On 6/19/2010 8:04 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
In , Jim wrote:
(Doug Miller) wrote:

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Your electric and gas meters were inside the house? Yeah,
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.....

Pretty common in the northeast in old houses in the cities.

My water meter is still in my basement and I've been reading it every
6 months for 25 years. Supposed to go to electronic, remote read
meters this summer.

I have *never* seen either a gas or electric meter inside a house. Water
meters, sure. Gas and electric? Won't believe it without a photo.

I've seen them in basements where the meter reader looked through a
window to read the meter. I've met meter readers who used binoculars
to read meters. Perhaps an aggressive dog kept them at a distance?

TDD