The difference between Londoners and New Yorkers

Loughton_Monkey

ChiefGrasscutter wrote: »

Correct.

Heat dissipation and electrical effects from the presence of the cable insulation make underground lines very expensive at the higher voltages used for major transmission of power.

They also need special ground preparation/backfill next to the cable and substantial wayleaves/freeways on either side of the actual cable line......

Sorry for the delay in complementing you on such an interesting and informative post.... but I spent the last three hours re-arranging my 73 anoraks in order of colour, and date purchased, ready for the winter.

GeorgeHowell

Generali wrote: »

Because a house that's going to outlast the owner has been over engineered! Why would anyone want to build a house designed to last for 150 years? It's crazy.

In America maybe, because the 'newly minted' look is extremely popular in their culture. But in the UK a lot of people prefer old houses with "character". In a world where we should be conserving resources, building houses to last several generations makes a lot more sense than making them almost a disposable commodity.

purch

zagubov wrote: »

Visited Germantown in Pennsylvania and we were struck by a tornado.

Had a tornado come down our street one Sunday. Took out all the fences from the back "yards" of all the houses on the opposite side of the road, sucked some of the water out of one guys pool too.........saw another on Adamo Drive (SR60) on my way home one afternoon, flipped a SUV right over :eek: .........only mini tornados I should add, they get a lot of them in Florida........saw a few water spouts too, they are more scarey :eek:

North America is one of the places on earth that God never intended to be inhabited by man. They get massive winter storms in the NE, Tropical storms in the SE, the middle is scorching in summer, and bitterly cold in winter and is prone to massive storms and tornados, and the SW is perpetually in drought and has earthquakes

I think just about anywhere on earth that didn't have, or hadn't had a major civilisation by about 1400 AD just wasn't meant to be lived in.

I mean, there must be more creepy crawlies that can kill you with a single bite in Australia then anywhere else on earth.........who would want to live there :eek:

Loughton_Monkey

purch wrote: »

....I think just about anywhere on earth that didn't have, or hadn't had a major civilisation by about 1400 AD just wasn't meant to be lived in.

A good point. Never thought of it that way. It fully explains why Stevenage, Harlow, and Milton Keynes are such repugnant places.

purch wrote: »

....I mean, there must be more creepy crawlies that can kill you with a single bite in Australia then anywhere else on earth.........who would want to live there

Creepy Crawlies? And things that eat Creepy Crawlies?