Update:

Remember my "Stupid is as Stupid...OK, I'm just plain stupid!" post??

Well, here's an update for you!
A month or two after I trimmed the bushes around my gas meter, I had received a post card in the mail from the utility company. It stated that they were going to be putting in a new meter that they can read remotely so they don't need to send out a "meter reader" anymore.

Go figure, just as I decide to be accommodating, now they won't be physically reading it any longer! And oh joy, I'm glad that that ugly meter is so visible now! ---NOT!!---

Story of my life :)