You blink and before you know it, months have passed by. My life - even as a forced retiree - is hectic - too hectic!
I need to set aside - at least once every 2 weeks, to blog!
At my branch of the LDS Church recently, someone entered the chapel, using keys, and they cut the power and stripped out the distribution board - as well as the prepaid meter! As far as I can ascertain, the replacement parts cost just over R 100 ($10) and the central Eskom computer will only allow prepaid power at the chapel site. The 200 units of power - enough for 6 - 8 months at least! - is wiped clean except for at our installation. The meter requires a computer card to buy more electricity, so the old meter is only so much invaluable scrap.
Eskom need to reinstal a new meter and this can take anything up to 10 months to get action.
Only benefit is that it is winter here, and we will not need the fans until October, and we can survive without lights indefinitely. We are due to have sessions of General Conference broadcast come October, but I am positive we can arrange some alternative plan.
