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Phoebas · 12-10-2014 12:39pm

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

Its not what it said on its website. Information pack first, then a date informing you on the installation of the meter.

The website details what they are choosing to do, not what they have to do.

In my own case, I got a notification of the date, but they didn't turn up. They came a few weeks later without giving me a new notification.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 12-10-2014 12:43pm

Phoebas wrote: »

The website details what they are choosing to do, not what they have to do.

In my own case, I got a notification of the date, but they didn't turn up. They came a few weeks later without giving me a new notification.

Thanks. We got nothing here. Not sure if there's a meter, but all the neighbours has one. Unless our meter is hidden.

KERSPLAT! · 12-10-2014 12:45pm

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

Thanks. We got nothing here. Not sure if there's a meter, but all the neighbours has one. Unless our meter is hidden.

Do you know where the mains is? Small cover usually on the path just outside the house

Xenji · 12-10-2014 12:47pm

I have an apartment, sharing with my girlfriend and as it stands it cannot be metered due to an issue with the building itself and may never be, called IW and will only pay 278 euro per year regardless off how much water I use, that hardly seems fair compared to metered households.

Phoebas · 12-10-2014 12:51pm

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

Thanks. We got nothing here. Not sure if there's a meter, but all the neighbours has one. Unless our meter is hidden.

Its possible that they put your meter outside your neighbour's property - it would depend on the layout of the public pipework.

Since you didn't get an application pack, its also possible that they just don't know about you. You might just be off their radar - free water forever.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 12-10-2014 12:53pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Do you know where the mains is? Small cover usually on the path just outside the house

Don't know where it is.

Xenji · 12-10-2014 12:55pm

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

Thanks. We got nothing here. Not sure if there's a meter, but all the neighbours has one. Unless our meter is hidden.

A family member of mine had the same happen, his estate was done and they skipped him.

Mrs Garth Brooks · 12-10-2014 12:59pm

Xenji wrote: »

A family member of mine had the same happen, his estate was done and they skipped him.

Fair enough.

Curly Judge · 12-10-2014 1:02pm

Mrs Garth Brooks wrote: »

Thanks. We got nothing here. Not sure if there's a meter, but all the neighbours has one. Unless our meter is hidden.

I think that if you had one installed recently you would see the evidence .
Usually has a square of fresh concrete surrounding it.
In some rare cases the old stopcock could have been concreted or tarmacked over.
Another outside possibility is that your supply could be a branch off one of your neighbors on either side.
Such ad hoc arrangements took place years ago and may have gone undetected.
This will very soon change when water charges come in and people start comparing usage .

Streetwalker · 12-10-2014 1:07pm

Good to see the protest getting a lot of international interest in the media.

eeepaulo · 12-10-2014 1:10pm

Streetwalker wrote: »

Good to see the protest getting a lot of international interest in the media.

I have read a few, most are saying something along the lines of....

State broadcaster RTE cited a police estimate of 30,000.

Glock Lesnar · 12-10-2014 1:22pm

Bambi wrote: »

yeah just look at all these hardened radicals

http://m2.dmlimg.com/MDRjYjEyMTE2YjA0MWUwZTAzNzliOTExODQyNzVjMDDxY8vS6clpJDSSnWmaWiKNaHR0cDovL2MyLnRoZWpvdXJuYWwuaWUvbWVkaWEvMjAxNC8xMC9uYXRpb25hbC13YXRlci1wcm90ZXN0LWFnYWluc3Qtd2F0ZXItMTEuanBnfDYwNXx8fHx8fHx8fA==.jpg

don't embarrass yourself any further yeah? Just move on to the next untenable position

https://i.imgur.com/4xSXaCA.jpg

It's going to get harder and harder to defend the mob

Phoebas · 12-10-2014 1:31pm

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

https://i.imgur.com/4xSXaCA.jpg

It's going to get harder and harder to defend the mob

Wow!
That is in incredibly bad taste - what the hell were they thinking.

