Any suggestions, please?

[Colin Law]

On 10 September 2010 14:16, Mark Widdicombe <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za> wrote:
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Li Li [lili_lilly at charter.net]
> Sent: 10 September 2010 02:51 PM
> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:23 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
>
>>Does "one country, two systems" apply to AC power as well?
>
> Yes.  In South Africa we are allegedly on 220V, but if you buy electricity from the supermarket you get lower.  I think they sell second hand electrons.  If you buy directly from the city online you get the real deal, freshly harvested electrons all the way.

I always think it is a bit of confidence trick selling electricity.
The supplier sends us electrons up one wire but we have to send them
back down the other so the supplier ends up with the same number of
electrons he started with, but we still have to pay.  It does not seem
right.

Colin