I can drink tea for England, always just Typhoo and no one else in the family will drink the tea I make as I like it strong. That is my gran’s fault: she had the old black lead fireplace and oven in the old stone cottage, with a huge old kettle on a swing-out bar over the fire. A big, battered old teapot on the hob, kettle always near boiling and just threw in another handful of loose tea every now and again. By 4 in the afternoon, you could resurface roads with it! My dad got used to it and so did I, but mam would actually shudder when we poured it out. SWMBO says the Tannin in my insides will preserve me forever, they won’t have to embalm me!
I only have one coffee a day, sometimes not even that. I only have Maxwell House instant and am not really bothered about it, but do appreciate my daughter’s fancy Columbian stuff now and again and I like a nice Cappucino – had one today with a nice bit of home made Lemon Drizzle cake at Larders of Louth, while waiting for SWMBO to have her hair done. That’s the best cake anywhere, I love it.
German tourists like Larders: http://tinyurl.com/ycm78fgn
Back to Topic: I will not have a Smart Meter. EDF tried to say they are replacing old meters, forgetting that they only fitted new gas and leccy meters in March 2016, when we had new GCH. I take my readings from the meters: gas is outside the side door, leccy 2 steps from the front door. Then I send them via the website and get a revised bill within 48 hours, straight to my internet account. Discounted, paperless online accounting, no problems at all. I have read so many problems with these meters: IMO it’s just another badly-thought out govenment initiative. Join the Forum and check out the problems on MSE:
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