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Re: Sickies
« Reply #30 on: October 04, 2007, 08:34:15 AM »
I worked for British Gas for 20 years.
Meter-Theft division?

I did actually have a spell in the anti fraud dept., yes.

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Re: Sickies
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2007, 08:34:53 AM »
I worked for British Gas for 20 years.
Meter-Theft division?

I did actually have a spell in the anti fraud dept., yes.
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #32 on: October 04, 2007, 08:35:55 AM »
I worked for British Gas for 20 years.
Meter-Theft division?
I did actually have a spell in the anti fraud dept., yes.
Poacher>>Gamekeeper eh? ;)
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2007, 08:38:40 AM »
I worked for British Gas for 20 years.
Meter-Theft division?

I did actually have a spell in the anti fraud dept., yes.
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:

Tilting or turning it 'round used to work apparently. Making it go backwards was always a hoot to witness, but not for the cussie when caught. noooo:
Dunno now.
 I guess technology over the past 20 years has erradicated the problem.

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Re: Sickies
« Reply #34 on: October 04, 2007, 08:54:19 AM »
I worked for British Gas for 20 years.
Meter-Theft division?
I did actually have a spell in the anti fraud dept., yes.
Poacher>>Gamekeeper eh? ;)

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Re: Sickies
« Reply #35 on: October 04, 2007, 12:19:53 PM »
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
Don't turn on any appliances noooo:
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« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2007, 12:20:30 PM »
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
Don't turn on any appliances noooo:
lol: ::)
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #37 on: October 04, 2007, 12:21:02 PM »
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
Don't turn on any appliances noooo:
lol: ::)

Isn't there some trick with magnets? Or was it liver?
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« Reply #38 on: October 04, 2007, 12:21:37 PM »
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
Don't turn on any appliances noooo:
lol: ::)

Isn't there some trick with magnets? Or was it liver?
Magnets are more likely...
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #39 on: October 04, 2007, 12:22:07 PM »
Prolly.
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #40 on: October 04, 2007, 01:15:26 PM »
How do you stop the meter thingy going round then?  whistle:
Don't turn on any appliances noooo:
lol: ::)

Isn't there some trick with magnets? Or was it liver?
Magnets are more likely...

No.

Shove a bit of liver in the meter and in a week the maggots will jam up the mechanism. noooo:
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Re: Sickies
« Reply #41 on: October 04, 2007, 01:17:13 PM »
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I forwarded an email to my boss from my personal account that had my blog link in the signature. I didn't delete it and there were details of the day out I'd had shopping when I was supposedly in bed with flu. 


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