Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: alan_m Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:26:07 +0100 Organization: At Home Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <6tht8j9kcaomraffha67s0ih4qeesl8hj6@4ax.com> Reply-To: news@admac.myzen.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net RAXO6bjm2+D4Gku/vVWkRgFfYX2MZ1Iz2/kfb7OjzO36NHJklN Cancel-Lock: sha1:AE2rpCXfQC88ntC0rHdVt7Ygurc= sha256:VXRla8/RPgb9mg9TOgVG7S6Buqe0TTJnhINVm2xYk9g= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3199 On 11/07/2024 12:07, Phil Hobbs wrote: > alan_m wrote: >> On 11/07/2024 04:15, RJH wrote: >> >>> >>> I say 'educate' rather than train or skill. To understand how to do something >>> is one thing - to understand it and form an opinion is (often) something else. >>> >> >> We just don't need a million of them :) >> >> " >> The Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B was a way of removing the basically >> useless citizens from the planet Golgafrincham. A variety of stories >> were formed about the doom of the planet, such as blowing up, crashing >> into the sun or being eaten by a mutant star goat. The ship was filled >> with all the middlemen of Golgafrincham, such as the telephone >> sanitisers, account executives, hairdressers, tired TV producers, >> insurance salesmen, personnel officers, security guards, public >> relations executives, and management consultants. >> >> Ark Fleet ships A and C were supposed to carry the people who ruled, >> thought, or actually did useful work. >> >> The ship was programmed to crash onto its designated planet, Earth. The >> captain remembers that he was told a good reason for this, but had >> forgotten it, although the reason was later revealed to be because the >> Ark Ship B Golgafrinchans were a 'bunch of useless idiots'. >> >> " >> >> I would add to that lists sports pundits where the sole job is to extend >> something like a 90 minute event to 3 hours by talking bollocks. >> >> > > But don’t forget that the whole remaining population of Golgofrincham was > wiped out by a virulent plague contracted from a dirty telephone. Think of > the children! The company I once worked for had 40(ish) years ago a phone sanitising company come in. They went around every desk sprayed the mouthpiece and wiped it dry with a cloth. It was the same cloth used on all phones. Possibly much more of a risk of contamination than not having it done at all. It was a one off possibly as a lot of staff complaining it was a complete waste of money. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk