WHAT THE MASTER TOLD ME!
My water heater went on the fritz. I ask my son what to do about this. He said he’d call Gazprom and have a master sent to fix it.
Early the next morning the master came and went right to work disassembling my hot water heater. He replaced some screens and an igniter and made some adjustments and the water heater worked like new.
I ask him what I owed him for his work. He ask me if I had a copy of my gas bill. I produce a copy of my last bill and he pointed to a charge of 190 rubles and said, “That is what you pay each month for my service.” A pleasant surprise!
I thought this might be a good opportunity to ask where the gas meter was.
He said you don’t have a meter. You don’t pay for the gas. You only pay Gazprom to deliver it to you. The gas already belongs to the Russian people.
Gazprom buys the gas it takes from the ground from the Russian people and sells it at a profit to other countries, but it delivers the gas to the people of Russia at a price that covers the cost of doing so.
Suddenly I was glad that I didn’t have an electric range. Amazing!
Russia Speeds Bakhmut Advance, Strikes Ukraine Rear, Ukraine Shells Melitopol; Russia Claims Big Rises Weapons Output
Topic 802
The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/
The focus once more is on Ukraine, especially the fighting in Bakhmut, where the Wagner forces appear to be clearing the centre. However there is also a lot going on in international diplomacy with Xi Jinping giving both Biden and Zelensky the cold shoulder, and with India increasingly unhappy about the pressure it is receiving from the US. Of course lots of other topics to discuss as well.
