tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post8353779498422029151..comments2024-01-05T02:06:03.153+13:45Comments on Oswald Bastable's Ranting: Deadbeats and Electricity paymentsOswald Bastablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-6633874994358283282007-06-12T23:05:00.000+12:452007-06-12T23:05:00.000+12:45Its how we paid for our flats gas and power in the...Its how we paid for our flats gas and power in the UK. What the hell is wrong with it being implemented in NZ? Like Oswald has finely pointed out, you were given ample warning before it ran out and all you had to do was nip down to the shops and top up your card.<BR/><BR/>Eeediots!Seamonkey Madnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694274891966130524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-81207512121377368942007-06-12T20:37:00.000+12:452007-06-12T20:37:00.000+12:45It was determined in a court case that tokens repr...It was determined in a court case that tokens represented a promise to payment and that must be honoured.<BR/><BR/>This was from gas meter days!<BR/><BR/>Source 'Requiem for a Gasworks'- a history of the Christchurch gasworks.<BR/><BR/>Thats why an electronic meter is a must- the scotes would just smash them open for the coins and blame burglars!Oswald Bastablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828229103486326473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-69636570940211938412007-06-12T19:41:00.000+12:452007-06-12T19:41:00.000+12:45I recall when I was a young fellow - probably arou...I recall when I was a young fellow - probably around 1953, or thereabouts - my grandmother had a coin meter for the electricity.<BR/>She would put a shilling in, and everything was all tickety boo for another week or two.<BR/>I later heard stories about these meters when I worked for the NPCC elec. dept.<BR/>Apparantly there was a magnet inside, that seized any washers put in, and stalled the operation till a serviceman was called and cleared it at the consumers expense.<BR/>Of course, the bright sparks then found that you could make a plasticine mould of a shilling, fill it with water and freeze it.<BR/>This frozen "coin" would work the mechanism fine till everything rusted up..........Oihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331565846140867460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14299289.post-40137762549695371212007-06-12T17:58:00.000+12:452007-06-12T17:58:00.000+12:45Would work well with telephone bills too, I reckon...Would work well with telephone bills too, I reckon.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.com