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Watt a mess! Power lines hit homeowner with financial jolt(Stupidity alert)
Boston Herald ^
| Thursday, December 28, 2006
| Jay Fitzgerald
Posted on 12/28/2006 5:17:17 AM PST by GQuagmire
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Watt an idiot!
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:17:19 AM PST
by
GQuagmire
To: GQuagmire
Perhaps he could sell to a nice family of robots.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:20:05 AM PST
by
atomicpossum
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To: GQuagmire
Most people have to get building permits in every county in the USA before building. Not sure how he got around this. This could have been prevented with just a little planning.
To: DownInFlames
This story is absolutely shocking.
To: atomicpossum
Maybe he could turn it into a second generation power concession and compete with Reddy Kilowatt...
To: DownInFlames
This could have been prevented with just a little planning.Maybe he did plan it...
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:24:34 AM PST
by
johnny7
("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
To: GQuagmire
Usually phone techs are a little sharper than this guy.
His first clue should have been when the redimix truck turned into a giant welding rod.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:25:24 AM PST
by
em2vn
To: GQuagmire
You would think common sense would have prevailed Big mistake - That was so yesterday!
Today you must go on the premise that everyone you meet is an idiot with no common sense. Much safer.
To: DownInFlames
The building inspector who issued the permit no longer works for the town. John Rhyno, a town selectman, said he wants to know why the town issued a building permit in the first place, though he maintained there’s nothing in state statutes that sets guidelines for building homes close to transmission lines.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:26:41 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: GQuagmire
I can't see how anyone working on the house when it was being built could fail to notice that slight tingling sensation every time they handled a metal object. You would think that would serve as a warning something was wrong.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:27:28 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: GQuagmire
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:27:29 AM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: GQuagmire
Well... The power company has to have an easement for their towers. Either the home owner built his home on the easement or the power company put their tower on his property. If he's on the easement he's screwed - and stupid. The city may have some liability if the house is where it was approved to be. Now if the power company put their tower on his land - and not the easement - the power company has a problem. They're going to own the lot and the house for whatever market value is.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:28:34 AM PST
by
DB
To: GQuagmire
Zagami, who is single and whose now largely completed home sits abandoned, Most wives wouldn't have allowed this. Sometimes nagging and bitching has a purpose.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:28:54 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: GQuagmire
Well, he needs to turn his house into a grounded Faraday cage - i.e. tinfoil wrap it, [aluminum siding would do, if he grounds it well]. Ditto for the external doors- the surface on which the doorknobs are mounted is to be connected to the ground as well.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:29:52 AM PST
by
GSlob
To: GQuagmire
Needs a Faraday shield.......
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:30:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: DB
Wouldn't the architect/builder bear some responsibility too?.....
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:31:39 AM PST
by
Red Badger
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To: GQuagmire
surveys show that National Grid actually built one transmission tower off of its easement years ago. If the power company has made the land unusable by misplacing the transmission lines then the power company is responsible for reimbursing the owners for the use of their property. Also the power company would be responsible for any persons injured by this action.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:32:46 AM PST
by
Between the Lines
(Liberalism: the insanity that results from too many people living in close proximity to one another.)
To: GQuagmire
This story has POTENTIAL!
To: DownInFlames
Most people have to get building permits in every county in the USA before building. Not sure how he got around this. This could have been prevented with just a little planning. The guy was issues a permit. From the article:
The building inspector who issued the permit no longer works for the town. John Rhyno, a town selectman, said he wants to know why the town issued a building permit in the first place, though he maintained theres nothing in state statutes that sets guidelines for building homes close to transmission lines.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:35:51 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: GSlob
Bravo
A realistic solution to the problem...shielding.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:36:32 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. .... you'll run the bill up kid!....)
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