{"id":1008,"date":"2009-06-24T20:21:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T01:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2009-06-24T12:22:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:22:30","slug":"thats-amazing-or-have-we-really-moved-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2009\/thats-amazing-or-have-we-really-moved-now.html","title":{"rendered":"That&#8217;s amazing (or, have we really moved now?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may remember, if you have a good memory, <b>the problems we had with the electrical company in Cuernavaca.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oh, everything went along fine for months and months (except that often no bill arrived, but whenever the bill arrived we paid it!).<\/p>\n<p>Then, suddenly out of nowhere, they claimed we owed <i>hundreds and hundreds of dollars<\/i> (thousands of pesos, that is)!<\/p>\n<p>Well, our landlady had a little talk with them, and they saw the light and lowered the bill (by half I think) and let us pay it over two months.<\/p>\n<p>Then, when we left over a year ago, they pulled the same trick. &nbsp;A HUGE bill. &nbsp;Then they made their mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Another massive bill &#8211; for the period in which the house was <i>empty<\/i>, and no electricity was being used!<\/p>\n<p>So once again our landlady talked to this person and that person and this lawyer and that higher-up.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what? &nbsp;Today &#8211; yes, just <b>today<\/b> &#8211; over <i>a year later<\/i> &#8211; she called me up to let me know that it was all worked out.<\/p>\n<p>And she owes <i>us<\/i> money. &nbsp;Can you believe that?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s quite something to have a very honest &#8211; and incredibly persistent &#8211; landlady.<\/p>\n<p>Unbelievable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may remember, if you have a good memory, the problems we had with the electrical company in Cuernavaca. 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