Hello Kurt!

14 Apr 22 07:01, you wrote to me:

 KW> -=> Ray Quinn wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

 RQ>> For years, we were on a flat-rate type service. Then they went to
 RQ>> a metered service and the bills went way down. They realized that
 RQ>> most people were using quite a bit less than they were previously
 RQ>> billed.

 KW> My family has a cabin in near Donner Summit. The community has had
 KW> flat rate billing for years - no meters. Our 1000 square foot cabin
 KW> built in the 1780s gets billed the same as the 4000 square foot
 KW> McMansionCabin with the Sacramento family that comes and washes their
 KW> trucks when they're up there.

 KW> They're going to get a rude awakening when they start billing.

We haven't watered our yard in years. The only water it gets is when it rains,
and being as far south as we are, we don't get much. That is probably the reason
we are well below our monthly "quota" and our water will is lower than when it
was flat rate.

I have been keeping our lawn, er, weeds cut after being on disability for two
months. It was a bit disheartening watching my 80 year-old dad mowing it because
I couldn't - twice. It was about 2 feet tall by the time I could mow it myself.
What usually takes about 30-45 minutes took me 3 hours. Only about 2/3 of the
back yard was tall as I had mowed part of it a week or so prior. I also had to
take many, many breaks as I am still not 100%. (Still going to physical therapy
twice weekly.)

We've thought about landscaping with drought-resistant plants or grass, or just
some kind of rocks. But the house and shed needs painting worse.

73 de W6RAY Ray Quinn
Visalia, CA DM06II
Ham Shack Hotline 4655



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