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| cgroen:
Its a "5G/Corona Weapon/Mind Control" device. It just recently stopped working, and that's why it suddenly has become visible. Its been there all the time, but when it was working, it manipulated everyone's mind to think it was not there. Seriously, call the fire department (or the local newspaper and tell them a disaster is waiting to happen). |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: james_s on November 20, 2020, 08:39:26 pm --- --- Quote from: Yansi on November 20, 2020, 08:19:23 pm ---Funny stuff those American wires (even HT) on poles in residential areas... --- End quote --- Funny stuff those Europeans and others who don't mind paying 3-4 times as much per kWh for electricity as we do... Underground wiring is far more expensive to install or maintain, it's used in cities and most residential neighborhoods built in the past 40 years or so but there is still a lot of older infrastructure around and nobody wants to spend billions of dollars to replace stuff that works. I doubt most people even notice the wires, they've always been there and there are much higher priorities than replacing millions of kms of working wiring for purely cosmetic reasons. --- End quote --- Balderdash. The average kWh price here in Switzerland is just over 20¢, vs just over 13¢ in USA. I think that's an eminently reasonable price in a country where low wage earners make three times as much money as in USA. It's certainly not the hyperbolic "3-4 times" you claim. And "cosmetic reasons" aren't why people prefer underground wiring. You claim it's far more expensive to install and maintain. But while the installation costs more, maintenance costs are lower, as the wiring is not subject to damage the way above-ground wiring is. Having lived on the east coast of the USA for many, many years, partly at the edge of hurricane alley, partly squarely within it, it boggles my mind that USA continues to use above-ground wiring in hurricane-prone areas, running along heavily-forested roads, inevitably resulting in power outages every damned summer, affecting hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses each time. (And in winter when ice brings down wires.) Doing emergency repairs isn't free, and the lost inventory and lost productivity isn't free, either. |
| wn1fju:
Thanks to all for the replies. The consensus seems to be for me to cut it down, although I am a bit too timid to try that (and it is in plain view from a dozen houses, so I might be caught!). The official word from our County officials was: "Our County Inspector was out there on Wednesday, October 28th to inspect the complaint. The violation was reported to Comcast on that same day. Comcast has 45 days to repair violations that the County reports to them, typically the work is completed within a 30 day window by Comcast. We will monitor the progress to make sure it gets completed." So I guess I really can't complain too much yet until the 45 day window has elapsed. Then it will be time to call the media, congress-person, fire, police, or what have you. |
| Yansi:
Why are you so much afraid of that thing hanging there? It seems it is almost harmless, won't fall down any time soon and you act like some kind of justice warrior. So much anger, phone calls .. for just a piece of shit hanging down. Seriously a question - why are you so much bothered by that thing? ??? |
| wn1fju:
To Yansi: You don't know it won't fall down any time soon and neither do I. Nor do you know whether the thing weighs one pound or fifty pounds. I would be happy to temper my "anger" if someone in an official capacity could offer an assurance that it is harmless. I thought it was my civic duty to report a potential safety problem. The world would be a better place if more people acted responsibly like that, rather than to insult me as being "some kind of justice warrior." |
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