"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from (Bill Pritchard) contains these words:

We moved to this house last spring and have finally turned our
attention to the
garden. Whilst clearing weeds and debris I came across two electric
cables near
to the fence. When I asked my neighbour about them he said that they
were the
power supply to his two sheds. I suggested he put them his side of the
fence
but he replied that surely it wouldn't matter to me if he left them
where they
were. I've now asked him several times but he just shrugs his
shoulders.
Unfortunately, there's not enough slack to just throw them over. My
question
(finally) is, could I cut through one of the cables (accidently of
course) with
a wooden shafted spade without electrocuting myself.

Wearing sound rubber boots you could cut them with an uninsulated tool,
though I wouldn't advocate it. One of my fiends used to do just that
with small jobs: once, in my shed, we were putting power points in and
we needed the light, and we didn't have the keys to the Church Hall so
we could borrow a Tilley.

We left the power on and were working in the (electric) light while he
was snipping live wires happily with a pair of bare-handled side-cutters
- until the blades touched live and earth.......

*BANG!*

-*BIG BLOO FLASH!*-

lots of darkness

Me: "You all right, Ken?"

Ken: "Yes."

Power restored we found theside-cutters hanging above the bench, welded
to the earth wire.

Seriously, why don't you charge him wayleave? He'd pretty soon remove it
the wires, or provide you with some beer-money.

I wonder if Bill Pritchard has found acceptable advice by now. It would
be
nice if he would take some time off to let us know if there is any
progress
on the cable front.

Franz

Or which ferry route he prefers?

Steve

Could it be that the cable is really for his ferry lights???????

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk
***2004 catalogue now available***

"Sacha" wrote in message
.. .

Foxes go into peoples' gardens, Ophelia. They dig in them, they crap on
them, they empty dustbins. You may be so busy talking about yourself that
you've failed to notice that. At some point, a lot of us who live in the
country are affected by foxes, whatever we may or may not feel about the
hunting of them.
*I* suggest you take your private life to email. It's a polite and
reasonable request, after all. I may say that the fallback of every
ill-mannered poster is to accuse others of wishing to be moderators and
you
do NOT break that particular mould, unfortunately.

...... and spam software Sacha; falconry? I notice you ignored those)

I suggest you take off your prefect's badge. It must be very old now. I
notice you don't like the wannabe moderator badge Unfortunately, you are
trying to BE one I haven't seen a vote around here putting you in charge.
Maybe I missed the off topic election.

Ophelia

"David Hill" wrote in message
...
Could it be that the cable is really for his ferry lights???????

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk
***2004 catalogue now available***




Sad chat up line to start talking about ferries and their routes!

Though yes I'd be interested to see some feedback on the original topic.
Personally I'd give the neigbour 14 days notice to resolve the issue, that
they're liable for any damage or injury etc. or I'd be contacting the local
power utilities and my insurance for legal advice.
Okay so new neighbour ... but is the next door neighbour seeing how far he
can push it!
I wouldn't try cutting through the cable as it'd probably be seen as
criminal damage, plus the electricity would have to go somewhere ... like
straight into the surrounding earth!
L

In article , VivienB
writes
I am with Sacha on this - you have forgotten your manners and are
reacting like a spoilt child when this has been pointed out to you. I
don't know what has happened to you to cause this uncharacteristic
rudeness on your part, perhaps the peculiarities of the season are
affecting you.

Me too - I used to participate in urg and benefited from the advice
given but now we are infiltrated by ill-mannered, ill-informed trouble
makers and I just don't understand why. If one has a difference of
opinion, surely civilized behaviour does not have to go out the window?
--
Judith Lea

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:58:11 -0000, "shazzbat"
wrote:


Or which ferry route he prefers?

eh what ferrets? Now you are talking.
--
Martin

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:11:19 -0000, "David Hill"
wrote:

Could it be that the cable is really for his ferry lights???????

:-)

--
Martin

The message
from martin contains these words:

Is that your real e-mail address if I take some bits out?
I can hardly carry on like this, without getting my knuckles rapped
again

My metre rule is firmly held behind my back. I expect to need to go to
Belgium at some time in the future innit.

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Why would a gardening group be interested in your travel
arrangements, unless it's to a horticultural show?

