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Old 16-11-2007, 15:09   #11
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my work had a power cut the other day.... someone drilled through a power cable in the basement.
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Old 16-11-2007, 19:19   #12
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my work had a power cut the other day.... someone drilled through a power cable in the basement.
ROFL, I love it. Lucky the guy didn't get fried.
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Old 16-11-2007, 22:50   #13
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he may have done, none of our facilities people could confirm or deny either way....
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Old 20-11-2007, 00:00   #14
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It happened again! But only in the George Square area of the uni this time. Missed a lecture and a tutorial. Can't say it was all bad.
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Old 20-11-2007, 08:38   #15
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Feek, the problem is the gradient. it takes lot of energy to push the electricity up hill, whereas it's easier to let it trickle down south.
My line of thought whilst reading the above...

*gradient? Eh?...*
*...NO WAY!!? What about people up hills? I never knew slopeyness affected electr...*
*wwaaaaaaaaait a minute....*
*"trickle down south"? But we're not all down hill...and and...*
*SCANDALOUS MONKEY!*
*bah. Smeg to Goose for tricking you, dear brain, into thinking weird things about physics.*

For a split second....



Boo to power cuts. I would be very sad if we had a power cut. *big hugs to BS* Burn stuff to keep things bright! Wooo!
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Old 20-11-2007, 08:48   #16
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Apparently Fareham had a powercut the other day (BBC)

Hate to think what would happen if we had a powercut at work :/
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