborough could live up there

bubbs wrote: »

I would love to live there/Bridlington or surrounding area:D

curl_girl wrote: »

We very nearly did 20 years ago until my mum and gran kicked off!
Sadly wasn't meant to be.

Really!? I won't say what I think of Brid / Scarborough :eek: