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Our water meter is right up front by the curb. It is the only meter anyone needs to put eyes on. Our gas meter and electric meters are all electronic and they read them from the street as they drive past.
My grandparents bought a house in 1928 that had a basement. The electric meter was down in the basement. The meter reader just walked in the back door, and down the stairs to read the meter. Just like the milkman, just walk in, open the fridge, (or ice box back then) and put in the milk, cream, and butter order, and haul off the empty bottles. Mom said she remembered many times eating breakfast with her sister, and a man would walk in the back door and go down into the basement. They did not think anything was strange about it.
By the 1950s the electric company moved the electric meter outside so they could read it easier.
No reason to hit a dog with a stick when they are in the back yard with no permission. That would not work for me either.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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