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Please enjoy waking up to a photo of a bear having a bath

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8 points

clean bear

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4 points

Very clean, but is bear pondering honey or picanick baskets?

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3 points

🍯

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13 points

$750 gas bill… Jesus Christ man…

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No bueno! First things first, check your meter and see if the number is higher or lower than the bill; occasionally it will be an estimate in which case you should be able to provide your own actual reading to your provider, or it will right itself by the next bill.

Next, if the read is accurate, check for leaks. Generally you will need a plumber to check for you, but better to be safe. (Edit: adding, if there is a leak you will most likely still be liable for the bill).

Otherwise, it may just be the gas price increases have come into effect, and you’re seeing that on your bill now.

Source: many years in energy call centres.

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7 points

Reading is accurate. Haven’t checked for leaks, but my graphs don’t suddenly spike and are comparable to last year. I think shit’s just expensive…boo

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2 points

Do you have ducted heating or something or do you get bills very infrequently?

If you can see the metre is it going up by a lot and ticking?

750 sounds awful.

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8 points

What the fudge? Is that quarterly?

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3 points

Yes unfortunately

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Damn. That’s nasty. Check your metre readings. Even with the recent increase that’s a massive bill.

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5 points

Mine is pretty close to that as well. It’s not sexy at all.

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😱 😨 that’s rude. That’s very rude. Times like this I’m grateful that my place has zero gas heating. But even the freaking daily supply charge alone for a gas stovetop is $1/day.

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2 points

Induction is amazing. I was hesitant but it truly is epic!

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I recently got one of those 😖

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1 point

Time to get some split systems by the sound of it.

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13 points

New guitar day!!!

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Our very own bard! Very slick looking guitar, noice 👌

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4 points

Listen to The branch or the tree by Stray on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/hcHeV

You might like this tune. Some of your poetry fits the vibe

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Oooo saved! I will listen! Thank you 😍

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13 points

uuuuhhhhhhhggggggrrrrrrhhhghgghhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuggghhhh

bleh

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🍨

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yes

it’s spring , allergies and rosacea are bad 🥺

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6 points

I feel the same.

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5 points

I have now reached this point too.

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5 points

Same.

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I’m wasted on this audience (my parents). The TV just had some ad where a woman had all of her toes amputated due to diabetes, showed her nub foot. She said “you never think it’ll happen to you, but until you put your foot into someone else’s shoes…” and I said “Ha! Was that a pun?? That was toe-tally a pun…” and dad was like “yeah”.

I crave appreciation for my comedy and I’m not getting it from these supposed “loved ones”.

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It’s a tough crowd… Tougher than callous. I see you.

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6 points

Maybe if you told some jokes you might get a better reaction. 😐

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It’s not easy to get a foot in.

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Mean! Looks like you’re looking to make an arch enemy…

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3 points

You have no sole

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American ads are fucking weird.

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They should toe the line and laugh at your jokes

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