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.

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Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

On 25/2/15 13:34, 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.


Is this happening just outside your window, or in your street, or
throughout the entire nation? Do try to be more specific.

You can of course ask your council why they are replacing streetlamp
posts. Maybe the answer will be that they are in a dangerous condition
even though to a layman like you, they seem fine. Frost damage can cause
the concrete posts to shed large lumps upon unsuspecting bystanders.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:36:59 -0000, The Todal wrote:

On 25/2/15 13:34, 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.

Is this happening just outside your window, or in your street, or
throughout the entire nation? Do try to be more specific.

The whole of my council area, and it's happening everywhere else - I've seen it on the news.

You can of course ask your council why they are replacing streetlamp
posts.

I can't be bothered, I've already sent them enough complaints recently.

Maybe the answer will be that they are in a dangerous condition
even though to a layman like you, they seem fine. Frost damage can cause
the concrete posts to shed large lumps upon unsuspecting bystanders.

They're steel posts, with no signs of rust or anything, I saw them take them away.

And chances are any bit of concrete that fell off one (if they were concrete) wouldn't land on anything but the ground.

--
A boomerang that doesn't come back is a stick.

On 25/02/2015 13:36, The Todal wrote:
On 25/2/15 13:34, 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.


Is this happening just outside your window, or in your street, or
throughout the entire nation? Do try to be more specific.

You can of course ask your council why they are replacing streetlamp
posts. Maybe the answer will be that they are in a dangerous condition
even though to a layman like you, they seem fine. Frost damage can cause
the concrete posts to shed large lumps upon unsuspecting bystanders.

OTOH, you may get the answer I did when I queried why my local Council
are replacing all the street lights in the County at a time of budgetary
restraint: 'they don't meet the specification'. A follow-up enquiry as
to what specification was ignored.

--
Colin Bignell

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:46 -0000, Phi wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

Very funny. Mind you I'd not put it past a council employee to think that was necessary.

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Poly meaning many, and tic being a blood-sucking thing.

On 25/02/15 14:01, Phi wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She
rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name,
can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for a
given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the supply
cables.

That makes no sense...

"Tim Watts" wrote in message ...

On 25/02/15 14:01, Phi wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her turn. She
rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name,
can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for a
given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the supply
cables.

That makes no sense...

I think he was having a bit of a wind up. Looks like it worked.

In article ,
Phi wrote:
They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

1/10. Must try harder.

--
*A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

1/10. Must try harder.

No, it was 10/10 for trolling.

-- Richard

Phi scribbled


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.


Cock

This would help address an area of concern with the existing council
cable networks installed during the 1980?s, when a type of cable known
as ?split concentric? was used. At the time, this cable was considered a
more secure choice for underground cable as it consisted of the neutral
and earth cables completely surrounding the ?live? core. If the cable
was cut during excavation works, the protection offered by the neural
and earth would remain until the ?live?core was completely cut. However,
over time , the insulation on this type of cable has deteriorated and
possibly broken down to a point where this cable would fail current
electrical tests with a resultant loss in electrical protection and loss
of service. Since the start of the 1990?s the Council has been using a
?Steel Wire Armoured? (SWA) cable, which has proven to be more
resilient.


http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/temporary-
uploads/environment/ramp-cc.pdf

"Jonno" wrote in message
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Phi scribbled


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.


Cock

This would help address an area of concern with the existing council
cable networks installed during the 1980?s, when a type of cable known
as ?split concentric? was used. At the time, this cable was considered a
more secure choice for underground cable as it consisted of the neutral
and earth cables completely surrounding the ?live? core. If the cable
was cut during excavation works, the protection offered by the neural
and earth would remain until the ?live?core was completely cut. However,
over time , the insulation on this type of cable has deteriorated and
possibly broken down to a point where this cable would fail current
electrical tests with a resultant loss in electrical protection and loss
of service. Since the start of the 1990?s the Council has been using a
?Steel Wire Armoured? (SWA) cable, which has proven to be more
resilient.


http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/temporary-
uploads/environment/ramp-cc.pdf

I haven't seen concentric cable for forty years.
It WAS a dead loss.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:46:01 -0000, harryagain wrote:


"Jonno" wrote in message
ldhosting.com...
Phi scribbled


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news 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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.


Cock

This would help address an area of concern with the existing council
cable networks installed during the 1980?s, when a type of cable known
as ?split concentric? was used. At the time, this cable was considered a
more secure choice for underground cable as it consisted of the neutral
and earth cables completely surrounding the ?live? core. If the cable
was cut during excavation works, the protection offered by the neural
and earth would remain until the ?live?core was completely cut. However,
over time , the insulation on this type of cable has deteriorated and
possibly broken down to a point where this cable would fail current
electrical tests with a resultant loss in electrical protection and loss
of service. Since the start of the 1990?s the Council has been using a
?Steel Wire Armoured? (SWA) cable, which has proven to be more
resilient.


http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/temporary-
uploads/environment/ramp-cc.pdf

I haven't seen concentric cable for forty years.
It WAS a dead loss.

