Posts by Roger 17

Capita wins £135M extension on much-delayed UK smart meter rollout

Smart Gas Meter

Tenant recently had smart gas meter fitted. When we had annual service of boiler discovered the gas pressure now low. Installing the meter shook loose corrosion in the pipes. Now I have to have new pipes installed between the meter and the boiler.

Openreach tells El Reg it'll kill off copper sales in 118 UK locations next year

Fibre

Fibre to the house? I'd love to have copper instead of the crappy aluminium from my exchange.

Salon Privé: The UK's billionaire-friendly answer to Pebble Beach

Wheel Motors

Those wheel motors sound a bit like a concept Mini built by an electric motor manufacturer (PML now Protean) a few years ago.

Thousands rally behind teen girl cuffed, expelled in harmless 'explosion'

Re: F*&^ knows what they'd have done with my chemistry teacher

MY high school chemistry teacher showed us the thermite reaction. No accident but three foot flames and the entire science building full of smoke. We never forgot that demonstration.