Fun_People Archive
11 Oct
Death, taxes, and gas bills

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 19:59:49 -0700
To: Fun_People
Subject: Death, taxes, and gas bills 

Forwarded-by: Keith Bostic <bostic@bsdi.com>
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Death, taxes, and gas bills, it seems: "Sorry Madam, the computer told me
to do it" - but can British Gas Plc really blame this one on the computer?
A woman whose home was destroyed in a gas explosion, reports the Daily
Telegraph, has been sent a bill for almost #200 after British Gas dug her
meter from the rubble and took a reading.

© 1996 Peter Langston