2 electricity supplies to one building

"I was often blamed wrongly for things on the basis of “he said” “she said”. Made me all the more keen to listen to all sides in my later life!"

EEEhh Lyle, I know that situation only too well.


I used to get accused of all sorts by people jumping to wrong conclusions. I deliberately never corrected them in detail (I just said no i did not and left it at that.).

If, however, they actually asked if I`d done/said such I would explain to them in more detail.. If someone said "You must have otherwise you`d prove it. I avoided proving it. I can be awkward just for the crack of it.


I have noted people saying things that they have misundertood .

One example a few years back was "The Building inspector said he had used the wrong cable!" wheras I said "no it is not!" When the building inspector turned up later I asked him what he`d said about the way the previous electrician had wired it and he replied "He had used larger cable than he needed to,( which I thought was a good plus thing for future resiliance)"


So the meaning was misunderstood.


Another instance.

A relative was so concerned that he contacted the local council. 

He had split from his partner and the children lived with her.

She had got her brother to build a strong floor in the loft and a ladder via the bathroom..

His main concern was kids falling down from loft to bathroom when using ladder.

The Council inspector replied to him something like 1/ she said the kids are not allowed to go up there (he knew this untrue as kids tell you everything)

. 2/ she said it was just to store as few light things.

The inspector added that the floor that was very much more than strong enough to hold what she had stated.


He was upset that the inspector had accepted her explanation .

I read it. then read it again.


I told him that my initial reading was like his but told him to read it again.

I explained that the inspector was actually pointing out that the floor strength exposed her story as likely to be false.

Bingo the inspector did in course get her to remove it.

"I was often blamed wrongly for things on the basis of “he said” “she said”. Made me all the more keen to listen to all sides in my later life!"

EEEhh Lyle, I know that situation only too well.


I used to get accused of all sorts by people jumping to wrong conclusions. I deliberately never corrected them in detail (I just said no i did not and left it at that.).

If, however, they actually asked if I`d done/said such I would explain to them in more detail.. If someone said "You must have otherwise you`d prove it. I avoided proving it. I can be awkward just for the crack of it.


I have noted people saying things that they have misundertood .

One example a few years back was "The Building inspector said he had used the wrong cable!" wheras I said "no it is not!" When the building inspector turned up later I asked him what he`d said about the way the previous electrician had wired it and he replied "He had used larger cable than he needed to,( which I thought was a good plus thing for future resiliance)"


So the meaning was misunderstood.


Another instance.

A relative was so concerned that he contacted the local council. 

He had split from his partner and the children lived with her.

She had got her brother to build a strong floor in the loft and a ladder via the bathroom..

His main concern was kids falling down from loft to bathroom when using ladder.

The Council inspector replied to him something like 1/ she said the kids are not allowed to go up there (he knew this untrue as kids tell you everything)

. 2/ she said it was just to store as few light things.

The inspector added that the floor that was very much more than strong enough to hold what she had stated.


He was upset that the inspector had accepted her explanation .

I read it. then read it again.


I told him that my initial reading was like his but told him to read it again.

I explained that the inspector was actually pointing out that the floor strength exposed her story as likely to be false.

Bingo the inspector did in course get her to remove it.