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This morning Horizon Utilities dropped by to inspect our units, being the inquisitive person I asked inspector Joe questions. He was helpful and informative; one thing that caught my attention Horizon Utilities has been commissioned by the Govt to educate consumers on how to conserve electrical energy. Since hydro is covered in our rent it good to remind tenants wasting electricity is costly.
Inspector Joe checked my power bars and the refrigerator and offered to replace the light fixtures with low energy light bulbs and gave some good advice. At the end of the inspection, I asked how my unit held up on energy conservation. He replied I’m doing well.  *Hurray For Tony*  :)
Inspector Joe & I had a little chat, he mentioned if we don’t start conserving hydro the Province will have to build another nuclear power plant to keep up with the demand. And guess who’ll be flipping the bill…..Us Canadians!.

Since I passed the inspection I feel good enough to give my unit a good shake down ie: scrub the floors, wash the walls, rearrange the furniture, clean and wipe the counters and the bathroom.  Who knows maybe this weekend I’ll wash the windows for all the tenants on my floor.  ;)
Looks like the new KMHC superintendent Francois Tramblay and I will get along fine, he’ll listen in regard to maintenance and has experience in the Custodial Arts.  :)

Today is Sept 11 do you remember where you were on that terrible day in 2001?  As for me it was my day off work, I got up around 8:45 am, I made coffee, turned on the TV morning news and actually saw the second plane slam into the WTC.  At first I thought it was a trailer from an upcoming movie then I realized it was real. I immediately ran to my roommate and best friend's bedroom and shouted  "America is under attack!"  he looked at the TV then at me and said "Osama Bin laden".  Isn't that amazing, my best buddy who follows world news suspected who was behind the attacks, later we found out he was right.  It was a scary day for sure.  

Tk




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Tony King said…
This blog site has gone beyond 40,000 pageviews. Time to celebrate. :)
September 11, 2013 at 9:50:00 PM EDT
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