hamburger wrote:i understand there are now meters that can be read over the internet without a meterreader even have to enter the premises.
Well, there are several technologies now available to gather meter readings without entering a customer's yard.
With one of the popular totally remote systems, the meters are read via a phone line.
With a partially remote system, a meter reader could read a meter from the road.
With any of the systems, a lot of capital has to be spent. The situation in BC, BC Hydro isn't willing to spend the millions of dollars that it would take to convert the entire province.
What is being done in select areas / certain difficult to read meters, is that a remote system is put in per each situation.
Terasen Gas here does have some remote systems on some of their big commercial gas meters. They also operate via a phone line.
Here's my kind of cat! :wink:
Mr. Doody playing chess with a couple of friends.
Mr. Doody must have brought a knight out, then put it back. is he setting a trap of some kind?
Talk like Doody, we can. Hi ya, Mr. Bluster and Fiddle-Faddle.
Reyn wrote:Mr. Doody playing chess with a couple of friends.
One of my friends is accusing me of cheating. I made 2 moves in one turn, and I touched every piece. :wink:
edgarblythe wrote:Talk like Doody, we can.
Hiya, Edgar! Made it through another week, I see!
This wasn't you was it, Edgar? :wink:
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Naked Man Slips Onto U.N. Property
NEW YORK (AP) - A naked man ran onto the high-security grounds of the United Nations on Friday while a gate was being opened to allow a car to enter, police said.
The man was running north on First Avenue at 11:07 a.m. when he slipped through the open gate near 42nd Street, said a police spokesman, Detective Kenneth Czartoryski.
The man was stopped by U.N. security guards and held until police arrived. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, said Czartoryski.
The man identified himself to police and said he was 32 years old. But because he carried no ID, police could not immediately verify his name.
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No; if I were into that sort of thing, I would have my ID tattooed on my arse.
Stiletto workout: part of the heeling process
Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:39 AM ET
By Claudia Parsons
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The gym that brought New Yorkers "Cardio Striptease" has dreamed up "Stiletto Strength," a workout to get women in shape to wear the highest of heels.
At a recent lunch-time session at Crunch gym near Times Square, dancer Amber Efe demonstrated how to strut like a cat-walk model, pivoting on six-inch heels that would challenge even the most ardent follower of shoe king Manolo Blahnik.
"Imagine you're at the bar, raise one hand high like you're holding your drink," she told the class, music pounding as she acted the part of a club-goer working through a crowd.
"Don't spill the drink," she told the group, a mix of women who clearly had plenty of experience and others still tottering on shoes that didn't show much wear.
Crunch's class list includes "Circus Sports" and "Cycle Karaoke" and national fitness director Donna Cyrus said the most popular nontraditional class in recent years was "Cardio Striptease," aerobics with a sexy twist.
"Stiletto Strength" was launched in January in response to client griping about getting back into high heels for winter.
"They're businesswomen and they have to wear heels so they want to understand how to look better in them and feel confident," Cyrus said.
Participants wear running shoes for the first part of the class, which focuses on strengthening lower body and abdominal muscles and improving balance and posture. The heels come out for the last 15 minutes.
"I came at the beginning just because I was curious," said Andrea Kussack, 27, who isn't required to dress up for her job but needs practice wearing "going-out" shoes.
"I recently bought for my boyfriend's Christmas party these really high heels. I made it through the night but it wasn't the most enjoyable thing and I haven't worn them since," she said.
So what is the secret to walking tall?
"Your abs and don't look down. Look where you're going," said instructor Kafi Pierre. "And your ankle strength, if you have weak ankles you'll tend to roll inward or outwards."
Cyrus called in a podiatrist to assess the class, which has been launched in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. "He said 'You know, the answer is women shouldn't wear heels,'" Cyrus said.
But she said women will wear them anyway.
"Your feet will probably never recover because it's not a position you're meant to be in all day long," she said. "This class will strengthen your legs and your core, it will make it less painful, but it will never be pain free."
hmmm ...
i seem to recall that a little while ago some 'foot-doctors' were interviewed and said that 'moderately high heels ' - perhaps not six inch spikes - actually improved posture for women, and that they saw nothing wrong with wearing them ??? hbg
nice pix, reyn !
(sorry, but i don't think you are much of a competion, reyn ! i know you tried !)
If only Jerry Mahoney were here.
Jerry's the one on the right.
reyn, i just found a unique way to get a good rating at stan's. there's a fellow who has 292 wins against another player who has a "perfect" 0-292-0 record. in their recent games, the winner makes 1 move with white & the loser just forfeits. but only 101 of those losses were forfeits. still, once you're 0 for 191 against somebody, might as well quit after one move right?
btw, i played one of the games that weren't forfeits, and the loser basically kept giving away pieces until he got checkmated. in another one, he actually resigned after white's first move. if you want to challenge this guy, i'll pm his nickname to you.
hamburger wrote:(sorry, but i don't think you are much of a competion, reyn ! i know you tried !)
Really? What's not to like?
edgarblythe wrote:
Jerry's the one on the right.
Yup, I know. He's a distant cousin.
Handsome looking dude. Of course he's no match for my dashing mug and rippling biceps. :wink:
