Someone got me a gag gift yesterday: a book called "Ripoff Britain", a purported guide to avoiding high prices here. Looks like I'm going to need all the help I can get. Our electricity bill for last month was $240 and the water bill was $160. This is for a two bedroom apartment. Pardon my french, but what the fuck is going on??? That's close to 10 times the price I would expect to pay in the states. Unbelievable. I think there must have been some kind of mistake, either that, or its time to reduce my showering to weekly, and invest in candles.