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Electricity Pylon Damages Car.

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Nasty. Was it really a pylon of just a wooden pole?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-50902286

Z.
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    Two poles.
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    Regardless of if they are poles or a pylon, I do think that blame has been inappropriately apportioned.


    Andy B.
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    . . . Regardless of if they are poles or a pylon, I do think that blame has been inappropriately apportioned.. . 




    It must be influences from the Daily Hell. It is clear that the car has damaged the poles, as it is part way up one of the stay wires, and the pole is still standing.


    For the sake of completeness, two poles together like this are known as an “H Pole”. A metal lattice construction that supports electric wires is known as a “Tower” within the electricity supply industry. I believe a “Pylon” is the metal structure that holds a jet engine to an aircraft wing. 


    Regards,


    Alan. 

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    It appears that the article has been corrected, as the word "pylon" has been changed to "power pole". So it was a power pole that jumped out into the path of the car. Good old Beeb.


    Z.
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    . . . So it was a power pole that jumped out into the path of the car. . . 




    Why not correct the title too? The BBC did at least get that bit right! 


    Regards,


    Alan. 

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    Be careful with these as well!

    Airfix
    Allen wrench
    Armco
    Astroturf
    Band-Aid
    Biro
    Bobcat
    Bubble wrap
    Cashpoint
    Chapstick
    Coke
    Dictaphone
    Dumpster
    Fibreglass
    Formica
    Filofax
    Frisbee
    Google
    Hoover
    Hula hoop
    Jacuzzi
    JCB
    Jeep
    Jet Ski
    Kleenex
    Lava Lamp
    Lilo
    Mace
    Matchbox
    Memory stick
    Onesies
    Photoshop
    Ping Pong
    Plasticine
    Polaroid
    Popsicle

    Portakabin
    Post-it
    Pot Noodle
    PowerPoint
    Pritt Stick
    Pyrex
    Q-tip
    Rizla
    Rollerblade
    Scalextric
    Scotch tape
    Sellotape
    Sharpie
    Stanley knife
    Super glue
    Tannoy
    Tarmac
    Taser
    Teflon
    Tipp-Ex
    Tupperware
    Vaseline
    Velcro
    Walkman
    Winnebago
    Xerox
    Zimmer frame
    Zipper


    Plenty more out there!


    Regards


    BOD
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    BOD has me completely perplexed with all those brand names.


    AFAIK, pylon isn't one of them.

    OED: The monumental gateway to an Egyptian temple, usually formed by two truncated pyramidal towers connected by a lower section containing the gate.


    Originally: a post to which wires were attached for supporting or warping the wing of an aeroplane (now historical). In later use: a pillar projecting from a wing or the fuselage to support an engine, weapon, etc.


    But here's the rub (my emphasis) ...


    A tall tower-like structure erected as a support for a cable, etc.; spec. (now the principal use) a lattice-work metal tower for carrying overhead electricity lines. That's the evolution of language for you. ?

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    BOD has me completely perplexed with all those brand names.


    They were just some trademarked names that fall into generic use, some are rigorously defended if used to describe another product....


    Regards


    BOD
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    It seems that for the younger generation, a Dyson has supplanted a Hoover as the name of a vacuum cleaner.


    I once knew a couple called Kelly

    Who lived their lives belly to belly

    Because one dark night

    They used Araldite

    Instead of petroleum jelly


    ?


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    At the risk of festive thread (further) drift... has any other domestic badger noticed the increase in 'can you put a socket INSIDE the cupboard under the stairs/broom cupboard, dyson, cordless, for the charging of?

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