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From: John R Walliker <jrwalliker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Dutch-like language [OT]
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 19:22:34 +0000
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On 04/12/2024 18:24, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/4/2024 4:41 AM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>>> It was like that here until I put a really good (3-wire inductive) mains
>>> filter right against the input to the receiver and then solidly earthed
>>> the receiver chassis with an independent earthing system of heavy wire
>>> soldered to spaced earth rods, using a blowlamp.
>>
>> Here, such grounds would be connected with exothermic welds
>> (think thermite; but, actually copper oxide and aluminum)
>> Many manufacturers offer this in different "deployment
>> packages -- from raw powder to small cartridges.
>>
>> The resulting weld is supposedly much more durable than
>> more "conventional" methods.
> 
> I can't imagine anything like that being available to the general public
> in the UK.
> 
> Perhaps you would be given a licence to use it after you had been on a
> series of Elfin Safety courses followed by a weeks training on how to
> fill in the appropriate forms.  You would, of course, have to notify
> every fire brigade for 25 km around the work area in writing, in
> triplicate, at least 6 weeks beforehand, and send proof of insurance to
> the nearest police station (which could be up to 50 miles away, as most
> of them have closed now).
> 
> You would have to cease activites immediately if instructed to do so by
> a police officer in or out of uniform, any official of the local council
> (including the dog warden)or a minister of religion as long as he was
> wearing the robes of his office.
> 
> Your name would be added to a register of 'intertesting persons' and
> held there for 25 years.  It could be removed earlier in the event of
> your death - but ony if you notify the authorities in person at least 10
> working days after the event.
> 
> England. land of the free!

Here is an example of those very regulations.  It does actually seem
to be quite sensible!

https://www.hse.gov.uk/explosives/assets/docs/guidance-manufacture-storage-carriage-of-thermites.pdf

John