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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Independence Day Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:40:32 -0400 Organization: Mad Scientists' Union Lines: 15 Message-ID: <v7obsh$17ldh$1@dont-email.me> References: <b5e6e0d1-08f5-4acb-8ba2-64bc3a993bbb@example.net> <memo.20240723115856.9768B@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:40:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3731ac2a6c9a221530c49792fff70a82"; logging-data="1299889"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18x5SHV9g4geuNT5uA/AlZ1wr2YlXmDteI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:QD93FS+F4RhSeJ4bA4h+2MNRA8U= In-Reply-To: <memo.20240723115856.9768B@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1740 On 7/23/24 6:58 AM, Paul Dormer wrote: > I used to work for the National Grid, originally part of nationalised > electricity generation and supply industry. National Grid ran the > electricity distribution part of the grid: the substations, overhead > lines and towers - never call them pylons. In the rail companies, there > was Railtrack which ran the railway infrastructure. In 2001 it ran into > financial difficulties and was replaced by a government-owned company. There's a National Grid in the US which supplies electricity. No idea if it's related. -- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com