I’ll do it for £200. £250 if you’re going to make me eat KFC.

Very clever using imgur so we can’t defend ourselves because we can’t see the image.

^we probably deserve it though^

I have to use an iPhone for work and the liquid glass ui is absolute shit.

Cook in bulk. Everything is cheaper if you can make 10 portions, divide and freeze.

Noone ever heard of Vlad the Nice to Others though have they?

Yeah, it’s fine when it’s prepared properly and you’re expecting it…

Mind you, “the Japanese eat it” is hardly a ringing endorsement.

I once ate a chicken leg and completely missed the chunk of cartilage on my fork and chomped down on it.

It was about 25 years ago and I still gag when I think about it.

Guess who else loved killing? Stalin and Mao.

Absolutely rank

Each one of these is what I imagine it’s like to have a stroke.

And I love it.

He had been dragged to the ground, kicked and punched repeatedly by multiple people and hit in the head with some sort of bat, he was unresponsive on the floor by the time the first shot is fired and then he’s clearly already dead or dying and not moving at all when the rest of the shots are fired.

The break even point for us is estimated at about 30 years, so you have a point, but if you can point out any business that looks at returns over that time frame, they don’t operate in utilities.

And on your other point, not being exposed to wind and rain doesn’t mean underground cables aren’t susceptible to damage, rats love chewing cables, builders love ignoring prints etc and the time and costs involved in putting things back in the ground are, like I said, dramatically higher.

Money.

I work in different utility but the principal is the same. It costs roughly 10x as much to bury cables in the ground than it does to put them in the air on poles.

It tends to make sense in dense urban environments or where there’s other factors but for almost all rural and suburban settings the costs to dig in underground cables, ducting, access structures and the associated safety concerns, plus the increased costs to access and repair, far outweigh the possible costs of running cables overhead, even though they’re more susceptible to damage.

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Ah yes I forgot about “oh shit, hide!”

Like basically all bird calls, its either “get lost, this is my land” or “come here, let’s make babies”.

Look over there! They’re raiding the ark that was lost!

Civ 4 + Giant Earth Map + Revolutions and Dale’s Combat Mod is pretty much perfect

Civilization IV or possibly SimCity 4.

Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.