re: #466 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Okay, it is 2011. Why, in the name of all that is holy, have appliance manufacturers not gotten onboard with the idea of installing self-setting clocks in everything? *muttergrumblemutter* Damned Dominion Power…

Someone asked me once why more places don’t run underground power lines like they do in the Plains states. In answer, I point them to the weather map of the Midwest, where the temperature fluctuations are extreme and damage would/does occur regularly to below-ground fixtures like gas lines, power lines, and water mains. At least aerial lines are easier to get to and repair.