Pwindedd · 12-10-2014 1:36pm

Curly Judge wrote: »

I think that if you had one installed recently you would see the evidence .
Usually has a square of fresh concrete surrounding it.
In some rare cases the old stopcock could have been concreted or tarmacked over.
Another outside possibility is that your supply could be a branch off one of your neighbors on either side.
Such ad hoc arrangements took place years ago and may have gone undetected.
This will very soon change when water charges come in and people start comparing usage .

I think this might be our case too. Last year there was a leak in our front garden. When the landlord finally got someone to fix it, we discovered we're on a shared feed with the neighbours, the water supply feeds next door first then us.

Only one meter has been installed outside between the 2 houses and I am yet to receive an application pack. We also had no communication from IW regarding the meter installation itself. It's like we don't exist. I am assuming that we will be on the flat rate charge, but not sure if I will contact IW or wait for them to contact me. Whilst I'm not vehemently against water charges, I will happily exploit a glitch in the system for a while (might put the money by just in case)

Hoping the neighbours don't get billed for our usage though. Does anyone know what the policy is for shared feeds. I would assume the fairest would be non-metered billing for both houses.

dxhound2005 · 12-10-2014 1:36pm

Phoebas wrote: »

Wow!
That is in incredibly bad taste - what the hell were they thinking.

It does look like she dressed in the dark. But I'm no fashion guru.

dxhound2005 · 12-10-2014 1:37pm

Streetwalker wrote: »

Good to see the protest getting a lot of international interest in the media.

Good for who? Even if there was a lot of coverage, which there wasn't, it would not make any difference either way.

Smidge · 12-10-2014 1:42pm

mojesius wrote: »

Great video of yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnxmA3M4kc

That video puts to bed all of the comments on here that the people who are against IW/Meters etc are all "scumbag knackers".

Happyman42 · 12-10-2014 1:46pm

Phoebas wrote: »

Wow!
That is in incredibly bad taste - what the hell were they thinking.

When a banner buckles and the lettering doesn't you can be rightly suspicious that Photoshop is involved.
When the poster of the image has basic grammar issues akin to those on the banner, you can be triply suspicious.

GlockLesnar wrote:

I'll post proof of the second group first to allow people a chance to recant before I prove my post most in it's entirety.
These photos are orginally from the rabble facebook page so they're already in the public domain but I've obscured their identity further to prevent issues with the mods.

I'd like to see some more sources for this before I make up my mind that there may have been some assholes on parade yesterday.

dxhound2005 · 12-10-2014 1:49pm

Smidge wrote: »

That video puts to bed all of the comments on here that the people who are against IW/Meters etc are all "scumbag knackers".

Two different things. Sitting at home being against meters or even going on a march to protest. As opposed to invading other peoples residential areas to obstruct lawful business. The ones in Dundalk are republican paramilitaries.

http://www.republicanunity.org/rnu-dundalk-warn-of-possible-state-agent-undermining-of-anti-water-meter-protests/

gladrags · 12-10-2014 1:51pm

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Good for who? Even if there was a lot of coverage, which there wasn't, it would not make any difference either way.

It appears to make a difference to you.

Glock Lesnar · 12-10-2014 1:55pm

Happyman42 wrote: »

When a banner buckles and the lettering doesn't you can be rightly suspicious that Photoshop is involved.
When the poster of the image has basic grammar issues akin to those on the banner, you can be triply suspicious.

I'd like to see some more sources for this before I make up my mind that there may have been some assholes on parade yesterday.

Here's another picture of the flag, that should be the end of your silly billy suspicions.

https://i.imgur.com/C3T2fj8.jpg

For everyone that comes across as an undesirable in a still shot there's 10 that you'd have to listen to and be around to pick out.

Phoebas · 12-10-2014 1:59pm

Happyman42 wrote: »

When the poster of the image has basic grammar issues akin to those on the banner, you can be triply suspicious.

A person with the kind of ignorance that the banner displays mightn't also be ignorant in matters of grammar too?

