On 2019 Jul 04 06:39:40, you wrote to me:

 JM>>> fell on a power pole pulling down lines which also ripped the power
 JM>>> thingy (I think that's the technical term) off his outside wall.

 ml>> meter base 

 JM> If Jim White were still active he could tell us more about that than
 JM> anyone would probably care to know.  

yeah, he is an electrician, right? it has been a while since i've seen any
posting from him... i found some of his emails the other day where we had
written to each other a few times some years back...

)\/(ark

And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was
so amazingly intelligent that even before its data banks had been connected
up it had started from "I think therefore I am" and got as far as deducing
the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn
it off.
... You can always soak it in sulfuric acid to kill the bacteria. [smirk]
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