Personally I find the little diversion very instructive. Either you
haven't been on Usenet very long, Sacha, or you view it through rose
(and delphinium) tinted spectacles.

Since the very beginning of newsgroups, threads have drifted. It doesn't
take a moment to check whether a post is on a topic you want to follow,
and most of the off-topic stuff tends to drift to a conclusion fairly
fast.

Of course, OPs get a a little bitter (Yes, thanks, a half-pint will do)
if others show more interest in the OT drift than their chosen
subject....

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

The message
from "David Hill" contains these
words:

Could it be that the cable is really for his ferry lights???????

Grone.

He has ferries at the bottom of his garden....

--
Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano,
iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03)

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:27:33 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from martin contains these words:

Is that your real e-mail address if I take some bits out?
I can hardly carry on like this, without getting my knuckles rapped
again

My metre rule is firmly held behind my back. I expect to need to go to
Belgium at some time in the future innit.

buying trees?
--
Martin

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:42:46 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from "David Hill" contains these
words:

Could it be that the cable is really for his ferry lights???????

Grone.

He has ferries at the bottom of his garden....

and ferry nice too seasonal groan
--
Martin

In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes
The message
from Sacha contains these words:

Why would a gardening group be interested in your travel
arrangements, unless it's to a horticultural show?

Personally I find the little diversion very instructive. Either you
haven't been on Usenet very long, Sacha, or you view it through rose
(and delphinium) tinted spectacles.

Since the very beginning of newsgroups, threads have drifted.


There is a big difference between topic related groups such as urg and
wibble groups like sheds, scones and the caff.

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

Judith Lea23/12/03 9:44

In article , VivienB
writes
I am with Sacha on this - you have forgotten your manners and are
reacting like a spoilt child when this has been pointed out to you. I
don't know what has happened to you to cause this uncharacteristic
rudeness on your part, perhaps the peculiarities of the season are
affecting you.

Me too - I used to participate in urg and benefited from the advice
given but now we are infiltrated by ill-mannered, ill-informed trouble
makers and I just don't understand why. If one has a difference of
opinion, surely civilized behaviour does not have to go out the window?

I wish these people would stop using this group as their personal chat room,
that's really all it amounts to. That is the way someone has just described
it to me in an email and it's an accurate description, IMO. Ask
ill-mannered people to take their personal interests to email or at the
very, very least mark them OT and it is apparently too much for their
delicate psyches to comprehend. But being a bloody nuisance to people who
use the group for its intended purpose is apparently, their 'right'. It
makes me wonder what on earth they must be like to live with and thankful
that I shall never know!
We've lost you (mostly) and at least 2 other really valuable posters I can
think of because of this sort of thing. It's a really great shame. ;-(
--

Sacha
(remove the 'x' to email me)

Ophelia23/12/03 7:11


"Sacha" wrote in message
.. .

Foxes go into peoples' gardens, Ophelia. They dig in them, they crap on
them, they empty dustbins. You may be so busy talking about yourself that
you've failed to notice that. At some point, a lot of us who live in the
country are affected by foxes, whatever we may or may not feel about the
hunting of them.
*I* suggest you take your private life to email. It's a polite and
reasonable request, after all. I may say that the fallback of every
ill-mannered poster is to accuse others of wishing to be moderators and
you
do NOT break that particular mould, unfortunately.

..... and spam software Sacha; falconry? I notice you ignored those)

I suggest you take off your prefect's badge. It must be very old now. I
notice you don't like the wannabe moderator badge Unfortunately, you are
trying to BE one I haven't seen a vote around here putting you in charge.
Maybe I missed the off topic election.

Ophelia



Try to grow up, Ophelia. It really won't hurt you a bit.
You may have noticed that I marked that falconry post OT. You may also
notice that I and most other posters here do that when we go off OT, as all
of us do at times. You and Martin are persistently and consistently OT but
without the courtesy of warning the rest of us that you intend to behave as
if you were sitting in your own living room.
Marking posts OT means that others who wish to skip or kill file OT posts
can do so. You OTOH, are so selfish and so rude that you imagine your
playground quality one line 'quips' are worth forcing upon us ALL. This has
nothing to do with me being a moderator or indeed, anyone else being so. It
IS to do with asking you to remember what this group is for and it's not for
your personal life.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the 'x' to email me)