KERSPLAT! · 12-10-2014 2:01pm

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Here's another picture of the flag, that should be the end of your silly billy suspicions.

https://i.imgur.com/C3T2fj8.jpg

For everyone that comes across as an undesirable in a still shot there's 10 that you'd have to listen to and be around to pick out.

Disgraceful

Happyman42 · 12-10-2014 2:01pm

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

Here's another picture of the flag, that should be the end of your silly billy suspicions.

https://i.imgur.com/C3T2fj8.jpg

For everyone that comes across as an undesirable in a still shot there's 10 that you'd have to listen to and be around to pick out.

Fair enough...there where some idiots at the march. In a 100,000 or even 30,000 people gathered for anything, what do you think the chances of some of them being idiots would be?
Think, All-Ireland Final...Ulster Final...Ireland V Gibraltar etc.

Sweet Rose · 12-10-2014 2:15pm

I think it's fantastic to see so many people out in force protesting over these endless charges. I'm so happy that Irish people are starting to get a bit of a back bone and exercising their right to protest. We are being bled dry no end and if the government think oh well they'll just lie down and roll over, then they'll never draw the line and keep charging us whatever charge/tax they can think of next.

C'mon Irish people. Let's stand up and fight back. Let's not be money making, tax raking robots for the government!

0byme75341jo28 · 12-10-2014 2:18pm

Sweet Rose wrote: »

I think it's fantastic to see so many people out in force protesting over these endless charges. I'm so happy that Irish people are starting to get a bit of a back bone and exercising their right to protest. We are being bled dry no end and if the government think oh well they'll just lie down and roll over, then they'll never draw the line and keep charging us whatever charge/tax they can think of next.

C'mon Irish people. Let's stand up and fight back. Let's not be money making, tax raking robots for the government!

Why do you think the government wants to take in this tax? They're not doing it just for the fun of it.

Sweet Rose · 12-10-2014 2:20pm

Macie Polite Ostrich wrote: »

Why do you think the government wants to take in this tax? They're not doing it just for the fun of it.

To make up for mistakes which I blooming didn't well make, that's why!

In Lonesome Dove · 12-10-2014 2:21pm

Pwindedd wrote: »

I think this might be our case too. Last year there was a leak in our front garden. When the landlord finally got someone to fix it, we discovered we're on a shared feed with the neighbours, the water supply feeds next door first then us.

Only one meter has been installed outside between the 2 houses and I am yet to receive an application pack. We also had no communication from IW regarding the meter installation itself. It's like we don't exist. I am assuming that we will be on the flat rate charge, but not sure if I will contact IW or wait for them to contact me. Whilst I'm not vehemently against water charges, I will happily exploit a glitch in the system for a while (might put the money by just in case)

Hoping the neighbours don't get billed for our usage though. Does anyone know what the policy is for shared feeds. I would assume the fairest would be non-metered billing for both houses.

The same thing here with me also. There's no meter lid outside my house but there's one across the road outside the neighbours and the lid is larger than the other lids up and down the road. Around the same time the meters the cold taps in the bathroom came to a dripple before stopping up altogether.

How's your water doing? Did you have any problems with your water?

Dyr · 12-10-2014 2:23pm

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Disgraceful

I think they were from donegal, which would explain a lot :pac:

Little CuChulainn · 12-10-2014 2:24pm

Glock Lesnar wrote: »

https://i.imgur.com/4xSXaCA.jpg

It's going to get harder and harder to defend the mob

Disgusting. You should post it on the protestors thread.

Smidge wrote: »

That video puts to bed all of the comments on here that the people who are against IW/Meters etc are all "scumbag knackers".

Did people say that? I'm pretty sure they were calling the people who were involved in trying to stop the meters as scumbags because that's what the videos showed. I'd love to see a post where someone called all anti-water meter people are scumbags if you can find one to back up your claim.

Sweet Rose wrote: »

To make up for mistakes which I blooming didn't well make, that's why!

They didn't make them either.

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