On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 11:39:56 +0000, Alf Beta wrote:

In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew Roy Lewallen wrote:
Ian Jackson wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:09:35 +0000, Paul Burridge
wrote:


What you are charged for is the use of the current as it flows through
your appliances etc.


You are not charged for using it. You are charged for BORROWING it.
Ian.

Yes, there's an extra fee if you keep any half cycles without returning
them on the following half cycles. It's called the Semi-Unused Cycle
Kinetic Electricity Return fee.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Be thankful that you have ac power coming to your home. Back in my days in
the old country, I used to walk 5 miles through snow and sludge in the
middle of winter to go to the next village to buy a couple of batteries so
that my father can listen to his nightly stories on our wireless. :P

They should have tied a string to you, that was looped around a spool,
that turned a generator while you were walking. Dad could have listened
while you walked!

Cheers!
RIch