On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:53:11 -0000, The Other John wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:34:40 +0000, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

Why are councils re-laying all the cables and replacing all the
streetlamp poles for no ****ing reason? All they needed to do was to
change the lamp on the top. What a waste of millions of pounds of
council taxes. The cables worked fine. The poles were in perfect
condition.

cynic
Because it's nearly the end of the financial year and if they don't spend
the money their budget will be cut next time?

/cynic

That's probably closer to the truth than it should be. [rolls eyes]

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