Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

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Tony Sayer


Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

On 27/02/2020 09:29, tony sayer wrote:

Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

Another reason why they prefer "ABC"s (Aerial Bundled Cable/Conductor)
these days.


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On 27/02/2020 09:29, tony sayer wrote:

Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

""To enable our engineers to safely repair equipment, we had to
temporarily interrupt power to approximately 400 customers at about
18:30 and their power was restored by 19:40," he said.

"We are sorry for any inconvenience caused."

*21 Sep 2018* "
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the
gospel of envy.

Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Winston Churchill

On 27/02/2020 09:29, tony sayer wrote:

Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

The one above has one or more cables too slack and are actually touching
producing much bigger and brighter sparks. I am a bit surprised that the
circuit breaker didn't trip after a while with that sort of abuse.

It used to happen to us before they swapped the vertical formerly
insulated copper wires for modern aluminium composite single cable.

The sparks in our case were caused by pieces of wet insulation flapping
about in the breeze and shorting adjacent now mostly bare wire phases.
The wire tension was OK but with mostly bare wires and wet strips of
insulation hanging off every time the wind blew it would arc and spark.

Free fireworks!

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On 27/02/2020 10:24, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:29:30 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:


Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

There was a man from Madras
Whose balls were made of brass
In windy weather etc

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.


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€œI know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the
greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most
obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of
conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which
they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by
thread, into the fabric of their lives.€�

ۥ Leo Tolstoy

On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Reminds me of Listen With Mother when I were a kid.
Arch home counties female:
"Ride a cock horse to Banbury Crorse"
Doncaster child: "What's a crorse, Mam?
Mam: It's how they say cross down theer. So it rhymes with 'oss.
Child: Crorse don't rhyme with 'oss!
Mam: Oh shurrup and eat thi lard sandwich.

Bill

On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Does this work north of Essex?

There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.



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Cheers,

John.

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On 28/02/2020 01:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Does this work north of Essex?

There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.




There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink (as one might think),
but grey, with long ears, and ate grass.

There. Fixed the typos and the scanning and the grammar.

--
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow witted
man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly
persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid
before him."

- Leo Tolstoy

In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 28/02/2020 01:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.
Does this work north of Essex?
There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.


There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink (as one might think),
but grey, with long ears, and ate grass.

There. Fixed the typos and the scanning and the grammar.

Is this a new year resolution?


--
Tim Lamb

On 28/02/2020 06:45, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 28/02/2020 01:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Does this work north of Essex?

There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.




There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink (as one might think),
but grey, with long ears, and ate grass.

There. Fixed the typos and the scanning and the grammar.

Why thank you... shame you can't manage it on most of your own posts eh ;-)


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John.

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On 28/02/2020 01:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Does this work north of Essex?

There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.



Dunno, does this?

The was a young lady from Tottenham
Who 'ad no manners or else 'ad forgotten 'em.
At tea at the vicars
she ripped of 'er knickers,
because, she explained, she felt 'ot in 'em.

On 28/02/2020 14:12, Andy Bennet wrote:
On 28/02/2020 01:55, John Rumm wrote:
On 27/02/2020 20:32, williamwright wrote:
On 27/02/2020 12:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

In days of old
When knights were bold
And paper wasn't invented
One wiped one's arse
Upon the grass
And went away, contented.



But arse and grass don't rhyme, at least not round 'ere.

Does this work north of Essex?

There once was a maid from Madras,
Who had a magnificent ass,
Not round and pink and one might think,
buy it was grey, long ears, ate grass.



Dunno, does this?

The was a young lady from Tottenham
Who 'ad no manners or else 'ad forgotten 'em.
At tea at the vicars
she ripped of 'er knickers,
because, she explained, she felt 'ot in 'em.

There was a young lady from Bude
Who did a show in the nude.
A boy at the front
Yelled Christ! What a ****!"
Just like that! How bloody rude!

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But Marxism is the crack cocaine.

I think Leo, was verbose beyond belief.
As for the grid, I don't think they are made of brass, terminals sometimes
are.
Brian

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On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:29:30 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:


Who had that old ditty??

"The National Grid it came to pass.
Its wires were made of Brass.

In windy weather they'd smash together
And sparks flew out of its arse:!


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng...arks-fly-from-
canvey-island-power-lines-in-high-winds

There was a man from Madras
Whose balls were made of brass
In windy weather etc

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