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Started by Fabrikant
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:05
Pennywise vs dollar wise
Author: Fabrikant
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:05
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:05
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It has been over a week that about a million of Americans are still without electricity. A similar kind of thing happens every winter and at any other time when an event with a strong wind takes place. What surprises me here is that everybody is taking it as something unavoidalbe and nobody talks how to fix it. As a matter of fact, it is very easy to fix it. All what is needed is that all electric transmission lines be burried underground instead of hanging them on the poles. Of course, it would much more expensive, but if you start calculating how much it costs to repair all these electric lines, after a storm, then in the long run, it will be cheaper to handle them burried underground. And what is the cost of human misery having been left in the cold in winter time? This is example of people unable to do proper calculation and being penny wise rather dollar wise. Another interesting thing, Obama now proposes huge spending bill and there seems to be not a single word there about the need to burry the electric lines underground. Have you noticed that whenever you have no electricity, your telephone is still functioning. Do you know why? Fabrikant
Re: Pennywise vs dollar wise
Author: Robert Kent
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:53
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:53
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"Fabrikant" <benny_patrick7@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:a711c600-8cef-4335-8cf3-ef6c0fc6fb50@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com... > Have you noticed that whenever you have no > electricity, your telephone is still functioning. Do you know why? > It depends on where you live. Where I live, we have FiOS. The old copper lines are being dug up and replaced with fiber. The fiber doesn't have it's own power source, so if the power goes out you're on battery for maybe a couple hours.
Re: Pennywise vs dollar wise
Author: David Lesher
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:31
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:31
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"Robert Kent" <rk64@yahoo.com> writes: >> Have you noticed that whenever you have no electricity, your telephone >> is still functioning. Do you know why? >It depends on where you live. Where I live, we have FiOS. The old copper >lines are being dug up and replaced with fiber. The fiber doesn't have it's >own power source, so if the power goes out you're on battery for maybe a >couple hours. Only because you let them cut off your copper. Granted you have to fight HARD to avoid it. Verizontal is very two-faced re: leaving POTS on copper. Their Suits have testified in the House that Oh No, We'd NEVER force anyone... but every person I know getting it installed has hit a brick wall on keeping their copper service. There are ways to do so. Put FIOS in another name. Have Foreign Exchange service. In some cases, burgler alarm service will forstall it. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Re: Pennywise vs dollar wise
Author: KK
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:39
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:39
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In article <gmq7b1$2qd$1@reader1.panix.com>, David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote: > A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com > & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX > Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 > is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 DORK FUCK ALERT -- You know how those filthy micks are...we should have never let them in the country. God knows they all came here illegally. They are nothing but a bunch of drunken, brawling papists.
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