They know a thing or two about poles over there in the US. Our Massacchusettian correspondent, Carter Wall (0487H), has sent us a couple of photos. Carter, you may remember, works as an electrical contractor in Boston – which is something of a dream job for her – being an avid pole fan and all that. With a particular penchant for “daughter-poles” like the first picture here, wherein an old pole is strapped to a new one thus obviating the need to transfer all the gubbins*1 over. See her previous submission on this subject right here.
She says:
BTW, here we call them telephone poles even though many of them are owned by the electric company. Don’t ask me why. There are a lot of insulator collectors here but very few who, as your society does, venerate the poles themselves. Good Job!
Her second picture is of some new solar generation interconnection poles, wherein she adds: “Aren’t these beautiful? They just went into operation in February.”
It’s hard to disagree. And they put me in mind of that Bee Gees song – you know the one… “And the lights all went down in Massachusetts”
Carter also wins the award for the most interesting TPAS member’s address for 2013 – She lives at No. 16 Rattlesnake Gutter Road. You couldn’t make it up.
*1 Gubbins, [n] [informal] British plural of doohickey. More than one thingamabob.