"Bobby Bewl ®" wrote:

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So it *you* who is responsible for the increase in our electricity bills!
Just kidding, mate.

I think if I were to wangle another trip it would not be to Kingsnorth power
station in Hoo (pronounced as in "who"). There are far better places in
Kent than Hoo.

Here is a link to when the Invicta FM (Kent's local radio station went to
visit the power station, which has Kent's tallest structu

http://tinyurl.co.uk/79hc

I have a mitre saw, complete with a laser light thingey, for Christmas.
That should save on my tennis elbow!

Well, I am just about to start on the Chardonnay, bought on a booze cruise
(day trip to France) through the channel tunnel to the Cite of Europe, near
Calais, recently.

Thanks for your reply, Duane.

Happy Christmas.

Bobby

Hey, for rates we do what we can, mate!

Actually, to be more precise, I was working for EPRI (Electric Power
Research Institute) a utility-funded research organization of which
PowerGen is a member. We were doing a project in conjunction with some
European research on the same topic there. That's a cool picture...I've
not been on their stacks but I have been on some here in the states that
are even taller. It's a trip, for sure...

I'd take the trip most anywhere I could get it...one can always hire a
car and/or hop the train and get most anywhere. That's one thing that
is much different for me--things are so much closer together in general
than here where it's a minimum of 60 miles to any town of any size
whatsoever and there aren't little towns or villages all about.

We would stay in Medway and drive to/from the plant. I drove all those
little villages down along the river including Grain. Last trip took
the wife and younger daughter (she was HS senior then) and took about 10
days after finished working. We headed up north staying almost
exclusively on the B and C roads, just stopping where we saw fit at
mostly farm B&B's. Got to Edinborough w/ initial intent to go further
north but ran out of time so followed a more westerly course
back...spent most of three days in London w/ a friend of my wife's
family who was there at the time as a sales manager for Cessna. He had
been there long enough to be an excellent guide for one day of less
classical touristy things.

Enjoyed the exchange and enjoy the new toys...just finish the
celebrating well prior to experimenting...