Another pointless thread

I think wind turbines are a brilliant idea and every home should have at least one. We could all sell the excess power to the national grid and by this time next year we'll be millionaires

Normally they have fail safe mechanisms that stop them going in high winds. I've played, making smaller savonius rotors in the past.

The better home-made wind generators include furling mechanisms which when the wind blows harder the tail pushes the blades more incidental to the wind and lessening the speed. The commercial ones must have servo systems to shut them down.

Looking at the way this one disintegrated made me feel pretty safe as it was such an unusual event considering the natural forces on it.

I like to think it was somewhat less damaging, less costly and less environmentally disasterous than the Fukashima event.

Err, this is in real danger of becoming political.

Morecambe and Wise.

Just watched an old Christmas special on 5.

They were the best!

Don't you mean electrical

Congratulations Now be sure to invest it wisely, as we would all do

Watched a bit of Tommy Cooper but it seemed so "dated" now, a lot of the magic was missing

You'll get my vote for a new electrical system.

When I was a child the Gas meter took 1d coins and the Electricity meter took Shillings. I suppose todays equvalent would be Gold Sovereigns

Todays equivalent would be Dollars and Euros, all the power suppliers seem to be owned by foreign companies!!

I'd like a turbine, but we haven't got room, that and the neighbours would complain about the blades whizzing through their gardens!!

Looking forward, the BBC christmas looks promising.

When we made radio telephone calls via Norway for instance the charge was calculated in Gold Francs. Once we got the Sat Phone it was a lot easier £1.65 per minute or part of. Not easier on the pocket but it's nice to phone home. If anyone phoned the ship the charge was around £2.50 per minute. That was 6 years ago don't suppose charges have fallen very much.

We get ours from Scottish Power, which I thought was still British until I received an email in response to a query I raised -

"Por favor, piense en el medio ambiente antes de imprimir este mensaje"


Next time I'll email in German, just to see what happens (I wonder if Google will translate into Japanese :twisted


Bernard

Whxn I typx an x on my kxyboard I gxt an e and vicx vxrsa Is it brokxn ?

You haven't accidentally set it to some other keyboard type have you?
If you are using Windows then bottom right you will see a little keyboard symbol. Hover over it. It should say US-International. If it doesn't click on it and choose that setting.
If it does say US-International then yes your keyboard is broken.

What are you drinking Stan ?? If it`s over 70% proof it could be Delirium Tremens or Fickle finger disease..................

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