On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:44:44 -0000, Mike Hawkshaw wrote:
::I doubt that comment would stand up in a UK court.

With due respect to the 2 or 3 Australians on this board, I have=
 to
say Mike, that you obviously haven't seen the Oz attitude to this=

type of thing - maybe as a foreigner I'm more likely to notice.

My last place in the UK it took 4 people and 2 days to test every=

piece of equipment.

This electrician is a contractor, and frankly the attitude is,=
 You
(that's me) don't possess a Restricted Electrical Licence, so you=

don't know what you're talking about, along with 'what the eye=
 don't
see, the heart don't grieve'.

Strangely enough the parent company is a UK one, think mobile=
 phone
base station diplexor/filter manufacturer, and the MD is also
English, but when in Rome etc.

I won't bore with my rant about the earthing standard by a=
 qualified
sparky in my house.

Colin
--
cdb, bodgy1@optusnet.com.au on 04/03/2004

I have always been a few Dendrites short of an Axon and believe=
 me it
shows.

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear=
 bright
until they speak!

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