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celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 4 May

It's called the utility shut off scam. Even some who auto pay are being scammed. They may come to your home, text or call you telling you that you supposedly owe money on your bill and need to pay up or your utilities will be shut...

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A Pleasant Surprise

celticeagle @celticeagle (189819) • Boise, Idaho 13 Aug 23

Last month I kept checking the power bill site. Our Budget Pay plan was supposed to change our monthly amount in July. I actually forgot to pay the bill and freaked out this month when I saw it. Ikes! I am very good about paying...

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Why even bother?

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 4 Mar 23

I got this letter today and thought it was great until I reread the first sentence. Exactly how is $21/YEAR going to help when one month's gas and electric is $479? Then, the $75/quarter utility benefit I'm getting through my...

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Changing of Pipes

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 28 May 22

Last week I noticed a few workers dig through the pipeline and the water was overflowing. Later they opened the fire hydrant to let loose some water. I thought when they do maintenance, they should turn off the water. Well, they...

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Maintenance in recent days

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 25 Jan 22

My aunts request to have the roof and gutters replaced since they experienced the leaks when the storm came here last year. But the carpenter recommended roof guard paint and sealed the leaks instead. We don't have budget for...

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One week shopping

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 2 Dec 21

If there's something we rarely do is that we go and do some shopping. But ever since our relatives came, we've been shopping non stop. First, Bed, then closet. She wanted a liner but we went to a store that doesn't have one. All...

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Debt Free no more mortgage

Liberti @Liberti (264) • Mead, Washington 23 Feb 21

Last month in January we made our last mortgage payment on our property. We paid it off 10 years early. We own 24 acres of timber and farm land in Spokane County Washington. We reside rural in the mountains and we love it...

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It Happened Again!!

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3670) • United States 28 Dec 20

Hello, fellow mylotters!! Hope everyone had a very blessed Christmas!! I wrote a post in January about how our electric bill had sky rocketed. Upon finding out most of the village was affected by this, we still had to pay it....

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Rent Paid, Utilities Paid, Wifi Paid

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 6 Aug 20

Thankfully I'm done paying my Bill's for the months, with the exception of the kids phone bill and I'm praying about that one,because honestly I don't know if I should keep it going, I'm not so worried about E, but I'm concerned...

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Natural Gas Utility Appointment

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 11 Sep 19

A couple of months ago we received an automated phone call advising us to make an appointment with the natural gas company for someone to come out and check the meter. We thought this was a little silly because the meter is on...

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and the outage fun keeps coming..

scarlet_woman @scarlet_woman (23463) • United States 4 Feb 19

for the most part we came through relatively unscathed from the gas line going down..but i've noticed the cold in the house from the heat being out did damage a few things. for instance,my downstairs bathroom has really old...

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What do you spend the most money on? Rent? Food? Utilities? or Something Else?

Jesuslovesme @MsBooklover (3974) • United States 22 Apr 18

I know what I spend mine on. Rent! And my rent just went up a lot more than I expected. I am very stressed over this. You have to remember that I was supposed to get married and not be paying rent...but be in a new home....or...

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Household expenses

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 30 Jan 18

Is it the heating or cooling season for you? Maybe you really do not do either, if you are lucky. When you heat your house, what fuel do you use? Some people use natural gas, others use propane. Of course some people use...

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Do you still use a watch?

Life_is_Fun @smileyhema (4463) • United States 3 Feb 17

With the advent of new technologies and mobile world, I'm sure most of us have smart phones now and even with the basic model you will have all the utilities like clock, timer, alarm etc. But if you ask few people like my dad...

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But we pay on TIME!

LK2018 @Letranknight2015 (52665) • Philippines 5 Oct 16

I just can't believe we have yet again receive another notice from the Electric company, but this time it was a confirmation about us getting disconnected. Money won't come until the weekend, why can't they just wait...

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Last Night? Oh, Joy! (Don't Believe It)

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 3 Apr 16

Last Night, after watching a show, I retired for the night. In just a short while, all of a sudden my CPAP breathing machine stopped working. If you have to use one of those, you may know the feeling of instant panic. I was...

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So that just happened.... (phone update)

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 21 Jan 16

So I posted that my husband went ahead and cancelled the land line to try and cut down on costs. Most of the calls we get are just phone numbers we don't recognize and don't bother answering. Over the last two days this one number...

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It's a Duplex

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 19 Oct 15

I have perhaps not explained some things about my new home. It is a duplex that we are converting to single family. It is back-to-back or mirror image. The kitchens share a wall as do the living rooms. Bedrooms and utility rooms...

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When Apartment Living Fails...

habibti320 @habibti320 (925) • United States 15 Nov 12

I have been waiting for water since I came home. This morning, I wasn't able to take a shower...I brushed with the water I had in a water bottle. Now that my work is finished, I was thinking that the water would be back and I...

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Pencil case at work

deodavid @deodavid (4147) • Philippines 13 Aug 12

Well being a nurse means that you tend to a lot of people and you do carry around a lot of stuff good thing we have lots of pockets to put our pens and thermometers but there are just some tools that have to be accessible to you...

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