My house is supplied with it, including the cable they recently replaced.

--
Mary's lamb had foot and mouth.
The vet he came and shot it.
But Mary's Dad had shagged it twice.
And now her Mum has got it.

On 25/02/15 17:54, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:

I haven't seen concentric cable for forty years.
It WAS a dead loss.

My house is supplied with it, including the cable they recently replaced.


So's mine - 2 core (live centre and neutral outer) on a TN-C-S system.

There is a 3 conductor version for TN-S systems too.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:27:09 -0000, Jonno wrote:

Phi scribbled


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.


Cock

This would help address an area of concern with the existing council
cable networks installed during the 1980?s, when a type of cable known
as ?split concentric? was used. At the time, this cable was considered a
more secure choice for underground cable as it consisted of the neutral
and earth cables completely surrounding the ?live? core. If the cable
was cut during excavation works, the protection offered by the neural
and earth would remain until the ?live?core was completely cut. However,
over time , the insulation on this type of cable has deteriorated and
possibly broken down to a point where this cable would fail current
electrical tests with a resultant loss in electrical protection and loss
of service. Since the start of the 1990?s the Council has been using a
?Steel Wire Armoured? (SWA) cable, which has proven to be more
resilient.


http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/temporary-
uploads/environment/ramp-cc.pdf

The insulation failed and allowed neutral to get to the ground? Oh no!


--
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, Will you marry me? The Princess said; No!!! So the Prince lived happily ever after and rode Harley Davidson motorcycles and banged skinny long-legged big-titted broads and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and banged cheerleaders and kept his house and guns and ate spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was freak'in cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up.
The end.

On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 14:01:49 UTC, Phi wrote:
"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

That really doesn't make any sense at all.

What I've noticed is teh digging up and replacement of paveing slabs at bus stops. it was all done last year and the year before that. I'm betting teh council have a bit of money left over and need to spend it ASAP or they'll loose it, so they just spend it.

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:37:16 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 14:01:49 UTC, Phi wrote:
"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

--
A blonde was playing Trivial Pursuit one night. It was her
turn. She rolled the dice and she Landed on Science & Nature.
Her question was "If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your
name, can you hear it?"
She thought for a time and then asked, "Is it on or off?"

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

That really doesn't make any sense at all.

What I've noticed is teh digging up and replacement of paveing slabs at bus stops. it was all done last year and the year before that. I'm betting teh council have a bit of money left over and need to spend it ASAP or they'll loose it, so they just spend it.

Doing that should be enough reason to sack someone. Budgets should carry over.

--
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A passerby said, "So? You should be happy about that. Why are you so angry?"
"I want to know who the son of a bitch is that's the father of the second kid!"

On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 17:52:48 UTC, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:37:16 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:


What I've noticed is teh digging up and replacement of paveing slabs at bus stops. it was all done last year and the year before that. I'm betting teh council have a bit of money left over and need to spend it ASAP or they'll loose it, so they just spend it.

Doing that should be enough reason to sack someone. Budgets should carry over.



But they don't, that's the facts getting in the way again.

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:57:26 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:

On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 17:52:48 UTC, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:37:16 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:


What I've noticed is teh digging up and replacement of paveing slabs at bus stops. it was all done last year and the year before that. I'm betting teh council have a bit of money left over and need to spend it ASAP or they'll loose it, so they just spend it.

Doing that should be enough reason to sack someone. Budgets should carry over.



But they don't, that's the facts getting in the way again.

A budget is not a law of Physics, there's no reason it cannot be changed. Any private company would carry it over. What's wrong with government depts?

--
Women are like a pack of cards... you need a heart to love them, diamonds to marry them, a club to kill them and a spade to bury them.

"Phi" wrote in message
...

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for a
given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the supply
cables.

It wasn’t necessary to replace the supply cables at all
and he said they replaced the poles too. That certainly
wasn’t necessary when replacing the lamps with LED lamps.

"Phi" wrote in message
...

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for a
given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the supply
cables.


:-)))))))))))))

And I'll raise you a customer that said "why do we not not use 12V instead
of 240V then we could use really thin cables"

--
Adam

On 25/02/15 19:16, ARW wrote:
"Phi" wrote in message
...

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for
a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the
supply cables.


:-)))))))))))))

And I'll raise you a customer that said "why do we not not use 12V
instead of 240V then we could use really thin cables"


They possibly could:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring

SELV would be about the only way to get away with that now (as open bare
wires stretched across the room with lamps clamped on seem to still exist).

Those Victorians - no poncing about and I bet it kept the rats down -
even if it was only 100 odd volts (London had some very weird lighting
supplies at one time, run in bare wire along the front of buildings).

