First pic of first water meter instalation online ....

Chin Stroker

... and it would appear Dustin Hoffman is doing it

https://twitter.com/MarieMulcahyTV3/status/365444821877420032/photo/1

FatherLen

Where is it being fitted?

Chips Lovell

FatherLen wrote: »

Where is it being fitted?

Your house

Nemeses

Oh lovely. This is a picture i did not want to see

Larbre34

I wanna be, (beeeeeeee), your Sledge Hammer.

Chin Stroker

FatherLen wrote: »

Where is it being fitted?

Anyone? Nothing on the Twitter tagamayoke

cdebru

That one big hole to put in one water meter ? this might take a while.

Stinicker

Rockfield Grove Maynooth according to the twitter feed

Iwannahurl

A couple of comments.

1. It's not the first water meter to be installed. AFAIK meters have already been installed at commercial premises. I saw a guy working on one outside a restaurant last week.

2. That's a very big hole relative to the size of the meter.

Nemeses

Iwannahurl wrote: »

2. That's a very big hole relative to the size of the meter.

Maybe its an uber-sized meter.. you know, the big ones that charge you more to use water...

minotour

its clearly De Niro.....

bumper234

The other 12 lads must be standing behind the cameraman looking in.

Jawgap

What's the fire extinguisher for?

Also, that's not Dustin Hoffman - it's obviously David Strathairn :pac:

stoneill

I have had a water meter installed since December 2012 - so there.

Culpepper

power washer for sale :rolleyes: (useful for giving your new water meter a good workout)

Nemeses

stoneill wrote: »

I have had a water meter installed since December 2012 - so there.

IS the bill expensive?

minotour

stoneill wrote: »

I have had a water meter installed since December 2012 - so there.

but did you publish the first pic of it?

cdebru

Culpepper wrote: »

power washer for sale :rolleyes: (useful for giving your new water meter a good workout)

Don't sell it yet, a solution is at hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTIV2GNF-g

Plazaman

Installations by GMC who are subsidiaries of Siteserv owned by Denis O Brien who magically won the lucrative contract for Water Meter installions in the Dublin area even though they owe millions to Anglo (the same Denis who had many questions asked over one of his previous contract wins when Esat Digifone were awarded their telecommunications licence and the same Dennis who when purchasing Siteserv seem to win out even though another company were looking to place a higher bid.

All above board so.

cdebru

Plazaman wrote: »

Installations by GMC who are subsidiaries of Siteserv owned by Denis O Brien who magically won the lucrative contract for Water Meter installions in the Dublin area even though they owe millions to Anglo (the same Denis who had many questions asked over one of his previous contract wins when Esat Digifone were awarded their telecommunications licence and the same Dennis who when purchasing Siteserv seem to win out even though another company were looking to place a higher bid.

All above board so.

Denis O'Brien winning contracts from a Fine Gael government, sounds oddly familiar.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

cdebru wrote: »

Don't sell it yet, a solution is at hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PTIV2GNF-g

Lol.
Great way to sabotage the old fashioned water meters and get a criminal record to boot.
The new meters being installed are in a sealed unit and are read electronically by a specially equipped van.
Maybe Eirigi wll throw eggs at the van to spot it!:D

cdebru

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Lol.
Great way to sabotage the old fashioned water meters and get a criminal record to boot.
The new meters being installed are in a sealed unit and are read electronically by a specially equipped van.
Maybe Eirigi wll throw eggs at the van to spot it!:D

red paint

kneemos

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Lol.
Great way to sabotage the old fashioned water meters and get a criminal record to boot.
The new meters being installed are in a sealed unit and are read electronically by a specially equipped van.
Maybe Eirigi wll throw eggs at the van to spot it!:D

How are they read electronically?will they have a power supply?

Stinicker

kneemos wrote: »

How are they read electronically?will they have a power supply?

They are self powering, Hydro electricty

Larbre34

I think it was the great Bart Simpson who said it best.

SMASHEE SMASHEE!

SEPT 23 1989

Plazaman wrote: »

Installations by GMC who are subsidiaries of Siteserv owned by Denis O Brien who magically won the lucrative contract for Water Meter installions in the Dublin area even though they owe millions to Anglo (the same Denis who had many questions asked over one of his previous contract wins when Esat Digifone were awarded their telecommunications licence and the same Dennis who when purchasing Siteserv seem to win out even though another company were looking to place a higher bid.

All above board so.

Denis might send his goons around to visit for that

Jimoslimos

No doubt water meters will be installed in every home years before decent fibre optic broadband (I'm in Dublin FFS :mad:).

Russian Blue

Jimoslimos wrote: »

No doubt water meters will be installed in every home years before decent fibre optic broadband (I'm in Dublin FFS :mad:).

That would make too much sense. They then might have some excuse with the broadcasting charge if we had proper broadband.

padd b1975

FatherLen wrote: »

Where is it being fitted?

