The Eurozone crisis/break-up may crash the system?

acman · Post by **acman** » 26 Jul 2012, 21:51

Not sure if this relevant, but we've just had our electricity bill, nothing unusual you might think, we pay quarterly, and I noticed it was a month early, so I contacted the supplier, I was told they have a 28 day window to read the meter, so they've read it early, so that's nearly £375 in just about 8 weeks off me, they've never done anything like that before, perhaps they're getting the money in now, because if there is any sort of default/collapse etc, they'll be waiting for the money.
Who knows??
Regards, acman.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 26 Jul 2012, 22:06

Our electricity meter reader person comes in a G4S van and wears a G4S badge. What does that mean?

acman · Post by **acman** » 26 Jul 2012, 22:24

Perhaps Biff, Electricity meters are valuable, so a security guard does a walkround to make sure it's all OK & not been pinched!!

energy-village · Post by **energy-village** » 26 Jul 2012, 22:30

biffvernon wrote:Our electricity meter reader person comes in a G4S van and wears a G4S badge. What does that mean?

It means he may read your meter, arrest you or incarcerate you. He can't send in the drones, not yet anyway.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 26 Jul 2012, 22:31

biffvernon wrote:Our electricity meter reader person comes in a G4S van and wears a G4S badge. What does that mean?

Maybe he's supposed to be guarding the olympics, but got sent to the wrong place

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Tarrel · Post by **Tarrel** » 27 Jul 2012, 07:22

Look on the bright side. It could be a Royal Marines commando that turns up next time.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 27 Jul 2012, 14:23

JohnB wrote:
biffvernon wrote:Our electricity meter reader person comes in a G4S van and wears a G4S badge. What does that mean?
Maybe he's supposed to be guarding the olympics, but got sent to the wrong place .

Is there a 1 meter race?

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 27 Jul 2012, 15:11

The Guardian - 27/07/12

Germany feels effect of crisis as its major firms announce bad news

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Ach mein gott!

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 27 Jul 2012, 18:36

Everything's going to plan.

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 28 Jul 2012, 01:09

The Independent - 28/07/12

Stock markets surged higher yesterday as Europe's key, Franco-German axis threw its weight behind efforts to prevent a eurozone break-up and stem the crisis threatening to engulf Spain.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande's comments that "they are determined to do everything to protect the eurozone" following telephone talks cheered investors after European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's pledge on Thursday.

The show of unity encouraged investors to pile into shares, sending London's FTSE 100 Index 1 per cent higher, Germany's Dax up 1.6 per cent and France's CAC 40 2.3 per cent ahead. Leading shares in Spain – punished earlier this week as fears of a full-scale bailout loomed – bounced back nearly 4 per cent today.

Although they warned that eurozone members "must comply with their obligations", the two leaders said: "Germany and France are deeply committed to the integrity of the eurozone. They are determined to do everything to protect the eurozone."

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Phew, that's a relief.

For a minute there, I thought the eurozone was a dead parrot.

SleeperService · Post by **SleeperService** » 28 Jul 2012, 11:46

Hmm... markets falter Merkel and another leader of the Central Euro bloc have a chat and issue a statement, market recovers a bit. Repeat as necessary. How long before the markets twig that they aren't actually going to DO anything?? That's when the parrot becomes an ex-parrot