Grumpy Old Nasho

They're mostly inbreds. Marrying cousins.

I did exactly the same thing just a few minutes ago. I was searching for a cheaper rate and chose Origin, then got a phone call from iSelect to change me over from AGL. After going over my bill, AGL failed to deduct one of my discounts. I won't chase the discount. Instead I've finished up with them

What do you make of this? I used the automated chat feature in my provider's (AGL) website and asked if I am charged more for still having an old meter instead of a new digital meter. This is the answer I received ... The type of meter you have can affect your electricity charges. If you have an old basic meter, you may receive estimated bills more frequently, which can lead to higher charges if your actual usage is lower than estimated. Digital meters provide more accurate readings and can help you avoid estimated bills, potentially leading to lower costs. However, whether you are charged a higher rate specifically due to your meter type depends on your tariff plan and usage patterns. Apparently they're allowed to estimate usage and charge me accordingly. Huh! Is this North Korea we're living in?

Yeah I'll have to get a generator and some solar panels, the mains power supply has proven to be unreliable and too costly. There's one more thing I can try. My provider (AGL) suggests on my bill, to change my plan, so I'll research that and see what I come up with.

Is that an insult? Are you getting me mixed up with someone else? The topic is Solar/Wind power and what it's costing us.

No, I'm in Mid-West NSW, with a supply of candles in my pantry. They get used at a rapid rate because four are used at a time for lengthy outages. Memories come flooding back how my Grandmother, living by herself, in the fifties, without electricity, just candles after sunset in the evenings. And here I am, living the same way on many occasions, in 2026 modernity. Although, now I have small portable LED lights as well as candles.

$0.3699 There's other charges as well, all the funny money they rip out of you.

I've filled 23 1/2 pages of a medium size writing pad with dates and times of blackouts since 2015 - twenty lines per page, and each line represents a blackout. Moreover, I can't see an end to these blackouts. And there's no end to charging more for power.

When is solar and wind power going to be cheaper than fossil fuel power? Why aren't politicians jailed for misleading consumers?

We are being ripped off, that's what's happening. We foolishly believe that "clean" energy is cheaper, but it's more expensive than what fossil fuel power was.

We have solar and wind generation farms, yet my latest quarterly bill is as high, or higher, than many bills I got before wind and solar. Does this prove that "cheap" electricity from wind and solar is a hoax?

Pauline Hanson was jailed for the same thing.

In the article ... "You only really appreciate your freedom when you’ve had it taken away" That's how I felt when I was conscripted. Here's a young bloke being dragged away for conscription. The Fed Government made sure he lost his freedom for two years - or go to jail for two years. In the article, it says Karen's husband's visa ran out - why didn't he try to get it renewed straight away? Look what happened to them. They got detained for months. What we've got to do now, is make sure those female ISIS muslims and their kids are kept out of Australia. Albanese said "They made their bed, now they've got to lay in it"

Yes, until the UK military embarks on another adventure into an Islamic nation ... things change then, the mildest muslim can self-radicalize. And don't forget that British soldier, Lee Rigby, back from Afghanistan, killed and nearly beheaded by 2 muslims on a London street. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/two-muslim-converts-guilty-killing-uk-soldier-lee-rigby-london-flna2D11775017 A soldier would be well advised not to trust muslims at home or in the battle zone. Friendly muslims killed allied troops .... https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-green-blue-killings-explained-64561

One thing we can't afford to do is include muslims in the crews of the new nuclear submarines.