On the water mains.

kneemos

Should look well when every foothpath in the country looks like a patchwork quilt.

Larbre34

kneemos wrote: »

Should look well when every foothpath in the country looks like a patchwork quilt.

Difference?

zl1whqvjs75cdy

He doesn't seem to thrilled with his job does he?

Saab Ed

I'm a bit old skool when it comes to this stuff but I would never advocate violence or criminal damage. What I would suggest however is to turn water meter installers into national pariah, let it be known that they're low life and just generally be rude towards them. Turn it into a job nobody wants to admit having.

losthorizon

minotour wrote: »

its clearly De Niro.....

Air Raid Warden from Dads Army

The Water Meters are long over due and a great idea.

Gummy Panda

Saab Ed wrote: »

I'm a bit old skool when it comes to this stuff but I would never advocate violence or criminal damage. What I would suggest however is to turn water meter installers into national pariah, let it be known that they're low life and just generally be rude towards them. Turn it into a job nobody wants to admit having.

Are you 12?

Technoprisoner

Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote: »

Lol.
Great way to sabotage the old fashioned water meters and get a criminal record to boot.
The new meters being installed are in a sealed unit and are read electronically by a specially equipped van.
Maybe Eirigi wll throw eggs at the van to spot it!:D

you can make a shield which blocks the transmission

shruikan2553

Stinicker wrote: »

They are self powering, Hydro electricty

That seems oddly intelligent. Do they have a battery to store the energy? If only a battery could be destroyed by heat or cold....

Saab Ed

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Are you 12?

Meh. I'm not even bothered arguing your point of view.

Guy:Incognito

Plazaman wrote: »

Installations by GMC who are subsidiaries of Siteserv owned by Denis O Brien who magically won the lucrative contract for Water Meter installions in the Dublin area even though they owe millions to Anglo (the same Denis who had many questions asked over one of his previous contract wins when Esat Digifone were awarded their telecommunications licence and the same Dennis who when purchasing Siteserv seem to win out even though another company were looking to place a higher bid.

All above board so.

Not awarding him any contracts wont get his debts paid now will it.

Chancer3001

I'm going to break mine.

Then when they ask if I broke it, I'll say no.

Genius.

Am Chile

They picked a middle class looking area to start off the installations-having looked up the area online according to one auctioners website the houses in rockfield grove are worth up to €355000- obviously they aint expecting any campaign of opposition to block the water meters being installed in areas like that-they will likely leave areas like donegal and limerick where they will expect resistance to water meters being installed near the end.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=rockfield%20grove%20maynooth&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50500085,d.ZGU,pv.xjs.s.en_US.ciY8R2R6XC8.O&biw=1366&bih=643&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=dtcDUs2KAvDH7Abi8oGACQ

http://collapso.net/Sale-Property/sale-price-history.php?id=388673

Culpepper

I wonder could this turn out like the Electronic Voting machines fiasco? Should we hold on to the old stopcocks?

bennyl10

Saab Ed wrote: »

I'm a bit old skool when it comes to this stuff but I would never advocate violence or criminal damage. What I would suggest however is to turn water meter installers into national pariah, let it be known that they're low life and just generally be rude towards them. Turn it into a job nobody wants to admit having.

They're low-life? I doubt they want to be doing the job, its something noone wants, cause of idiots like you. It's a job, theres not many of them around, if you get offered a steady job you take ot!

But yes the working man is the low-life, not the man abusing him at all..

danjo-xx

Jawgap wrote: »

What's the fire extinguisher for?

that's in case they hit the esb cable:P

vicwatson

How have they permission to go into a private development (not in charge by the council) and dig up the owners road to put these yokels into it ??

danjo-xx

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Not awarding him any contracts wont get his debts paid now will it.

oh yes we 'reward' failure in this country, were bloody good at that, if your in the inner circle. Friends with benefits - way to go.

CrazyRabbit

If they are read electronically via a signal sent out by the meter, then it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to replace the signal with another that shows lower usage....or just block it.

force eleven

stoneill wrote: »

I have had a water meter installed since December 2012 - so there.

Yup. Private water scheme here, already in. Allowance is 200 cubic meters per year. Which isn't great for a average family.. About 550 litres per day, sounds a lot, but consider flushing toilets, washing, cooking etc, you'll all get used to thinking about it soon. Penalties quite harsh for going over limit too. Not happy about that.

shootermacg

Why are they metering water? I thought it was the infrastructure that was the issue not the amount of water.
So why don't they put a price on the repair program and tax accordingly?

This smacks of selling ice to the Eskimos to me. One thing we do not have a shortage of in this bloody country is water!

Is it the price of the fluoride they are adding to the water against my wishes driving the price up or something?

I really feel this country is driving me to my knees with these new taxes.

Well people, vote with your feet next election, something needs to be done.