Have you thought about getting an electric cycle?
Have you thought about getting an electric cycle?Lol where I live we have a grand total of one bus a week and *nothing else* and even that bus barely goes anywheremy car has a habit of breaking down at the worst possible times such as Boxing Day (!) last year when I was due at work for the next 3 days. Physically couldn’t get there because I have no other means of transport and the already ridiculous taxi fares would have near rendered me bankrupt at Christmas Took two weeks before I could get my car in anywhere, and I had to cancel all my shifts - lost £500 and spent the same on fixing the fucking car! Sad thing is, I genuinely had to say to my boss it would be genuinely cheaper for me to be fired. Taxis are atleast £50 to get to my work and a rental car is about the same per day. You’d think I live in the Arctic and hey I’m rural, but not THAT rural. In this day in age it’s utter madness that people don’t have more affordable transport options yet they bitch at us so much about not using cars.
It does, but right now it seems they are doing the increases to cover their own cash flow issues and their justifications are iffy. You will struggle to challenge many of them and would need to either cancel the DD and move to paying as the bill comes in (could incur extra charges) or take them to the ombudsman after 8 weeks but ML did advise this was hard due to the situation.They'll make you aware of an increase but it has to be fair
Ah I missed where he said it was hard to do. I can't change mine as e.on kept refunding me (£700 over the year) and now my account has ended up in debtIt does, but right now it seems they are doing the increases to cover their own cash flow issues and their justifications are iffy. You will struggle to challenge many of them and would need to either cancel the DD and move to paying as the bill comes in (could incur extra charges) or take them to the ombudsman after 8 weeks but ML did advise this was hard due to the situation.
There are issues with living in rural areas! Which i dont think always get taken into account by town planners!Have you thought about getting an electric cycle?
Ditto! I got into a bit of hot water at work when they did a survey regarding a bike purchase scheme. My 30 minute car journey would take nearly 2 hours by bike, according to Google Maps. So buying a bike for my commute would be pointless.There are issues with living in rural areas! Which i dont think always get taken into account by town planners!
I do have an electric bike now.....and did think of using it to get to work, but I'm not that fit, and worked out that cycling to work would take me and hour and a half there, and an hour and a half back, which compared to the 20 minute each way car journey was totally unrealistic!
I plan on a lean Christmas too, with cost of everything going up I will watch the pennies more closely than I usually need to. The food shop is rinsing me at the moment.I pay £40 per month for both gas and electric but I pay it manually. I simply cannot afford to pay the £118 pm for both that SSE want if I pay by DD. I just pay the excess, if there is one, when the bill comes in. It’s going to be a lean Christmas in the ‘Farkus’ house this year. I’ve lost over £500 a month since my daughter turned 18 in May, I work but it’s bloody difficult now.
My work did that onceDitto! I got into a bit of hot water at work when they did a survey regarding a bike purchase scheme. My 30 minute car journey would take nearly 2 hours by bike, according to Google Maps. So buying a bike for my commute would be pointless.
But apparently my responses brought down the positive numbers of the survey which the managers weren't happy about
Sadly it is in the small print and is the sole reason why I still pay maually, every quarter on receipt of the bill.What, I had no idea they could do this. I was considering jumping to DD for mine too, but if they can authorise new amounts without asking you then no.
Couldn't afford it, don't have the fitness, I work 45 minutes away (drive) and have multiple needs for a car (dogs, shopping, driving places with my partner etc). I also don't fancy cycling back from work at 7 at night in the pitch black pissing down rain in the throws of a Lake District winter. Not to mention hugely unsafe on 60+ roads. I could go on. Probably a very unrealistic thought for most adults I would think.Have you thought about getting an electric cycle?
Shrugs shoulders, and skulks back into a dark corner of Tattle which I usually inhabit. Sorry, I've had a trying day today.Couldn't afford it, don't have the fitness, I work 45 minutes away (drive) and have multiple needs for a car (dogs, shopping, driving places with my partner etc). I also don't fancy cycling back from work at 7 at night in the pitch black pissing down rain in the throws of a Lake District winter. Not to mention hugely unsafe on 60+ roads. I could go on. Probably a very unrealistic thought for most adults I would think.
But thank you for the sentiment?
My apologies, I do appreciate the thought honestly, it's just a really bizarre suggestionShrugs shoulders, and skulks back into a dark corner of Tattle which I usually inhabit. Sorry, I've had a trying day today.
Apology accepted, but I think I've had my full quota of Tattle for today.My apologies, I do appreciate the thought honestly, it's just a really bizarre suggestionIt's like saying your oven doesn't work, but have you tried cooking your roast over candlelight? (I'm only teasing please don't take it personally lmao)
Ah I'm just pulling ya leg man! I think it's just one of those things that people don't necessarily understand rural living. Which is fair enough - not many do it!Apology accepted, but I think I've had my full quota of Tattle for today.
https://giphy.com/10JhviFuU2gWD6My apologies, I do appreciate the thought honestly, it's just a really bizarre suggestionIt's like saying your oven doesn't work, but have you tried cooking your roast over candlelight? (I'm only teasing please don't take it personally lmao)
National Grid is GasJust read (admittedly in MSM) that the national grid are warning of black outs this winter?! Wtaf?!
I know this is a silly question but surely that means we won’t have heating either as ur boiler needs electric to work? This country is a shit hole!
Its both gas and electricNational Grid is Gas
My former Deputy Vice-Chancellor used to check up how many people were in the office if there was bad snowfall. He lived quite a distance away, so he had the view that if he could get in, so could everyone else. This was of course overlooking three points:I plan on a lean Christmas too, with cost of everything going up I will watch the pennies more closely than I usually need to. The food shop is rinsing me at the moment.
My work did that onceMost of us drive on a 70mph road to get to work so cycling not really the feasible option for many due to the distance/safety. Cycling is fine if within a couple of miles but most travel 10+.
Edit to add: they also tried to get us to have car buddy system but having to match up finish times with someone in your area becomes really inconvenient and a chore. I once gave a colleague a lift for a month while they had various car issues and I was glad when she got her car back as doing small talk at 8am is not fun.
Oh and the bus service is crap near my work, it's only really feasible on foot for locals, or by car, due to the awkward location (not a city centre).
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