tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post5395222060423288456..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: Brief encounterAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-5386782868100336962008-06-13T04:53:00.000-05:002008-06-13T04:53:00.000-05:00I used to do that, too. The most annoying thing t...I used to do that, too. The most annoying thing that people do to their gas meters is they use it to wrap their garden hose around. This means you have to actually walk all the way up to the meter and move the hose so you can see the dials, instead of just reading it from a distance as you walk past.<BR/><BR/>Many people don't know what their gas meter is. Some people think it's the water meter, and they completely wrap it up with that foam insulation stuff in winter to keep it from freezing. And of course that means they also cover the dials, so you have to cut the insulation away from that part to be able to read it.<BR/><BR/>Back when I did that, I was constantly amazed when I would sometimes ask someone if they knew where they're gas meter is (sometimes they're harder to find than you think), and they would say, "I don't know, what does it look like?"AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-67688934724275435572008-06-12T21:30:00.000-05:002008-06-12T21:30:00.000-05:00My great-grandpa could sympathize with your job be...My great-grandpa could sympathize with your job better than I can, he used to be a gas meter reader for the city, wayyyyyy back when. Kinda hard to hide a gas meter tho, without some really big bushes to plant around it.Mattexianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364636677279037964noreply@blogger.com