No amount of googling will bring up an Australian agent for Veuve, but a local bottle shop has promised to do some investigation for me later today. I might be lucky yet.
Helen and James haven’t been too lucky though. They signed up for PhotoVoltaic panels at the same time as my brother Graham and I did and we all had the panels installed on the same day. At the time the sales person faxed off the applications for the 40c per kilowatt power input to be sold back to the energy company. Bro and I got ours acknowledged, but Helen and James heard nothing and when they contacted the energy company they were told that as they had not submitted their application before the government subsidy cutoff date they could only get paid 7c per unit into the electricity grid...no arguments thanks. That makes the expense of the solar panels pretty well useless as it will take a couple of decades to pay off the panels etc at 7c per.
Fortunately my cousin Edward is the man who has volunteered his services as a mediator and he has forwarded all the documents including a Statutory Declaration saying that the application was faxed before the closing date. Hope he can get the decision reversed. Cousin Ted has an impressive track record of winning over lots of government and commercial businesses.
Don’t sell Ted a car unless you are very sure it has absolutely no defects.
Just after lunch today I noticed a Channel7 TV transmitter vehicle near my house front. I’m guessing that something of import has happened in this estate and we should see something on tonight’s 7 News.
The cleanup and repairs etc are progressing in Martin’s unit. A few days ago we opened an inspection door to check out the condition of the electric hot water system. The HWS is housed in a vertical space which services three floors of apartments. It was inhabited by about 300 Australian cockroaches (Periplaneta australasiae). They are a large species of cockroach, winged, and growing to a length of 30–35 millimetres. Martin hit them with a couple of cans of insecticide and yesterday we gave them another jolt with an insect bomb. Martin made sure that the tenants above and below knew when he was going to ‘bomb’ them so they could go out for a couple of hours. I am guessing the bottom unit has heaps of dead cockies next to their HWS.
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Hope it all works out well for James and Helen. Those cockroaches look horrible Kevin, they must be in the units as well, may take more than "bomb" to get rid of them.....:-)Hugs
Kev, good luck with the wine, but don't hold your breath. Did you read the article on Chogm in the West yesterday?.Evidently ou Govern. Wants everyone to clear up their gardens and verges to present a squeaky clean image to our guests. Our homeless are going to be shunted on somewhere other than the streets around Perth. The Police Minister has offered the displaced people a tent and a cushion each ,as they are bundled out of sight.Memories of Beijing Olympics and the Chinese Gov. getting rid of the homeless. Remember America,s Cup and how Fremantle shunted the Homeless into outlying suburbs,?How much money has been wasted on buildings and paint {not to mention tents and cushions} for CHOGM? That money could have been spent on housing the families who are camping out in these winter nights, PremierCol, who recently spent thousands on upgrading his office is banning verge collections during the big meeting as he doesn't want Perth to resemble a third world country. What about the People who live here? I notice he didn't knock back his huge increase in pay,I can see why people who have nothing have to take to the streets to make people aware of how bad their lives have become.How much is CHOGM GOING TO COST US? HOW MUCH food is going to be wasted, Don't forget that we have to be friendly and smile at our visitors. Tell that to the people as they claim a tent and a cushion. Do they get money for food with that,,,I' m going to have a Bex, a cup of tea and a bit of a rest in my tent, Marg
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