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 25/02/15 19:16, ARW wrote:
"Phi" wrote in message
...

They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current for
a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size of the
supply cables.


:-)))))))))))))

And I'll raise you a customer that said "why do we not not use 12V
instead of 240V then we could use really thin cables"


They possibly could:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob-and-tube_wiring



As a thread drift - those floorboard in the picture of the link you gave

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._tube_1930.jpg

look very similar to the ones in a house I am working at in Doncaster.

--
Adam

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:46 -0000, "Phi" wrote:

snip


They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

Necessary? In what way?

Were the cables so big that the smaller current could not fight its way through
them or it got lost in the "big" cables somewhere?

"Judith" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:46 -0000, "Phi" wrote:

snip


They are replacing the cables because LED lamps take less current
for a given light output, so it was necessary to reduce the size
of the supply cables.

Necessary? In what way?

Were the cables so big that the smaller current could not fight its way
through
them or it got lost in the "big" cables somewhere?

He's taking the ****/trolling.
You fell for it.
But socialists are not clever.

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
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.



prick

On 25/02/15 13:34, 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.


When? Where?

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 25/02/15 13:34, 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.


When? Where?


Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html



--
Adam

In article ,
"ARW" wrote:

When? Where?

Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html

From that page:

Making Sheffield brighter

We are replacing the street lights with state of the art Light Emitting Diode
(LED) technology. LEDs provide brighter 'white light' to improve visibility
and safety as well as being energy efficient.


IMHO, this is wrong. LED lighting provides a hell of a lot more _glare_,
but (to me, strangely), less _illumination_. And there is a hell of an
increase in light pollution, too. At least, wherever I have seen LED
lighting (streets, business premises, domestic "security" lights, car
headlights, etc etc etc.

Further, these new street lights are going to have to stay working
flawlessly for a bloody long time, to justify the (I imagine) horrifying
expense that is going into installing them.

John

"Another John" wrote in message
]...
In article ,
"ARW" wrote:

When? Where?

Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html

From that page:

Making Sheffield brighter

We are replacing the street lights with state of the art Light Emitting
Diode
(LED) technology. LEDs provide brighter 'white light' to improve
visibility
and safety as well as being energy efficient.


IMHO, this is wrong. LED lighting provides a hell of a lot more _glare_,
but (to me, strangely), less _illumination_. And there is a hell of an
increase in light pollution, too. At least, wherever I have seen LED
lighting (streets, business premises, domestic "security" lights, car
headlights, etc etc etc.

Further, these new street lights are going to have to stay working
flawlessly for a bloody long time, to justify the (I imagine) horrifying
expense that is going into installing them.


Well talk about timing. I got LED streetlights fitted today. New heads only.
And what pile of ****e they are. Not a patch on the new column and head LED
lamps in my parents village.

--
Adam

"Another John" wrote in message
]...

Further, these new street lights are going to have to stay working
flawlessly for a bloody long time, to justify the (I imagine) horrifying
expense that is going into installing them.

Installation costs? Dunno what they paid for the head units but I have just
checked my CCTV for the labour costs.

Here is a comprehensive review of how long it takes to do the job.

Van cherry picker and two blokes arrived at 8:50:15.
Work started at 8:50:26
8:52:18 the cherry picker rises
8:58:30 the cherry picker is back down on the floor and the old head has
been removed and the new one has been fitted.
8:59:05 blonde bird walks past
8:59:35 cherry picker ****s of leaving electrician still working on
electrics in lighting column. No idea what he is doing as by this time I
could have hooked up a fly lead from the post to a caravan and tested the
supply.
9:03:30 Cherry picker returns
9:08:40 Cherry picker ****s off with electrician

Job done




--
Adam

On 26/02/15 21:20, ARW wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 25/02/15 13:34, 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.


When? Where?


Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html




OK - ta!

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 26/02/15 21:20, ARW wrote:


When? Where?


Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html




OK - ta!


Don't get Jonathan Harston started on it:-)

They must have done his street by now.


--
Adam

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:20:34 -0000, ARW wrote:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...
On 25/02/15 13:34, 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.


When? Where?


Sheffield?

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/roads/w...adproject.html

Everywhere AFAIK?

--
I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours -- Stephen Roberts

Tough Guy no. 1265 scribbled


news.alt.net

Nuff said

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:31:20 -0000, Jonno wrote:

Tough Guy no. 1265 scribbled


news.alt.net

Nuff said

Cheap, reliable, good retention, your point is?

--
You can't please everyone. But it IS possible to **** 'em ALL off at the same time.

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



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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


What budget ?

On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:19:08 -0000, Jonno wrote:

The Other John scribbled


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


What budget ?

The enormous one which allows council workers to sit in the vans with the engine running 50% of the day drinking coffee.

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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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