http://www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=79124

Richard Grieshop and Lynda Williams live in a one-bedroom mobile home in Tampa.

Both use wheelchairs and live on fixed incomes.

"When I called down to have this taken care of, I was told that this came directly from the corporate office and that there was nothing I could do other than pay this amount," Grieshop said. "I have no idea how I ended up with a $100,000 electric bill. There's no way. I don't think anyone uses that in a lifetime."

A power company spokesperson later blamed the bill on a system error, and says the couple won't have to pay.

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99 Gurkha with OM616 IDI turbo

2015 Gurkha with OM616 DI turbo

2014 Rexton W with OM612 VGT

Too many grow lights?
Bills over a couple grand usually bring in the DEA

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

so.. the smart thing would be go solar to power my lights or use a stationary diesel generator running on biodiesel and thus I will not be detected by the DEA... good idea

I don't feel so bad about my gas and electric bills now . . . .

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Yep. Also watch those orders for hydroponic equipment.

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Billing errors do happen Mix in the fixed income and wheels chairs and it sounds like a frivolous lawsuit waiting to happen.[pain & suffering]

maybe they own the cat that caused the power outage in my other thread.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Yeah, buddy!!!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

"Power Pussy?"

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Actually -
The "smart" thing is to tap in just upstream of the meter to a separate panel, like all the other big time home growers do.

(No. That's not where any of our money came/comes from. We just see these things on TV. I think Holmes on Homes did a rebuild of a grow house.)

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I hired a local electrician to upgrade the wiring in the garage a few years ago, he was a cool semi-retired fellow who gave me a good deal. Mostly because I hung out with him all day and was his helper.

Anyways, he casually mentioned that he was once hired by the parents of a teenager to dismantle a grow room the kid had built under his bedroom. The room had plywood walls,fans,grow lights, and a table and chairs, with access through a trap door under his bed. The kid had tapped into the panel box to run the grow lights, and pops dicovered the kids secret when the electric bills got really high.

He said the kid had 47 full size plants down there. I didn't ask or want to know what he did with the plants.

Talk about things happening under your nose.