In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:54:44 -0500, Mark Lloyd
wrote:

On 08/15/2017 09:28 PM, micky wrote:

[snip]

I myself don't think solar panels are ugly, only that bloomin' pipe.

A lot of the time "ugly" seems to be a synonym of "useful".

Of course the pipe is useful but being useful is good, being ugly is
bad. It's both.