"Mike Tomlinson" wrote in message
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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
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I've never quite understood why so many US towns seem to have overhead
wiring for mains. It's very unsightly.

The pole transformers aren't pretty either, though produce quite
spectacular pyrotechnics when they fail, which seems to happen more
often than it should.

I'm on my second one, but the first went quietly.

One went off like the 4th of July a few streets over, maybe 10 years ago.